Headstones & the Cross of Sacrifice in the Gommecourt British Cemetery , Pas de Calais, France.

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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. Gommecourt and Gommecourt Wood were attacked by the 56th (London) and 46th (North Midland) Divisions on 1 July 1916 with only temporary success, but the village was occupied by the 31st and 46th Divisions on the night of 27-28 February 1917, remaining in Allied hands until the Armistice. Gommecourt was later "adopted" by the County Borough of Wolverhampton. Gommecourt British Cemeteries , , and were made in 1917 when the battlefields were cleared. originally contained 101 graves of 1 July 1916, almost all of the 56th Division, which form Plot I of the cemetery as it is today. After the Armistice, graves from the neighbouring battlefields were added.

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Size: 3624px × 2415px
Location: Hebuterne, Pas de Calais, France
Photo credit: © Maurice Savage / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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