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ROSIÈRES BRITISH CEMETERY

​Vauvillers
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​Somme

​France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.83358, Longitude: 2.71984

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​Location Information

Vauvillers is a village about 34 kilometres east of Amiens and north of Rosieres. The British Cemetery is in open country between Vauvillers and Rosieres.


Historical Information

There are 60, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 6 are unidentified. The body of one American airman has been removed.

The cemetery covers an area of 436 square metres and is enclosed by a rubble wall.

​The cemetery was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw

Total Burials: 60.

Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 54.

Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 6.
Rosières British Cemetery
Rosières British Cemetery
Rosières British Cemetery
Rosières British Cemetery
Rosières British Cemetery
Rosières British Cemetery
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252230 Private
John Doherty
2nd/6th Bn. 
Manchester Regiment
25th March 1918.
Grave 55.


Son of Hugh and Elizabeth Doherty, of 60, Wellington Rd., Dingle, Liverpool.

His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace"


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​Lieutenant 
Herbert Wyman Jones
25th (Montgomeryshire and Welsh Horse Yeomany) Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, attached to Machine Gun Corps
24th March 1918.
​Grave 22.




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Rosières British Cemetery
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Rosières British Cemetery
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Rosières British Cemetery

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