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BUIRE-SUR-L'ANCRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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​Somme

​France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.96924, Longitude: 2.59163

Location Information

Buire is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme, on the north-west bank of the Ancre, east of Ribemont.

Historical Information

Buire-sur-l'Ancre Communal Cemetery contains six Commonwealth burials of the First World War.

Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Buire-sur-l'Ancre Communal Cemetery
Buire-sur-l'Ancre Communal Cemetery
Buire-sur-l'Ancre Communal Cemetery
Buire-sur-l'Ancre Communal Cemetery
Buire-sur-l'Ancre Communal Cemetery
Buire-sur-l'Ancre Communal Cemetery
Buire-sur-l'Ancre Communal Cemetery
Buire-sur-l'Ancre Communal Cemetery
Buire-sur-l'Ancre Communal Cemetery
Buire-sur-l'Ancre Communal Cemetery
Buire-sur-l'Ancre Communal Cemetery
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85139 Driver 
Bertie John Allard
209th Field Company, Royal Engineers
1st June 1916, aged 23. 

​Son of Edward John and Ann Elizabeth Allard, of Skeyton, Swanton Abbot, Norfolk.

​His headstone bears the inscription "Peace Perfect Peace"


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​Second Lieutenant 
Cyril Arthur Sparling Hose
1st/5th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
10th September 1916, aged 27. 

​Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hose; husband of Doris E. Hose, of 38, Clarendon Gardens. Ilford, Essex.

His headstone bears the inscription "Until The Day Break And The Shadows Flee Away"


Other Burial Details

15774 Private R. Armstrong, 12th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers, died 16th May 1916, aged 23. Son of Robert Armstrong, of 8, Double Row, Barrington Colliery, Bedlington, Northumberland. His headstone bears the inscription "Remembered By Father, Brother And Sisters"

​1931 Private Joseph Jackson, 56th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F. died 29th December 1916.

6200 Lance Corporal William Moreland, 1st/5th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment), died 10th September 1916, aged 19. Son of William Stafford Moreland and Elizabeth Moreland, of 9, Adelaide Rd., Seaforth, Liverpool. Native of Bootle, Liverpool. His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That We Might Live"

723 Private Jacob Truss, 26th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F. died 31st May 1918, aged 31. Son of Philip and Mary C. Truss, of Greenwood, Oakey, Queensland. His headstone bears the inscription "By Grace Ye Are Saved Through Faith"
Buire-sur-l'Ancre Communal Cemetery
Buire-sur-l'Ancre Communal Cemetery
Buire-sur-l'Ancre Communal Cemetery
Buire-sur-l'Ancre Communal Cemetery
Buire-sur-l'Ancre Communal Cemetery

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