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Dominion (CWGC) Cemetery, Hendecourt-lès-Cagnicourt, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
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Dominion (CWGC) Cemetery, Hendecourt-lès-Cagnicourt, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
[Dominion (CWGC) Cemetery] [Hendecourt-lès-Cagnicourt] [] [Nord-Pas-de-Calais] [France]
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DOMINION CEMETERY Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt Pas de Calais France General Directions: Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt is 16 kilometres south-east of Arras and 4 kilometres south of the Arras-Cambrai main road. Dominion Cemetery is 2.5 kilometres north-east of Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt, in fields reached by a track signposted off the road (the D956) between Hendecourt and the main Arras to Cambrai road (the D939). Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt was captured by the 57th (West Lancashire) and 52nd (Lowland) Division on the night of the 1st-2nd September, 1918. Dominion Cemetery was made by Canadian units in September, 1918, after the storming by the Canadian Corps of the Drocourt-Queant Line; Imperial Cemetery, to the West of the village, has now been removed to H.A.C. Cemetery, Ecoust-St. Mein. The grave of one Canadian airman was brought in after the Armistice from an isolated position some kilometres to the East. Victoria Cross: Serjeant Arthur George Knight, VC, 10th Bn. Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment), died of wounds 03/09/1918, plot I. F. 15. Casualty Details: UK 17, Canada 214, Total Burials: 231
Cemetery : Latitude: 50.21709003202282, Longitude: 2.9757070541381836| 1. | Dominion (CWGC) Cemetery | Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France |
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| 1 |  Maw, Private W. | Dominion (CWGC) Cemetery, Hendecourt-lès-Cagnicourt, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France | I23556 | |