BRITISH CEMETERY - CAUDRY , France - Veteran Cemeteries on Waymarking.com

Historique
Après la bataille du Cateau du 26 août 1914, la ville de Caudry fut occupée par les Allemands et resta loin des combats jusqu'au 10 octobre 1918, date à laquelle elle fut capturée par la 37e Division Britannique. Caudry fut un centre allemand d'unités médicales et les soldats du Commonwheahlt victimes de leurs blessures furent inhummés par les Allemands au milieu des leurs.

Caractéristique
Ce cimetière est situé à côté du nouveau cimetière communal de Caudry, rue du Souvenir Français, dans lequel on trouve aussi le Cimetière militaire Allemand et un Carré militaire Français. Caudry British Cemetery (appelé à l'origine le prolongement du cimetière allemand) a été commencé en octobre 1918 par la division néo-zélandaise et poursuivi par les postes de secours. Il a été achevé après l'armistice par la concentration des tombes du cimetière allemand et des cimetières des villages d'Audencourt et de Beaumont qui étaient situés au milieu des champs. Il comprend aujourd'hui les tombes de 710 soldats du Commonwealth dont 59 inconnus, également les tombes de 3 soldats français ainsi les tombes de 19 civils chinois membres du Chinese Labour Corps, travailleurs pour le compte des britanniques, décédés pour la plupart de la grippe espagnole au cours de l'été 1919. Le cimetière couvre une superficie de 2 770 mètres carrés et est entouré en partie par un mur de moellons.

En - Historical
After the Battle of Cateau on August 26, 1914, the city of Caudry was occupied by the Germans and remained far from the fighting until October 10, 1918, when it was captured by the 37th British Division. Caudry was a German center of medical units, and the Commonwealth soldiers of their wounds were buried by the Germans in their midst.

Feature
This cemetery is located next to the new Caudry Communal Cemetery, Rue du Souvenir Français, which also houses the German Military Cemetery and a French Military Square. Caudry British Cemetery (originally called the extension of the German cemetery) was started in October 1918 by the New Zealand Division and continued by the relief posts. It was completed after the armistice by the concentration of the graves of the German cemetery and the cemeteries of the villages of Audencourt and Beaumont which were located in the middle of the fields. It now includes the graves of 710 Commonwealth soldiers including 59 unknowns, also the graves of 3 French soldiers and the graves of 19 Chinese civilians members of the Chinese Labor Corps, workers on behalf of the British, most of whom died of influenza. spanish during the summer of 1919. The cemetery covers an area of ??2,770 square meters and is surrounded in part by a wall of rubble.

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Date cemetery was established: 01/10/1916 Visiting hours: Entrée Libre / Free entry Website pertaining to the cemetery: [Web Link]

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