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Details
Luke Copse British Cemetery
is on the British front line of July 1916. It's name came from the plantations
(Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) situated behind this cemetery. It was
made by the V Corps (as V Corps Cemetery No. 19) in 1917, when the Ancre
battlefields were cleared. It contains the graves of 72 soldiers from
the United Kingdom (of whom 28 are unidentified), belonging to the 31st
and 3rd Divisions, who attacked the German line on the 1st July and
on the 13th November 1916.
Number of burials by Unit
| Suffolk Regiment |
18
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York and
Lancaster Regiment |
14
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| East Yorkshire Regiment |
10
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King's Own Royal Lancaster
Regiment |
2
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Identified
burials
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44
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Unidentified
burials
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28
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Total Number
of burials
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72
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Notes
Two Sheffield brothers are buried here :-
Lance Corporal Frank Gunstone, 660, 12 Btn York & Lancaster
Regt. K.I.A. 1.7.16 Grave 11
Private William Walter Gunstone, 661, 12 Btn York & Lancaster
Regt. K.I.A. 1/7/16 Grave 21
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