
Known to be Buried in This Cemetery, La Sucrerie, Autumn 2015
La Sucrerie CWGC Cemetery lies at the end of the avenue of graceful old sweet chestnut trees that runs part of the way between Colincamps and the front line at Serre, and takes its name from the sugar refinery which used to stand close by. Prior to the opening of The Battle of The Somme it is said that troops coming up to the line from Colincamps were compelled to march past the newly dug grave pits which were lying open in anticipation of expected casualties. 1103 1914-18 casualties are commemorated here, of whom 219 are unidentified. This row of headstones along the north wall of the cemetery commemorates a number of soldiers who are known to be buried here, but whose individual graves are unknown.
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