ELOUGES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Dour
Hainaut
Belgium
GENERAL DIRECTIONS: From Mons the N51 Route de Quievrain leads for 14km to the left hand junction onto the N552 Rue d’Elouges. After 2km along the N552 is the village of Elouges. The cemetery is 200m along the rue du commerce, a road which leads from the village square. Access and parking are easy; this cemetery can only be visited during normal cemetery opening hours.
The village and commune of Elouges was the scene of heavy fighting in August 1914, when the Germans were held in check by units of the 2nd Cavalry and 15th Infantry Brigades, although the area was lost soon after. Elouges was eventually retaken just before the armistice by Canadian troops. The 1914 burials here are mostly men of the Norfolk Regiment, they are in trench graves and the exact position of each body in the row is not known.
CASUALTY DETAILS: UK 41; Canada 14; Germany 3; Total Burials: 58
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