ERQUELINNES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Erquelinnes
Hainaut
Belgium
GENERAL DIRECTIONS: 21km south-east of Mons, the cemetery lies on a road leading off the N40 Chausee de Beaumont, which connects Mons and Erquelinnes, once in the village the cemetery can be found 50 metres along the rue Madame. Access and parking is easy, but it should be noted that the cemetery is restricted to the opening hours of the communal cemetery.
This small Commonwealth plot in the communal cemetery is very rarely visited; it contains 79 burials mostly from the last two months of the war, all of whom were buried by the Germans. There were originally also three American graves here, but these were removed after the armistice.
CASUALTY DETAILS: UK 66; South Africa 1; Germany 11; France 1; Total Burials: 79
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