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Becourt Military Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, Somme, France
Becourt Military Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, Somme, France
Becourt Military Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, Somme, France. The Military Cemetery was begun in August, 1915, by the 51st (Highland) Division, and carried on by the 18th and other Divisions in the line until the Battles of the Somme, 1916. It continued in use, chiefly by Field Ambulances, until April, 1917; and Plot II was made by the 18th Division at the end of August, 1918. There are now 713 casualties of the 1914-1918 war commemorated in this site. Of these, 8 are unidentified and a special memorial is erected to a soldier from the United Kingdom buried among them. Three German graves have been removed.
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Born 1889
Died 1916
British Army 14244 Corporal Highland Light Infantry
British Army 14244 Serjeant Highland Light Infantry 16th (Service) Battalion (2nd Glasgow).
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Born 1891
Died 1916
British Army L/29117 Gunner Royal Field Artillery "D" Battery 160th Brigade
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Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army Second Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry 16th Battalion
British Army 2nd Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 14th Battalion
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Born 1895
Died 1916
British Army L/29092 Gunner Royal Field Artillery "D" Battery 160th Brigade
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Born 1893
Died 1915
British Army 2348 Private Seaforth Highlanders
British Army 2348 Private Seaforth Highlanders 6th Battalion
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Died 1917
British Army 48425 Corporal Royal Engineers
British Army 48425 Acting Serjeant Royal Engineers
British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Engineers 91st Field Company
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Died 1918
British Army GS/2135 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 7th Battalion
British Army G/2135 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 7th Battalion
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