NORFOLK CEMETERY

Becordel-Becourt

Somme

France 

General Directions: Becordel-Becourt is a village 2.5 kilometres east of Albert on the D938 (Albert-Peronne) road. Follow the C1 north to Becourt, pass under a bridge and Norfolk Cemetery will be found 700 metres along on the east side of the road.

The cemetery was begun by the 1st Norfolks in August 1915 and used by other units (including the 8th Norfolks) until August 1916. After the Armistice it was nearly doubled in size when graves were brought in from the battlefields near by.

Victoria Cross: Major Stewart Walter Loudoun-Shand, VC, 10th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment, killed in action 01/07/1916, plot I. C. 77.

Shot at Dawn: Privates J. Jennings and G. Lewis of the 2nd Bn. South Lancashire Regiment, both executed for desertion on 26/06/1916, and buried in plot 1. D. 85/86. respectively.

Casualty Details: UK 531, Canada 2, Australia 10, New Zealand 1, South Africa 3, India 1, Total Burials: 548

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