BOIS-GUILLAUME COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Rouen
Seine-Maritime
France
General Directions: Bois-Guillaume is a north-eastern suburb of Rouen, on the main road to Neufchatel. A CWGC signpost is on the road (D928) to Neufchatel at the street corner near the Mairie (Town Hall). Turn left here, and then take the second left into the Rue de la Mare des Champs. The Communal Cemetery is on the right hand side of the road, and the Communal Cemetery Extension is on the left hand side of this road. Locally, the Communal Cemetery is known as the Cimetiere de la Mare des Champs.
The extension adjoining Bois-Guillaume Communal Cemetery was begun in March 1917, most of the burials being made from No 8 General Hospital quartered at Bois-Guillaume in a large country house and grounds. A number of the graves in Rows A to G are doubles.
Casualty Details: UK 311, Canada 13, Australia 28, New Zealand 7, South Africa 1, Total Burials: 360
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