Quite a large cemetery out of town, long and narrow in design with a further extension. Mr Dove's grave is on the right hand side when entering the cemetery, in area 'C'. Not great for parking, but otherwise fairly easy access.
Busigny Communal Cemetery
View Busigny Communal Cemetery on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission websiteBusigny
Nord
France
Nord
France
About
Busigny was captured by the 30th American Division and British cavalry on 9 October 1918, in the Battle of Cambrai, and in the course of the next two months the 48th, 37th and 12th Casualty Clearing Stations came successively to the village. The majority of the burials were made from these three hospitals. After the Armistice it was enlarged when graves were brought from a wide area between Cambrai and Guise. The extension was designed by Charles Holden.
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1 Rutlander remembered here
DOVE
James
From Oakham
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Quite a large cemetery out of town, long and narrow in design with a further extension. Mr Dove's grave is on the right hand side when entering the cemetery, in area 'C'. Not great for parking, but otherwise fairly easy access.
By John Stokes on Wednesday 12th November '14 at 1:04pm
A Rutlander, living in Belgium
More pictures of the cemeteryBy John Stokes on Wednesday 12th November '14 at 1:06pm
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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