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| Additional
Information: |
Son of William and Gertrude Jane Moody, of Jackson's Farm, West
End, Southampton. |
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| Cemetery: |
WARLINCOURT HALTE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAULTY, Pas de Calais,
France |
| Grave Reference/Panel Number: |
VI. F. 6. |
| Location: |
Warlincourt and Saulty are villages on either side of the main road
(N25) between Arras (22 kilometres) and Doullens (13 kilometres).
Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery is situated just off the north side of
the road. Large signs clearly indicate access 200 metres before the site
coming from either direction.
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| Historical Information: |
The site of the cemetery was chosen in May 1916. It was used from
June 1916 to May 1917 by the 20th and 43rd Casualty Clearing Stations, in
February 1917 by the 1/1st South Midland, and from April to June 1917 by
the 32nd. The whole of plots VII, VIII, IX and X were filled in April and
May 1917, the months of the Battles of Arras. From June 1917, the cemetery
was practically unused until the fighting of May and June 1918, when field
ambulances buried in it. After the Armistice the cemetery was increased by
graves brought in from the small military cemeteries at Gaudiempre, La
Herliere and Couturelle. The cemetery now contains 1,265 Commonwealth
burials of the First World War. There are also 29 German and two French
war graves. The cemetery was designed by Charles Holden.
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