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Details BUCQUOY is a village and commune in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 15 kilometres South of Arras, and 6 kilometres West of Achiet station on the main railway line from Paris to Arras and Lille. Queens Cemetery is at the South end of the village, on the North-West side of the road to Puisieux. Bucquoy was taken by the 7th Division in March, 1917. It was partly lost in April, 1918, after a prolonged and gallant defence by the 62nd (West Riding), 37th and 42nd (East Lancashire) Divisions; and it was cleared on the following 21st August. The cemetery was begun in March, 1917,
when 23 men of the 2nd Queen's were buried in what is now Plot If, Row
A. Thirteen graves of April-August 1918 were added (Plot II, Row B)
in September 1918 by the 5th Division Burial Officer. The remainder
of the cemetery was made after the Armistice, by the concentration of
69o British and 15 French graves and one American from small The cemetery now contains the graves of 698 soldiers (including many sailors and Marines of the Royal Naval Division) from the United Kingdom, 28 from New Zealand, and five French (ten French graves and one American having been removed to other cemeteries). The unnamed graves are 214 in number, and special memorials are erected to two soldiers, one sailor and one Marine from the United Kingdom, known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of six soldiers from the United Kingdom, buried in Miraumont German Cemetery, whose graves were destroyed by shell fire. The cemetery covers an area of 2631 square metres. It stands on a low bank above the road, overlooking the battlefields to the East and South-East. The Register records particulars of 520 War Dead. The following were among the burial grounds from which British graves were removed to Queens Cemetery, Bucquoy BAILLESCOURT FARM CEMETERY, BEAUCOURT-SUR-ANCRE, made by the V Corps in 1917 in clearing the battlefields. It was in marshy ground between the Farm and the Ancre, and it contained the graves of 64 sailors and soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in the winter of 1916-1'7, and in August and September, 1918. The Farm was taken by the H.A.C. in February, 1917. MIRAUMONT CHURCHYARD, in which nine men of the R.F.A. and an Infantry officer were buried in February and March, 1917. MIRAUMONT GERMAN CEMETERY, in which six soldiers from the United Kingdom were buried in 1915-16. RIVER TRENCH CEMETERY, PUISIEUX, made by the V Corps in 1917 in clearing the battlefields. It contained the graves of 117 officers and men,almost all of the R.N.D., who fell in February, 1917. It was in the open country between Grandcourt and Puisieux. SWAN TRENCH CEMETERY, PUISIEUX, also made by the V Corps, and containing the graves of 27 officers and men of the R.N.D. who fell in February, 1917. It was near the Grandcourt-Puisieux road. TRIANGLE CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT, 500 metres North-East of Petit-Miraumont village on the road to Pys. This was a German cemetery containing the graves of 181 German soldiers and eight soldiers from the United Kingdom. Number of burials by Unit
Awards buried in this Cemetery :- Maj. Francis Sainthill Anderson M.C "A"
Bty 15th Bde. Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 25th Aug.,1918.
Age 23 II. B. 10
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