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Domart, Somme, France |
| Latitude : |
49.83711 |
| Lontitude : |
2.50835 |
| CWGC Link : |
25704
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| Hangard is a village between Domart and Demuin. The road to Villers-Bretonneux goes due north from the village, up a steep hillside. After 2 kilometres it passes between the two portions of Hangard Wood, and Hangard Wood British Cemetery will be found at this point. |
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Date Of Death |
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Lieut |
Creighton, Ernest
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192477 |
Canadian Infantry |
08/08/1918 |
Grave 1-A-2 |
| At the end of March 1918, Hangard was at the junction of the French and Commonwealth forces defending Amiens.
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| Between 4 and 25 April, the village and Hangard Wood were the scene of incessant fighting, in which the line was held and the 18th Division were particularly heavily engaged.
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| In July 1918, the site of the cemetery was in German hands, but it was cleared by the Canadian Corps early on 8 August 1918, and the Corps Burial Officer began this cemetery later in the month.
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| A number of graves of April 1918, as well of those of August, were brought in, and after the Armistice other graves of April 1918, were concentrated from Villers-Bretonneux, and of October 1916, from other parts of the Somme battlefield.
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| The cemetery now contains 141 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 39 of which are unidentified. There are also 14 French burials in the cemetery.
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