BORRE BRITISH CEMETERY
Borre
Nord
France
General Directions: Borre is a village 3 kilometres east of Hazebrouck on the N42. On reaching the village, turn right just before the church on the road signposted Sec Bois. The cemetery is 500 metres from the junction on the right hand side.
The cemetery was used from May to September 1918 by field ambulances and fighting Units, particularly those of the 1st Australian Division, during the interval between the German and Allied offensives of that year.
Shot at Dawn: Private W. Scholes, 2nd Bn. South Wales Borderers, executed for desertion 10/08/1918, plot 2. G. 11.
Casualty Details: UK 129, Australia 238, Germany 3, Total Burials: 370
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32690 Private Charles Harris 13th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action 18/07/1918, aged 40. Plot II. D. 12. Son of John and Jane Harris, of 1, Bodkin Row, Spring Gardens, Shrewsbury; husband of Elizabeth Harris, of 21 Crewe Street, Shrewsbury.
Pictures courtesy of Philip Morris of Shrewsbury
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