Early morning view of the CWGC Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, Picardy, France.

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Dantzig Alley British Cemetery now contains 2,053 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 518 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 17 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of 71 casualties buried in other cemeteries, whose graves were destroyed by shell fire. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker.

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Size: 3624px × 2375px
Location: Mametz, Somme, Picardy, France
Photo credit: © Maurice Savage / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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