RIBECOURT ROAD CEMETERY

Trescault

Pas de Calais

France

General Directions: The village of Trescault is approximately 13 kilometres south-west of Cambrai. Ribecourt Road Cemetery lies to the north-east of the village on the south-east side of the road from Cambrai, Marcoing and Ribecourt.

Ribecourt was taken on the 20th November 1917 by the 6th Division, but at the conclusion of the Battle of Cambrai it remained practically on the British front line; it was lost in March 1918 and recaptured by the 3rd and 42nd (East Lancashire) Divisions on the following 27th September. Trescault remained in British hands until March 1918 and was retaken by the 37th Division on the following 12th September. In Ribecourt Road Cemetery, Rows B, C and D in Plot I contain graves of November 1917 to February 1918, chiefly of the 51st (Highland) and 59th (North Midland) Divisions; but the remainder of the cemetery was made in October 1918, almost entirely by the 42nd Division (who called it the Divisional Cemetery, Trescault).

Casualty Details: UK 255, New Zealand 6, Total Burials: 261

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