Railway Dugouts Burial Ground

Railway Dugouts Burial Ground

Burials began here in April 1915. They continued until the Armistice, especially in 1916 and 1917, when Advanced Dressing Stations were placed in the dugouts and the farm. They were made in small groups, without any definite arrangement and in the summer of 1917 a considerable number were obliterated by shell fire before they could be marked. The names “Railway Dugouts” and “Transport Farm” were both used for the cemetery.

The cemetery now contains 2,459 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War.

 

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