BERLES NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
Berles-au-Bois
Pas de Calais
France
General Directions: Berles-au-Bois is about 15 kilometres south-west of Arras and 3 kilometres south of the main road from Arras to Doullens (N25). The Cemetery lies at the north-west end of the village on the road leading to Bailleulmont.
The village of Berles-au-Bois remained in British hands from the summer of 1915, when it was taken over from French troops, until the end of the War; but it suffered at times from severe shelling. The village was later "adopted" by the County Borough of Wolverhampton. Berles New Military Cemetery was begun by fighting units in January 1917, when the Churchyard Extension was closed; it was used until April 1918.
Victoria Cross: Brigadier General Frederick William Lumsden, VC, CB, DSO and 3 Bars, commanding 14th Brigade, Royal Marine Artillery, killed in action 04/06/1918, plot III. D. 1.
Casualty Details: UK 167, France 11, Total Burials: 178
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