Some pictures of the Cemetery, taken 19 April 2015.
Pernes British Cemetery
View Pernes British Cemetery on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission websitePernes-en-Artois
Pas de Calais
France
Pas de Calais
France
About
The cemetery was not begun until April 1918 when the 1st and 4th Canadian Casualty Clearing Stations came to Pernes, driven back by the German advance. In May, the 6th and 22nd Clearing Stations arrived and in August, they were joined by the 13th. Almost all the burials were made by these units, but a few of the graves were brought into the cemetery after the Armistice. The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
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1 Rutlander remembered here
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John George
From Great Casterton
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By John Stokes on Saturday 25th April '15 at 2:08pm
A Rutlander, living in Belgium
Rutland and The Battle of the Somme
More than 90 Rutland soldiers died in the Battle of the Somme which lasted from 1 July 1916 until the middle of November. Today they lie in cemeteries across the old battlefield in northern France or are remembered among the 72,000 names on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme. By using our interactive map, you can find out what happened to them.
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