Some pictures of the Cemetery, taken 14 December 2014
Dickebusch New Military Cemetery
View Dickebusch New Military Cemetery on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission websiteYpres
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
About
The New Military Cemetery was begun in February 1915 and was used until May 1917 by fighting units and field ambulances, with a few further burials taking place in March and April 1918. The Extension was used from May 1917 to January 1918. The New Military Cemetery contains 624 First World War burials, the Extension contains 547. The site was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
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1 Rutlander remembered here
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William Harold
From Oakham
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By John Stokes on Sunday 14th December '14 at 6:34pm
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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