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Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, France.
Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, France.
Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, Pas de Calais, France - In November 1916, the village of Ficheux was behind the German front line, but by April 1917, the German withdrawal had taken the line considerably east of the village and in April and May, the VII Corps Main Dressing Station was posted near for the Battles of Arras. It was followed by the 20th and 43rd Casualty Clearing Stations, which remained at Boisleux-au-Mont until March 1918, and continued to use the Bucquoy Road Cemetery begun by the field ambulances. From early April to early August 1918 the cemetery was not used but in September and October, the 22nd, 30th and 33rd Casualty Clearing Stations came to Boisleux-au-Mont and extended it. By the date of the Armistice, it contained 1,166 burials but was greatly increased when graves were brought in from the surrounding battlefields and from small cemeteries in the neighbourhood. The cemetery now contains 1,901 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 168 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 23 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials commemorate 21 casualties buried by their comrades in Henin-sur-Cojeul German Cemetery, whose graves could not be found on concentration. The cemetery was used again in May 1940 for the burial of troops killed during the German advance. There are 136 burials and commemorations of the Second World War; 26 of the burials are unidentified and special memorials commemorate 39 soldiers whose graves in the cemetery could not be specifically located. The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
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Born 1890
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Died 1917
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Born 1882
Died 1918
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Canadian Expeditionary Force 261650 Private Royal Canadian Regiment
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Born 1897
Died 1918
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Canadian Expeditionary Force 3055137 Private Canadian Infantry
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British Army 20219 Private Dorsetshire Regiment
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Born 1887
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Canadian Expeditionary Force 2379353 Private Canadian Infantry
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Born 1898
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Canadian Expeditionary Force 228432
Canadian Expeditionary Force 228432 Lance Corporal Canadian Infantry
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Born 1885
Died 1918
Canadian Expeditionary Force 2129301
Canadian Expeditionary Force 2129301 Private Canadian Infantry Manitoba Regiment 27th Battalion
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Born 1886
Died 1918
Canadian Expeditionary Force 2020998
Canadian Expeditionary Force 2020998 Private Canadian Infantry
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British Army 23279 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry
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