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Details
Taken by 9th (Scot.) Div. July 3rd-4th
1916; same Div. was driven from wood Mar. 25th 1918, recaptured it for
a time, finally regained by 18th Div. Aug 27th.
Number of burials by unit
| Australian burials
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124
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Royal Field Artillery
|
28
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| King's Liverpool Regiment
|
27
|
|
Royal Garrison Artillery
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24
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| Royal Army Medical
Corps |
23
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|
Manchester Regiment
|
20
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| Middlesex Regiment
|
20
|
|
Royal Berkshire Regiment
|
17
|
| Royal
Engineers |
15
|
|
Queen's
Own - Royal West Kent Regiment |
14
|
| Rifle
Brigade |
14
|
|
Durham
Light Infantry |
12
|
| Duke of Cornwall Light
Infantry |
9
|
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Wiltshire Regiment
|
9
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| East Surrey Regiment
|
8
|
|
Lancashire Fusiliers
|
8
|
| Royal Horse Artillery
|
8
|
|
Essex Regiment |
7
|
| King's Royal Rifle
Corps |
7
|
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Leicestershire Regiment
|
6
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| Royal Welsh Fusiliers
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6
|
|
Bedfordshire Regiment
|
5
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| Irish Guards |
5
|
|
King's Own Royal Lancaster
Regiment |
5
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| Lincolnshire Regiment
|
5
|
|
Loyal North Lancashire
Regiment |
5
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| Northamptonshire Regiment
|
5
|
|
Green Howards - Yorkshire
Regiment |
4
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| King's Own Yorkshire
Light Infantry |
4
|
|
Machine Gun Corps
|
4
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| Northumberland
Fusiliers |
4
|
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Nottinghamshire
& Derbyshire Regiment |
4
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| Oxfordshire
& Buckinghamshire Light Infantry |
4
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Queen's
- Royal West Surrey Regiment |
4
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| Scots
Guards |
4
|
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Somerset
Light Infantry |
4
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| Cheshire
Regiment |
3
|
|
Devonshire
Regiment |
3
|
| Gloucestershire
Regiment |
3
|
|
Grenadier
Guards |
3
|
| Royal
Munster Fusiliers |
3
|
|
York &
Lancaster Regiment |
3
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| Buffs
- East Kent Regiment |
2
|
|
Coldstream
Guards |
2
|
| Connaught
Rangers |
2
|
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1st Dragoon
Guards (King's) |
2
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| East Yorkshire
Regiment |
2
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King's
Own Scottish Borderers |
2
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| Monmouthshire
Regiment |
2
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|
New Zealand
Units |
2
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| Royal
Flying Corps/Royal Air Force |
2
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Royal
Fusiliers - City of London Regiment |
2
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| South
Lancashire Regiment |
2
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South
Staffordshire Regiment |
2
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| Border
Regiment |
1
|
|
Cameronians
- Scottish Rifles |
1
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| Duke of
Wellington - West Riding Regiment |
1
|
|
Hampshire
Regiment |
1
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| Highland
Light Infantry |
1
|
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18th Hussars
- Queen Mary's Own |
1
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| Leinster
Regiment |
1
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London
Regiment - 3rd Bn. Royal Fusiliers |
1
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| Royal
Army Service Corps |
1
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Royal
Scots Fusiliers |
1
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| Royal
Scots - Lothian Regiment |
1
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Royal
Sussex Regiment |
1
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| Royal
Warwickshire Regiment |
1
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South
African Regiment |
1
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| Identified burials
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528
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| Unidentified burials
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|
|
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| UK |
413
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| South African |
3
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| India |
1
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| Total Unidentified
burials |
417
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| Total burials |
945
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Those with awards buried in this Cemetery
Captain Percy Wellesley Chapman
M.C., 55th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action 12th
March 1917 aged 30. J.42
Lt. Alain Percy Mark Chawner, Mentioned
in Despatches, 3rd Bn. and 1st Bn. Essex Regiment. Killed in action
21st Oct. 1916 aged 22. F.30
C.S.M. C. R. Coventry M.C.,
7th Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Died 24th Aug. 1916. O.56
Sgt. Thomas Gregory M.M., "A" Bty. 150th Brig. Royal Field
Artillery. Died of wound on 29th Oct. 1916 aged 40. Member of the Blackburn
Borough Police Force. D.33
Sgt. H. Hankins M.M., "C" Bty. 74th Brig. Royal Field
Artillery. Died 2nd March 1917. K.69
Pte. Thomas McGinn M.M., 1st Bn. Grenadier Guards. Died 13th Sept.
1916 aged 31. F.12
L/Cpl. Gordon O'Brien M.M., 2nd Bn. Cameronians - Scottish Rifles.
Died 25th Oct. 1916 aged 27. F.33
Major Guy B. Oliver, Mentioned in Despatches, 189th Brig. Royal
Field Artillery, formerly 116th Bty, 26th Brig. Died of wounds 29th
Sept. 1916 aged 35. C.20
L/Sgt. O. J. Perry M.M., 13th Bn. Middlesex Regiment. Died 16th
Aug. 1916. M.36
C.S.M. A. J. Rowland M.M., 1st Bn. Essex Regiment, died 21st Oct.
1916. D.30
Sgt. P. Roughley M.M., 423rd Field Coy. Royal Engineers. Died 8th
Aug. 1916. N.78
C.S.M. R. Webb D.C.M., 8th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment. Killed
in action 27th Aug. 1918 aged 34. G.11
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