LANDRECIES BRITISH CEMETERY

Landrecies

Nord

France

General Directions: Landrecies is a small town in the Department of the Nord approximately 40 kilometres south-south-east of Valenciennes. The British Cemetery is west of the town on the road to Pommereuil and Le Cateau, the Route d'Happegardes (D959). 

Landrecies was the scene of rear-guard fighting on 25 August 1914, after the Battle of Mons, and from that date it remained in German hands until it was captured by the 25th Division on 4 November 1918. Landrecies British Cemetery was made by the 25th Division in November 1918 and all burials date from the period October 1918 to January 1919.

Casualty Details: UK 165, Total Burials: 165

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