Noyelles sur l’Escaut Communal Cemetery & Extension
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Le cimetière « Noyelles-sur-Escaut Communal Cemetery Extension » est un cimetière militaire de la Première Guerre mondiale situé sur le territoire de la commune de Noyelles-sur-Escaut, Nord.
Cimetière Britannique de 116 tombes.Noyelles-sur-L'Escaut was captured by the 6th Division on the 20th-21st November, 1917, evacuated at the beginning of Decemeber, and reoccupied on the 19th October, 1918, by the 7th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. The Communal Cemetery Extension was made by the 2nd Division Burial Officer. There are now over 100, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified. The Extension covers an area of 348 square metres and is enclosed on two sides by a brick wall.
