Borre British Cemetery

Cemetery Details

Location Rue de Sec Bois, Borre, Nord, France
Co‑ordinates N50.73005, E2.58317
Description

Location Information
Borre is a village 3 kilometres east of Hazebrouck on the D642. On reaching the village, turn right just before the church on the road signposted Sec Bois. The cemetery is 120 metres from the junction on the right hand side.

History Information
The cemetery was used from May to September 1918 by field ambulances and fighting Units, particularly those of the 1st Australian Division, during the interval between the German and Allied offensives of that year. The cemetery now contains 367 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and three German war graves. There are also five burials of the Second World War. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker.

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Names

Showing 8 people of interest from cemetery

MILLS, Albert

Service number 7282
Private
11th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

DILGER, Albert William

Service number 2452
Lance Corporal
12th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 8 Jun 1888

JACOB, Kenneth Grant

Service number 770
Lieutenant
12th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born Sep 1895

BROWNLEE, Walter Brunton

Service number 7442
Private
3rd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 10 Dec 1896

PRENTICE, George Henry

Service number 3933
Private
5th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1885

PENNA, Herbert

Service number 2423
Corporal
10th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 14 Feb 1894

SCHOFIELD, William James

Service number 2410A
Corporal
1st Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1893

SMITH, Francis Harmer

Service number 7306
Private
10th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born Jul 1888

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