The entrance sign and Cross of Sacrifice in the CWGC Rue David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Pas de Calais, France.

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"Rue-David" (or "Rue-des-Davids") is the local name of the road running between La Croix-Marechal and La Boutillerie. The cemetery was begun by the 2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers in December 1914 and closed to Commonwealth burials in December 1917. At the Armistice it comprised Rows A to F and part of G of the present Plot I and contained 220 graves. The cemetery was greatly enlarged after the Armistice when graves were brought in mainly from the neighbourhood of Aubers and Fromelles, including those of many of the 1st Middlesex who died at the end of October 1914, and of the 5th Australian and 61st (South Midland) Divisions who died in July 1916.

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Size: 2184px × 3445px
Location: Fleurbaix, Pas de Calais, France
Photo credit: © Maurice Savage / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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