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SUCRERIE BRITISH CEMETERY

Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt
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​Pas De Calais

​France


GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.16035, Longitude: 3.09909
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Location Information

Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt is a village just south of the main Cambrai to Bapaume road (N30), about 10 kilometres from Cambrai.

Sucrerie British Cemetery is on a minor road that leads directly from Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt, crosses the main road and then leads towards Moeuvres. The Cemetery is at the end of a long access path which starts about 0.5 kilometres from the main road.


Historical Information

Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt was captured by the 62nd (West Riding) Division on the 20th November 1917, and again, after a hard struggle, by the 63rd (Royal Naval) Division on the 27th September 1918.

The cemetery was made by the 63rd Division on the 6th October 1918.

There are now nearly 60, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified and one grave, which cannot now be found, is represented by a special memorial. The graves are in one long trench, almost all of whom belonged to the 63rd Division and fell in the capture of Graincourt.

The cemetery covers an area of 202 square metres, without the approach road and is enclosed by a low rubble wall.

Casualty Details: UK 57, Total Burials: 57
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Men of the Machine Gun Corps filling their gun with water. Graincourt, 24 November 1917. © IWM (Q 6317)
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PLY/2111(S) Private
Harold Percy Bird
1st R.M. Bn. R.N. Div. Royal Marine Light Infantry
30th September 1918, aged 29.
Row A. 14.

Son of Samuel and Ody Bird, of Old Tudor, Stelling, Canterbury. Native of Gloucestershire.


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R/642 Able Seaman
Walter John Buckby
​​"Anson" Bn. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, R. N. Div.
30th September 1918, aged 19.

Row A. 41.

Son of Mr. and Mrs. David Buckby, of Rosebery St., Burton Latimer, Northampton.

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18368 Private
William Dawson
2nd Bn. Royal Irish Regiment (Formerly 7548 Lincolnshire Regt.)
27th September 1918, aged 28.
Row A. 52.

Husband of M. S. Dawson, of 25, Canal St., Retford, Notts.

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Tyneside Z/3265 Able Seaman
George Douglas
"Anson" Bn. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, R. N. Div.
28th September 1918, aged 26.
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George had worked as a coal-trimmer at Lambton Coal Staiths in Sunderland before enlisting in 1915. He had served at Gallipoli before the Western Front.
 

Picture courtesy of great nephew, Chris Spedding

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A British Mark IV (Female) tank of 'G' Battalion, ‘40th Division passing the captured guns at Graincourt on its way to the attack at Bourlon Wood, 23 November 1917. © IWM Q 6336
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A tank of 'G' Battalion, Tank Corps, 40th Division, passing captured German field guns at Graincourt on its way to take part in the attack on Bourlon Wood, 23 November 1917. © IWM Q 6337
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Captured British tank (I36) being transported on a German railway waggon. The tank was recovered by the German 2nd Anti-Aircraft Company (Kompanie-Flak 2) between Anneux and Graincourt-les-Havrincourt on 12 December 1917. The tank was very likely abandonded by its crew during the Battle of Cambrai and recovered by the Germans after the battle. © IWM Q 88138

Nearby Cemeteries

Sanders Keep Military Cemetery
Moeuvres Communal Cemetery Extension
Moeuvres British Cemetery


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