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BOIS-DE-NOULETTE BRITISH CEMETERY

​Aix-Noulette
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Pas De Calais

​France


Location Information

Aix-Noulette is a large village 8 kilometres south-south-east of Bethune on the main road to Arras. About 1.5 kilometres south of the village and a little west of the main road is the hamlet of Noulette. Bois-de-Noulette British Cemetery is on the south side of the hamlet.


Visiting Information

The location or design of this site make wheelchair access impossible.


Historical Information

This cemetery was made by Field Ambulances between April 1916, and May 1917, and was at first Bois-de-Noulette New Cemetery, to distinguish it from the many small French military cemeteries in or near the wood.

There are now over 100, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.

The cemetery covers an area of 857 square metres and is enclosed by a rubble wall.



The cemetery was designed by Arthur James Scott Hutton


Casualty Details: UK 113, Canada 18, Total Burials: 131​

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769314 Private
James Aitken
18th Bn. Canadian Infantry
23rd December 1916
Plot II. C. 3.
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73172 Private
Robert Morrison
28th Bn. Canadian Infantry
18th January 1917
Plot II. B. 10.


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Noulette war cemetery at Aix-Noulette, 28 October 1917. (Believed to now be Bois-de-Noulette British Cemetery) © IWM (Q 78606)

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