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ZOUAVE VALLEY CEMETERY

​Souchez
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Pas De Calais

​France


Location Information

Souchez is a village some 12 kilometres north of Arras on the main road to Bethune. Zouave Valley Cemetery is approximately 2 kilometres south-east of the village, and lies in the valley which extends southwards from Souchez on the western side of Vimy Ridge.


Historical Information

The cemetery takes its name from French Regiments which fought in the vicinity of Souchez 1914-15.

The cemetery was begun in May 1916 and used until June 1917. It suffered severely from shell fire. It was increased after the Armistice by the concentration of graves (which now form Plot I) from a wide area round Souchez.

There are 245, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 54 are unidentified and special memorials are erected to 8 soldiers from the United Kingdom and 3 from Canada, known or believed to be buried among them. Five graves in Plot II, identified as a group but not individually, are marked by headstones bearing the additional words: "Buried near this spot". The cemetery covers an area of 1,533 square metres and is enclosed by a rubble wall.

Casualty Details: United Kingdom 138, Canada 98, South Africa 8, Germany 1. Total Burials: 245.

Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 105, Canada 66, South Africa 8, Germany, 1. Total 180.

Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 33, Canada 32. Total 65.
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256 Lance Corporal
Harry Van Tromp
22nd Bn. Royal Fusiliers
24th May 1916, aged 34.
Special Memorial 8.

Son of the late Henry Joseph and Elisabeth Van Tromp, of Taunton.

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