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Place	Location	Category	Description
Windmill British Cemetery(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Guemappe	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	On 23 April 1917, in the Second Battle of the Scarpe, Infantry Hill (east of Monchy) and Guemappe (due south of Monchy) were captured by Commonwealth troops. Guemappe was lost the same day, but retaken almost at once, and further
Monchy British Cemetery(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Roeux	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	Monchy village, a relatively high and commanding position, was captured by Commonwealth forces on 11 April 1917. The cemetery was begun at once and continued in use as a front-line cemetery until the German offensive of March 1918, when it
Orange Trench Cemetery(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Roeux	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	Orange Hill and Orange Trench were features of the country south of the river Scarpe, through which Commonwealth forces fought their way in April 1917, during the Battle of Arras, and again in August 1918. Orange Trench Cemetery was made
Happy Valley British Cemetery(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Roeux	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	Happy Valley was the name given to the long valley which ran eastward from Orange Hill, and along which Commonwealth troops fought their way on 10-11 April 1917 during the early stages of the Battle of Arras. The cemetery was
Crump Trench British Cemetery(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Fampoux	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	Fampoux village was taken by the 4th Division (passing through the 9th (Scottish) Division) on 9 April 1917. It remained close behind the Allied front line, but part of it was lost on 28 March 1918 during the German advance.
Roeux British Cemetery(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Fampoux	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	Roeux was built over a system of caves which helped to make its capture in 1917 exceptionally difficult. It was attacked by the 9th (Scottish) Division without success on 12 April. The chemical works close to the railway station were
Brown's Copse Cemetery(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Fampoux	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	Roeux was built over a system of caves which helped to make its capture in 1917 exceptionally difficult. It was attacked by the 9th (Scottish) Division without success on 12 April. The chemical works close to the railway station were
Sunken Road Cemetery(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Fampoux	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	Fampoux village was taken by the 4th Division on 9 April 1917, lost at the end of March 1918, and retaken at the end of the following August. Sunken Road Cemetery is at the summit of the sunken road to
Chili Trench Cemetery(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Gavrelle	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	Gavrelle was captured by the Royal Naval Division on 23 April 1917, lost on 28 March 1918, and reoccupied by the 51st (Highland) Division on the following 27 August. Chili Trench Cemetery was made in April and May 1917, mainly
Point-Du-Jour Military Cemetery(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Athies	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	Athies was captured by the 9th (Scottish) Division, which included the South African Brigade, on 9 April 1917. It remained in Allied hands until the end of the war. Point-du-Jour was a house on the road from St. Laurent-Blangy to
Mindel Trench British Cemetery(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Athies	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	Until 9th April 1917, the Allied front line ran practically through the village of St. Laurent-Blangy. The trench (known to the Germans as Mindel Trench and called in 1918 McLaren Trench) was taken by the 9th (Scottish) Division on 9
Loos British Cemetery(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Loos-en-Gohelle	cemetery, battlefield, First World War 1914-1918	The village has given its name to the battle of the 25th September - 8th October, 1915, in which it was captured from the Germans by the 15th (Scottish) and 47th (London) Divisions, and defended by French troops on the
St. Patrick'S Cemetery(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Loos-en-Gohelle	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	St. Patrick's Cemetery was begun during the battle by French and British troops, and used in 1916 very largely by the units of the 16th (Irish) Division. It was closed in June, 1918, but a small number of graves were
St. Mary'S A.D.S. Cemetery(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Hulluch	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	The village of Haisnes was reached, or nearly reached, by the 9th (Scottish) and 7th Divisions on the 25th September, 1915, the first day of the Battle of Loos; and parts of the commune were the scene of desperate fighting
Ninth Avenue Cemetery(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Hulluch	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	The village of Haisnes remained in German hands until the final advance in the year 1918, but parts of the commune were gained by British troops in the Battle of Loos. Ninth Avenue Cemetery was named from a trench which
Bois-Carre Military Cemetery Haisnes(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Hulluch	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	Haisnes village remained in German hands until the final advance in the year 1918, but parts of the commune were gained by British troops in the Battle of Loos. Bois-Carre Military Cemetery is named from a small copse about 274
Quarry Cemetery Vermelles(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Auchy-les-Mines	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	Quarry Cemetery was used from July, 1915 to June, 1916, and (for two burials) in August, 1917. Its existence is due chiefly to the fighting at Fosse 8 and at the Hohenzollern Redoubt, and it contains many graves of the
Cuinchy Communal Cemetery(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Cuinchy	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	Cuinchy remained during almost the whole of the War within range of German guns, and the cemeteries in the Commune were made by fighting units and Field Ambulances. www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=6570...
Brown's Road Military Cemetery Festubert(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Festubert	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	Festubert was occupied by Commonwealth forces in October 1914 and on 23-24 November, the Indian Corps repulsed a German attack. The Battle of Festubert (15-25 May 1915) resulted in a short advance which left the village somewhat less exposed than
Woburn Abbey Cemetery(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Cuinchy	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	Cuinchy remained during almost the whole of the war within range of German guns, and the cemeteries in the commune were made, so far as British troops are concerned, by fighting units and Field Ambulances. Woburn Abbey Cemetery was named

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