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ALBUERA CEMETERY

​Bailleul-Sire-Bethoult 
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Pas De Calais

​France


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© Werner Van Caneghem
Location Information

The village of Bailleul-sire-Bethoult is 8 kilometres north-east of Arras and the Cemetery is west of the village.


Visiting Information

Wheelchair access with some difficulty.
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Historical Information

Bailleul-Sire-Berthoult was occupied by the 2nd Division on 13 April 1917 and Albuera Cemetery was made in April-November 1917 by fighting units; the origin of its current name is not known and it was often called Bailleul Military Cemetery. The cemetery was enlarged after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the battlefields of Arras. It is divided into two plots, called (exceptionally) North and South.

Albuera Cemetery contains 253 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 110 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 15 casualties known to be buried among them. The cemetery also contains one German war grave.

Casualty Details:
Commonwealth 253, Germany 1. Total Burials: 254.
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927 Corporal
Robert Roberts
13th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
30th June 1917, aged 24.
Plot. South D.16.

Below are images of the original cross and grave of Robert Roberts
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Pictures courtesy of Anne Roberts

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​​​​​Images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem

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c. 1917. German prisoners of war captured by the Canadian Army carrying one of their wounded through the village of Willerval.
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German gun emplacement on the north side of Vimy Ridge at Thelus, 1920. © IWM (Q 37282)
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Canadians advancing through German wire entanglements - Vimy Ridge. April, 1917. (Library and Archives, Canada)

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The casualty numbers for each cemetery are taken from the C. W. G. C. site. We are aware that there can be discrepancies in the numbers quoted.
(The G. P. S. Coordinates are also taken from the C. W. G. C. site)
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