LONGPRE-LES-CORPS SAINTS BRITISH CEMETERY
Longpre-les-Corps-Saints
Somme
France
General Directions: Longpre-les-Corps Saints is a village on the main straight road from Abbeville to Amiens (D3). Longpre-les-Corps Saints British Cemetery is situated approximately 1 kilometre south of the village.
In April 1918, at the turning-point of the German offensive towards Amiens, the 12th and 55th Casualty Clearing Stations came to Longpre and opened a cemetery close to the station, afterwards known as Longpre British Cemetery No 1. When it was closed before the end of the month, it contained 35 graves and the present cemetery, then known as Longpre British Cemetery No 2, was begun about 800 metres south of the village. In May, this cemetery was also closed and in 1919, the graves from Longpre British Cemetery No 1 were brought into it to form rows C and D.
Casualty Details: UK 58, Australia 20, France 1, Total Burials: 79
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