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Vailly British Cemetery was established after the Armistice when the remains of Commonwealth soldiers were brought here from other burial grounds and battlefields throughout the region. Most of those buried here were killed during the Battle of the Aisne in September 1914, but the cemetery is also the final resting place of over sixty Commonwealth soldiers who were killed or mortally wounded in the summer of 1918.

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8 images Some pictures of Vailly British Cemetery
By John Stokes on Sunday 30th November '14 at 6:26pm
A Rutlander, living in Belgium
Another picture of the cemetery, taken 17 August 2015.
By John Stokes on Sunday 6th December '15 at 4:36pm
A Rutlander, living in Belgium
A picture taken 17 August 2015 of the French Military Cemetery, which adjoins Vailly British Cemetery.
By John Stokes on Sunday 6th December '15 at 4:38pm
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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