LE GRAND HASARD MILITARY CEMETERY

Morbecque

Nord

France

General Directions: Morebecque is a small village in the Department of the Nord, 3 kilometres south-west of Hazebrouck. Leave the church in Morebecque and head north on the D916 towards Hazebrouck. After approximately 1 kilometre there is a Plant Nursery on the left hand side. Take the small road which goes through the nursery and the cemetery will be found on the right hand side in amongst farm land.

Le Grand Hasard Military Cemetery, begun by the 31st Division at the end of June 1918, was also used by the 40th Division. On its closure at the end of August the cemetery comprised Plots I and II, but after the Armistice Plots III and IV were added when scattered graves were brought into the cemetery from a wide area around Hazebrouck. The earliest of these graves dates from May 1915, but the majority were from the fighting of April 1918.

Shot at Dawn: Private C W Knight, 10th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, executed for murder 15/11/1915, plot 3. B. 9.

Casualty Details: UK 263, Australia 37, Germany 4, Total Burials: 304

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