Hermies British Cemetery
Hermies, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Hermies is a town in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, approximately 3.5 kilometres south of the road (N30) from Bapaume to Cambrai. From the N30 take the D34 for 3.2 kilometres to its junction with the D5E where the first CWGC sign is situated. The Cemetery lies on the right side of the road 150 metres from the junction.
Hermies village was seized on the morning of the 9th April 1917, by a surprise attack of the 2nd and 3rd Australian Infantry Battalions. It was held against the advancing Germans on the 22nd March 1918, by the 17th Division, but evacuated on the following day; and it was retaken in September 1918.
The cemetery was made in April-December 1917, by fighting units and Field Ambulances. There are now over 100 World War I casualties commemorated at this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified and a special memorial is erected to one soldier from the United Kingdom, who is believed to be one of them. Eight graves in Rows A and B, identified as a whole but not individually, are marked by headstones bearing the additional words "Buried near this spot". The cemetery covers an area of 731 square metres and is enclosed by a low brick wall.
Hermies is a town in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, approximately 3.5 kilometres south of the road (N30) from Bapaume to Cambrai. From the N30 take the D34 for 3.2 kilometres to its junction with the D5E where the first CWGC sign is situated. The Cemetery lies on the right side of the road 150 metres from the junction.
Hermies village was seized on the morning of the 9th April 1917, by a surprise attack of the 2nd and 3rd Australian Infantry Battalions. It was held against the advancing Germans on the 22nd March 1918, by the 17th Division, but evacuated on the following day; and it was retaken in September 1918.
The cemetery was made in April-December 1917, by fighting units and Field Ambulances. There are now over 100 World War I casualties commemorated at this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified and a special memorial is erected to one soldier from the United Kingdom, who is believed to be one of them. Eight graves in Rows A and B, identified as a whole but not individually, are marked by headstones bearing the additional words "Buried near this spot". The cemetery covers an area of 731 square metres and is enclosed by a low brick wall.
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- Added: 8 Nov 2004
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 1998046
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