The 9th Highland Division memorial of the Great War adjoining Point du Jour CWGC Cemetery of the Great War

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Athies was captured by the 9th (Scottish) Division, which included the South African Brigade, on 9 April 1917. It remained in Allied hands until the end of the war. There are now 794 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 401 of the burials are unidentified but special memorials commemorate 22 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of six casualties buried in other cemeteries, whose graves were destroyed by shell fire. There are also three Second World War burials and three French war graves.

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Size: 3840px × 5760px
Location: POINT-DU-JOUR MILITARY CEMETERY, ATHIES
Photo credit: © Niall Ferguson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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