FOSSE 7 MILITARY CEMETERY
Mazingarbe
Pas de Calais
France
General Directions: Mazingarbe is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 10 kilometres south-east of Bethune. From Lens, take the N43 towards Bethune. Arriving at Mazingarbe take the first road on your left. The cemetery is 200 metres on the right.
This cemetery was begun by French troops in May, 1915, and carried on by British units from June, 1915, to April, 1917. Also named "Quality Street", it is believed that the cemetery takes its name from the Pithead which stood nearby.
Casualty Details: UK 129, France 12, Total Burials: 141
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1142 Private Arthur Millen 22nd Bn. London Regiment. 08/07/1915. Aged 19 Plot II. G. 1
Image courtesy of Alan Affleck, Arthur Millen was his Great Uncle.
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