Friends of the Somme - Mid Ulster Branch
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Location
Region : Bois Grenier, Nord, France
Latitude : 50.647616
Lontitude : 2.875314
CWGC Link : 63405
Bois-Grenier is a village in the department of the Nord, 3.5 kilometres south of Armentieres. The Communal Cemetery is at the southern end of the village. From the church take the D22 towards Fromelles/La Bassee.

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Cookstown Casualties
No     Rank Name Service No Regiment / Service Date Of Death Grave Ref
1 Portrait Pte. Devlin, James 7678 Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 30/03/1915 Grave 1-2
Cemetery History
Bois-Grenier remained in British hands, though close to the front line, from October 1914 to April 1918, and the earliest British burials were made in the Communal Cemetery.
There are now 121 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-18 war commemorated in this site. Of these, 8 are unidentified; three in Row K, were brought in after the Armistice, from the North side of the village. There are also 4 unidentified French burials here. The British plots cover an area of 431 square metres.
Cemetery Links
No Link Reference Doc
1 Billiongraves Subscription website. Poor quality website and photos.
2 Findagrave.com Gravestone photos
3 War Graves Photo Project War Graves Photographic Project
4 WWI Cemeteries Details of cemetery including some grave photos