RAILWAY HOLLOW CEMETERY, HEBUTERNE. Sheffield pals France. Maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission,CWGC.
RAILWAY HOLLOW CEMETERY, HEBUTERNE. Sheffield pals Hebuterne is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais. Using the D919 from Arras to Amiens you will drive through the villages of Bucquoy and Puisieux and then Serre-les-Puisieux (approximately 20 kilometres south of Arras). On leaving Serre-les-Puisieux, 600 metres further along the D919 there is a right hand turn onto a small lane which will take you directly to Railway Hollow Cemetery. It must, however, be emphasised that this lane is not suitable for cars and buses. Historical Information: Hebuterne village remained in Allied hands from March 1915 to the Armistice, although during the German advances of the summer of 1918, it was practically on the front line. Railway Hollow Cemetery is in the British support line of July 1916, about 1,100 metres west of Serre and 200 metres west of the plantation called "Mark Copse." It was made by the V Corps (as V Corps Cemetery ) when the Somme battlefields were cleared in 1917, and contains the graves of soldiers of the 3rd, 19th and 31st Divisions who died on 1 July and 13 November 1916, and 5 February 1917. The cemetery contains 107 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 44 of which are unidentified. There are also two French war graves. The cemetery was designed by W C Von Berg. No. of Identified Casualties: 65
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Location: cemetery on the WW1 Somme Battlefields of Northern France.
Photo credit: © Brian Harris for the CWGC/Alamy / Alamy / Afripics
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