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Place	Location	Category	Description
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
Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery And Extension(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Noyelles-les-Vermelles	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery was used by units and field ambulances from June 1915 to February 1916. It contains 108 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 24 French war graves. The adjoining Communal Cemetery Extension was begun by the
Philosophe British Cemetery(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Vermelles	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	The cemetery was started in August 1915. In 1916 it was taken over by the 16th (Irish) Division, who held the Loos Salient at the time, and many of their dead were brought back to the cemetery from the front
Loos Memorial To The Missing(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Loos-en-Gohelle	memorial, First World War 1914-1918	The Loos Memorial forms the side and back of Dud Corner Cemetery, and commemorates over 20,000 officers and men who have no known grave, who fell in the area from the River Lys to the old southern boundary of the
Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Feuchy	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	Wancourt was captured on 12 April 1917 after very heavy fighting, lost in March 1918, and retaken by the Canadian Corps on the following 26 August. The cemetery was begun by the VI Corps Burial Officer in May 1917, used
Tank Cemetery(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Guemappe	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	Guemappe was captured by Commonwealth troops on 23rd and 24 April 1917, twelve days after Wancourt. The village was lost on 23rd March 1918 and retaken by the Canadian Corps on the following 26th August. Tank Cemetery was begun by
Wancourt British Cemetery(en)	France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Guemappe	cemetery, First World War 1914-1918	Wancourt was captured on 12 April 1917 after very heavy fighting and the advance was continued on the following days. The cemetery, called at first Cojeul Valley Cemetery, or River Road Cemetery, was opened about ten days later; it was

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