The Western Front Today - Warlencourt Cemetery
Located near the infamous Butte de Warlencourt - scene of fiercely contested fighting throughout the war - Warlencourt cemetery was established at the end of 1919.
The cemetery is comprised of burials from the le Sars-Warlencourt area.
The cemetery contains in excess of 3,000 burials.
References:
Before Endeavours Fade, Rose E.B. Coombs, After the Battle 1994
Major & Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guide - Somme, Leo Cooper 2000
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