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ORCQ COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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Hainaut

​Belgium

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.60846, Longitude: 3.3482
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Location Information

Orcq Communal Cemetery is located 2 km west of Tournai on the N7 Chaussee De Lille, a road leading from the R52 Tournai ring road.

On reaching the village of Orcq the cemetery is located at the left of the church, 200 metres along a road called Bas Chemin.


Visiting Information

Wheelchair access possible via main entrance.


Historical Information

Orcq Communal Cemetery contains 16 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, all men of the 74th (Yeomanry) Division who died during the Advance to Victory in October 1918.


Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
Orcq Communal Cemetery
Orcq Communal Cemetery
Orcq Communal Cemetery
Orcq Communal Cemetery
Orcq Communal Cemetery
Orcq Communal Cemetery
Orcq Communal Cemetery
Orcq Communal Cemetery
Orcq Communal Cemetery

The following information is © Bernard Demaire

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Picture
S/12506 Private
T. Cockburn
14th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
23rd October 1918.
Row A. 2.



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