Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemeteries in France - Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial, Fromelles Military Cemetery (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial, Fromelles Military Cemetery, Bayeux War Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, taples Military Cemetery, Delville Wood Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, Bny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Cambrai Memorial to the Missing, Devonshire Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, Vis-En-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt, London Cemetery and Extension, Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, Y Ravine Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, Houplines, Canadian Cemetery No. 2, Windmill British Cemetery, Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, Adanac Military Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, Hawthorn Ridge No. 2 Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, Hunter's Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery, Rue-Des-Berceaux. Excerpt: Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont Adanac Military Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of World War I located near the French villages of Miraumont, Pys and Courcelette . The cemetery was formed after the war ended from the consolidation of existing burial sites, primarily the graves from the Canadian battlefields around Courcelette. The name is a reversal of "Canada." History The British occupied the nearby villages of Miraumont and Pys on 24-25 February 1917 after the German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line . The Germans reoccupied the area on 25 March 1918 at the beginning of the Spring Offensive until the British recaptured it on 24 August 1918 during the Second Battle of the Somme . Sir Herbert Barker designed the cemetery. It contains the burials from the Canadian battlefields around Courcelette and the relocated graves from smaller cemeteries surrounding Mira...