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More pictures added to Varennes Military Cemetery in France, courtesy of Johan Pauwels and Geerhard Joos. The cemetery contains 1,219 burials of the First World War, two of which were brought in from Varennes Communal Cemetery in 1934. 
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The Memorial was unveiled on the 19th November 2016 by the Mayor of Bradford. The inscription on the stone reads: "To the memory of the soldiers of the Bradford Pals and the other servicemen of West Yorkshire who served in the Great War 1914-18. 'And lo a mighty army came out of the North.'"  More pictures added to Beacon Cemetery in France, courtesy of Geerhard Joos. Beacon Cemetery now contains 772 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 257 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to four casualties known or believed to be buried among them.  Bell's Redoubt Memorial is on the Mametz road from Contalmaison and is close to the spot where Donald Bell was originally buried. The memorial which was unveiled on 9th July 2000 replaces a wooden cross which was erected by his battalion.  More pictures added to Bapaume Post Military Cemetery, Albert in France, courtesy of Geerhard Joos. The cemetery now contains 410 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 181 of the burials are unidentified, but there are special memorials to three casualties believed to be buried among them.  Another 20 pictures added to Brown's Copse Cemetery, Roeux in France, courtesy of Geerhard Joos. The cemetery now contains 2,072 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 862 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to eight casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials commemorate two casualties buried in Vitry-en-Artois Communal Cemetery German Extension, whose graves could not be found.  More pictures added to Bray Military Cemetery in France, courtesy of Geerhard Joos. The cemetery contains 874 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 127 of which are unidentified.  More pictures added to Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery in France, courtesy of Geerhard Joos. The cemetery contains 537 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 13 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to two casualties believed to be buried among them.  27 pictures of Neufchâteau-Malomé French and German Military Cemetery in the province of Luxembourg in Belgium. The pictures are © to Johan Pauwels and Jean Michel-Dominique. There are 280 French and 112 German servicemen buried here.  |
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