BERTHAUCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pontru
Aisne
France
General Directions: Pontru is a village in the Department of the Aisne approximately 7 kilometres north-west of St. Quentin, and Bertaucourt (Berthaucourt) is a hamlet on the road to St. Quentin adjoining Pontru village. From St Quentin take the N29 towards Amiens. At Vermand turn right taking the D33. The village of Pontru is signposted after 5 kilometres and Bertaucourt Communal Cemetery is located on the outskirts of the village.
Pontru was taken on the 24th September, 1918, before the Battle of the Canal du Nord. Many of the dead were men of the 1st Northamptonshire and the 2nd Royal Sussex Regiments, killed on the 24th September, 1918.
Casualty Details: UK 71, Total Burials: 71
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