Waggon Road Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel (Somme) |
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Details Beaumont-Hamel is a village and commune
in the Department of the Somme, about 8 kilometers North of Albert.
Waggon Road was the name given to the road running north to the village
of Serre: and Waggon Road Cemetery is on the East of that road. Waggon Road Cemetery (originally V Corps Cemetery No.10) contains the graves of 195 soldiers from the United Kingdom, of whom 36 are unidentified. Forty-nine belong to the Border Regiment, the 11th (Lonsdale) Battlaion of which attacked on the Ancre both in July and November, 1916. Number of burials by Unit
Awards Pte. J. Crawford M.M., 16th Bn. Highland Light Infantry, died 18th Nov. 1916 aged 22. C. 25. Sgt. Joshus Hardisty M.M., 11th Bn. Border Regiment, died 18th Nov. 1916 aged 34. A. 30. Sgt. William Thomas M.M., "A" Coy. 2nd Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. K.I.A. 18th Nov. 1916 aged 33. A. 25. |