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DROMESNIL COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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Somme

​France



GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.88228, Longitude: 1.86634

Location Information

Dromesnil is a small village in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. The Communal Cemetery is located on a small road North of the village.



Burial Details

12419 Private Joseph Blake, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment), died 14th December 1916, aged 37. Son of Dennis and Bridget Blake, of 50, Soresby St., Chesterfield.

24991 Private A. Crooks, 6th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, died 3rd September 1916, aged 31. Son of William Atkin Crooks and Hannah Crooks, of Crossings Green Lane, Featherstone, Yorks. His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace"

Images in gallery below © Jean-Claude Graux

Dromesnil Communal Cemetery
Dromesnil Communal Cemetery
Dromesnil Communal Cemetery
Dromesnil Communal Cemetery
Dromesnil Communal Cemetery

Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Dromesnil Communal Cemetery
Dromesnil Communal Cemetery
Dromesnil Communal Cemetery
Dromesnil Communal Cemetery
Dromesnil Communal Cemetery
Dromesnil Communal Cemetery

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      • PAS DE CALAIS
      • SEINE-ET-MARNE
      • SEINE-MARITIME
      • SOMME
      • OTHER FRENCH DEPARTMENTS
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