| Cemetery: |
AIX-NOULETTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas
de Calais, France |
Grave Reference/
Panel Number: |
I. K. 15.
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| Location: |
Aix-Noulette is a village in the Department
of the Pas-de-Calais, about 13 kilometres south of Bethune on the main
road to Arras. From Arras take the D937 towards Bethune. At Aix-Noulette,
turn right at the church. The Communal Cemetery and Extension are a few
hundred metres on the left side of the road to Bully-Grenay.
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| Historical Information: |
The Cemetery Extension was begun by French
troops early in 1915, and the two French plots are next to the Communal
Cemetery. It was taken over by the 1st and 2nd Divisions in February,
1916, and used by fighting units and Field Ambulances until October,
1918. It was increased after the Armistice by the concentration of
graves from the battlefields to the East. There are now nearly 750,
1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over 50 are
unidentified. The cemetery covers an area of 5,198 square metres and is
enclosed by a red brick wall on three sides, and on the South by the
wall of the Communal Cemetery. |