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Courcelette British Cemetery, Courcelette, , Picardie, France
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Courcelette British Cemetery, Courcelette, , Picardie, France
[Courcelette British Cemetery] [Courcelette] [] [Picardie] [France]
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This British Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) cemetery is located just west of the village of Courcelette in the Department of the Somme.
The commune and the village of Courcelette were the scene of very heavy fighting in September 1916. On the 15th, the village was included in the extreme left of the Allied attack and was taken by the 2nd Canadian Division supported by tanks, with the 4th and 6th Brigades storming the outer trenches and the sugar factory, and the 5th Brigade seizing the village. It was destroyed by German artillery after its capture and remained very close to the front line until the German retreat in the following spring. The cemetery was begun in November 1916 (as Mouquet Road or Sunken Road Cemetery), and used until March 1917. The original 74 burials are now parts of Plot I, Rows A to F. On 25 March 1918, Courcelette passed into German hands, but was retaken on 24 August. The cemetery was greatly enlarged after the Armistice when almost 2,000 graves were brought in, mostly those of men who died around Courcelette and Pozieres in 1916.
Casualty Details: UK 673, Canada 783, Australia 513, New Zealand 1, Total Burials: 1970
Cemetery : Latitude: 50.05567598323949, Longitude: 2.7344799041748047Matches 1 to 1 of 1
Last Name, Given Name(s)  |
Burial  |
Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Maw, Private E. | Courcelette British Cemetery, Courcelette, , Picardie, France | I23474 | |