FOSSE No.10 COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Sains-en-Gohelle
Pas de Calais
France
General Directions: Sains-en-Gohelle is an old mining village 20 kilometres north of Arras in the direction of Bethune. Fosse 10 is by an old mine and group of miners houses on the southern outskirts of the village, approximately 10 kilometres west of Lens. Approaching Sains-en-Gohelle from the south on the main road, the Fosse 10 Communal Cemetery Extension is signposted to the left.
The Extension is on the South side of the Communal Cemetery. It was begun in April, 1916 and used continuously (chiefly by Field Ambulances) until October, 1918. It is believed that it takes its name from a local Pithead which once stood nearby.
Casualty Details: UK 257, Canada 214, Australia 1, Total Burials: 472
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202272 Private Thomas Martin Richardson 1st/5th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment) 26/06/1917, aged 33. Plot I. D. 22. Son of Robert Henry and Alice Olivia Richardson, of 1, Blenheim Park Rd., South Croydon, Surrey.
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