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WARRY COPSE CEMETERY
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Pas De Calais

​France


Location Information

The village of Courcelles-le-Comte is 17 kilometres south of Arras. The Cemetery is 1 kilometre south-east of the village and about 50 metres north-west of the small copse from which it takes its name.


Historical Information

The village of Courcelles-le-Comte was taken by the 3rd Division on 21 August 1918 and Warry Copse Cemetery was made by the 3rd Division Burial Officer at the end of the month.

The cemetery contains 40 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, two of which are unidentified.

Casualty Details: ​United Kingdom 40. Total Burials: 40.

Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 38. Total 38.

Unidentified Casualties:United Kingdom 2. Total 2.

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21764 Lance Serjeant
Charles Napier Mitchell, MM and Bar.
13th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
​21st August 1918, aged 23.
Row A. 27.

Son of Thomas Mitchell, of 36, Caradoc Rd., Seaforth, Liverpool.


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64787 Private
Edgar Cheater
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13th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
21st August 1918, aged 28.
Row A. 26.

Son of Robert Rose Cheater and Margaret Cheater, of Seaforth, Liverpool; husband of Hannah Cheater, of 15, Carolina St., Bootle, Liverpool.


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