SAILLY-LABOURSE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Sailly-Labourse

Pas de Calais

France

General Directions: Sailly-Labourse is a village five kilometeres south-east of Bethune on the main road to Lens (N43). A CWGC signpost can be seen on this road.

The village of Sailly-Labourse was used for rest billets and by field ambulances for much of the First World War. It was close to the battlefield of Loos, but from October 1915 to September 1918, no considerable advance or retirement took place in this sector. The Communal Cemetery Extension was begun by the 2/8th Manchesters in May 1917 and used until October 1918.

Casualty Details: UK 210, Australia 3, South Africa 2, Germany 2, Total Burials: 217

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