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The Western Front Today - Bull's Road Cemetery

Bulls Road cemetery, located on the Somme and in the village of Flers, contains 485 U.K., 148 Australian, 120 New Zealand and 2 unknown burials.

15 special memorials are also located in the cemetery.

Flers was the site of the first use of tanks at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette on 15 September 1916.

References:
Before Endeavours Fade, Rose E.B. Coombs, After the Battle 1994
Major & Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guide - Somme, Leo Cooper 2000

'Alleyman' was British slang for a German soldier.

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