Windmill British Cemetery
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Windmill British Cemetery | |
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission | |
Used for those deceased 1917–1918 | |
Established | 1917 |
Location | 50°15′46″N 2°53′2″E / 50.26278°N 2.88389°E near |
Designed by | Sir Edwin Lutyens |
Total burials | 402 |
Unknowns | 35 |
Burials by nation | |
Burials by war | |
World War I: 368 |
The Windmill British Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead of World War I located near to the commune of Monchy-le-Preux on the main Arras to Cambrai road (D339) in the département of Pas-de-Calais, France.
The cemetery contains the graves of 368 known casualties and 35 unidentified.[1]
History
The cemetery was first used in May 1917 by the 29th Division to bury the dead from the Second Battle of the Scarpe of the 23 April 1917. The cemetery continued to be used until March 1918 and then again between August and October 1918.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Windmill British Cemetery, Monchy-le-Preux". CWGC. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
External links
- Media related to Windmill British Cemetery at Wikimedia Commons
- Cemetery details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
- Windmill British Cemetery at Find a Grave
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- Cemeteries in Pas-de-Calais
- World War I cemeteries in France
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in France
- Canadian military memorials and cemeteries
- 1917 establishments in France
- Works of Edwin Lutyens in France