Bac-Du-Sud British Cemetery, Bailleulval

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Bac-Du-Sud British Cemetery
Cemetery Bac-Du-Sud British.jpg
Country: France
Location: Pas de Calais
Coordinates: 50°13′29″N 2°36′12″E / 50.22472, 2.60333
Type: Public
Owned by: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Number of gravesites: 684
Website: Bac-Du-Sud British Cemetery

The Bac-Du-Sud British Cemetery is a cemetery in the Pad de Calais region of France containing the graves of Canadians killed during the Great War.

History

The cemetery was made in March 1918 by the 7th, 20th and 43rd Casualty Clearing Stations, but when the German advance began at the end of that month, their place was taken by field ambulances of the units fighting on the Arras front, notably the 31st Division and the Canadian Corps. In August and September, when the Germans had been pushed back, the 45th and 46th Casualty Clearing Stations were posted to the neighbourhood.

Bac-du-Sud British Cemetery contains 688 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. There are also 55 German war graves.

Location

Bailleulval is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais about 13 Kms south-west of Arras, and the Cemetery is 1 Km west of the village on the north side of the main road from Arras to Doullens (N25).

"We Rest Here"

The following Signals related person is buried here.

Headstone Service Number Rank and Name Grave Location
Corke, Lawrence Dwinford grave marker.jpg
240O72 Spr L.D. Corke I. E. 28.

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