cemetery Northern from final 100 days of WW1 cared for by Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Northern France from the final 100 days of World War One, WW1, in August to November 1918. Ramicourt is a commune 31 kilometres south of Cambrai, and 10 kilometres south-east of Gouy, in the department of Aisne. The British Cemetery is on the south side of the village on the road to Levergies. Historical Information: The village of Ramicourt was immediately east of the German fortification known as the Beaurevoir-Fonsomme Line. It was captured by the 1/5th, 1/6th and 1/8th Sherwood Foresters on 3 October 1918, and the cemetery was made immediately after, close to a small German cemetery (since removed), by the 18th Field Ambulance and the 18th Corps Burial Officer. Ramicourt British Cemetery contains 118 First World War burials, ten of them unidentified. The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw. No. of Identified Casualties: 108
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