SERAIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Serain

Aisne

France

General Directions: Serain is a village in the Department of Aisne, 19.5 kilometres south-east of Cambrai, and 6.5 kilometres west of Busigny Railway Station.

Serain was captured by the 66th (East Lancashire) Division on the 8th October, 1918. The Communal Cemetery was extended by the Germans on the North-West side, and in October, 1918, the present British Extension was made on the North West side of the German. After the Armistice the German Extension was removed; 264 German, seven Russian graves and one American were taken to other cemeteries; and 32 British graves (from the German Extension and other German cemeteries) were brought into the British Extension.

Casualty Details: UK 102, Canada 1, Australia 4, South Africa 1, Total Burials: 108

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