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Hawthorn Ridge Cemetery, No. 2.

11/21/2017

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More pictures added to Hawthorn Ridge Cemetery, No. 2. which is located in the Newfoundland Park, Beaumont-Hamel, Somme in France. There are over 200, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over 50 are unidentified. The great majority fell on the 1st July, 1916.
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Hamel Military Cemetery

11/21/2017

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More pictures added to Hamel Military Cemetery in France. There are nearly 500, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, nearly 80 are unidentified and special memorials are erected to four soldiers from the United Kingdom known or believed to be buried among them. A number of French and German military graves have been removed to other burial grounds.
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Monchy British Cemetery

11/20/2017

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More pictures added to Monchy British Cemetery in France. There are 581 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 58 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to a number of casualties known to be buried among them.
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Hibers Trench Cemetery

11/20/2017

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More pictures added to Hibers Trench Cemetery in France. The cemetery contains 136 burials and commemorations of the First World War. Six of the burials are unidentified and there are special memorials to two casualties who are known to be buried among them.
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Happy Valley British Cemetery

11/17/2017

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More pictures added to Happy Valley British Cemetery in France. The Cemetery contains 76 First World War burials and commemorations. Six of the burials are unidentified but there is a special memorial to a casualty known to be buried among them.
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Douchy-Lès-Ayette British Cemetery

11/17/2017

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Beehive Cemetery, Willerval

11/15/2017

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More pictures added to Beehive Cemetery, Willerval in France. There are 48, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified and one, which cannot now be found, is represented by a special memorial.
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Bucquoy Road Cemetery

11/15/2017

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More pictures added to Bucquoy Road Cemetery in France. The cemetery contains 1,901 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 168 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 23 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials commemorate 21 casualties buried by their comrades in Henin-sur-Cojeul German Cemetery, whose graves could not be found on concentration. The cemetery was used again in May 1940 for the burial of troops killed during the German advance. There are 136 burials and commemorations of the Second World War; 26 of the burials are unidentified and special memorials commemorate 39 soldiers whose graves in the cemetery could not be specifically located. 
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Ayette Indian and Chinese Cemetery

11/14/2017

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More pictures added to Ayette Indian and Chinese Cemetery. The village of Ayette was the scene of heavy fighting in March 1918 when it was captured by the German forces during the Spring Offensive. It was retaken by the 32nd Division on 3 April and remained in Allied hands until the end of the war. The Indian and Chinese cemetery was established by British fighting troops in September 1917 and used until the following April and again in the autumn of 1918. There are now 80 First World War casualties buried or commemorated at this site. 
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Ayette British Cemetery

11/14/2017

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More pictures added to Ayette British Cemetery in France. There are now 54, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Three of the graves, destroyed by shell fire, are represented by special memorials.
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