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• Cambrai Memorial 
  The Cambrai Memorial commemorates more than 7000 servicemen of the United Kingdom and South Africa who died in the Battle of Cambrai in November and December 1917 and whose graves are not known.
  Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
   
• Campbell, Frederick William    b. June 15, 1867  d. June 19, 1915
  World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Ontario, Canada, he served as a Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Forces. During an assault at Givenchy, France, June 15, 1915, Lieutenant Campbell took two machine guns over the parapet. he arrived at the German first line with one gun and maintained his position heavy rifle and machine gun fire. Despite the fact that almost the whole of his detachment had been killed or wounded, he advanced his gun still...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  Plot: II.A.24.
   
• Carter, Sgt. Nelson Victor   b. April 9, 1887  d. June 30, 1916
  World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Sussex, England, he served as a Sergeant Major in the 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, British Army. During an attack at Richebourg I'Avoue, France, June 30, 1916, Sergeant Major Carter was in command of the fourth wave of the assault. Under intense shell and machine gun fire he penetrated, with a few men, into the enemy's second line and inflicted heavy casualties with bombs. When forced to retire to the enemy's first line, he captured a...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard, Laventie, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  Plot: VI.C.17.
   
• Cassidy, Lieut. Bernard Matthew [memorial]   b. August 17, 1892  d. March 28, 1918
  World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Manchester, England, he served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, British Army. On March 28, 1918, during the final series of the German offensives at Fampoux, east of Arras, 2nd Lieutenant Cassidy was in command of the left company of his battalion. Given the orders prior to the attack that he must hold on to his position to the last, the enemy came on in overwhelming numbers to turn back his flank. He continued to rally...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  Plot: Arras Memorial, Bay 5 (No Known Grave)
   
• Cherry, Percy Herbert   b. June 4, 1895  d. March 27, 1917
  World War I Victoria Cross recipient.
  Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  Plot: VIII.C.10.
   
• Chick ., Pvt. Charles Arthur  b. July 28, 1890  d. May 3, 1917
  
  Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  Plot: IV. F. 15.
   
• Clare, George William Burdett    b. May 18, 1889  d. November 29, 1917
  World War I Victoria Cross Recipient.
  Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  Plot: Cambrai Memorial, Panel 1 (No Known Grave)
   
• Collin, Joseph Henry    b. April 10, 1893  d. April 9, 1918
  World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Jarrow, England, he served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 1/4th Battalion King's Own Regiment, British Army. In actions near Givenchy, France, April 9, 1918, 2nd Lieutenant Collin after withstanding resistance against heavy enemy fire, held by his platoon with only five of his men remaining. The enemy were pressing hard with machine-gun fire from close range, when 2nd Lieutenant Collin single-handed with his revolver attacked the machine gun putting the...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery, Vieille-Chapelle, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  Plot: III. A. 11.
   
• Combe, Robert Grierson   b. August 5, 1880  d. May 3, 1917
  Canadian-Scottish World War I recipient of the Victoria Cross, the United Kingdom’s highest award for valor.
  Vimy Memorial, Vimy, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
   
• Cook ., . J J   b. November 28, 1886  d. April 23, 1916
  
  Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  Plot: VIII. A. 99.
   
• Cotter, Corp. William Reginald    b. March, 1883  d. March 14, 1916
  WWI recipient of the Victoria Cross, the United Kingdom’s highest award for valor.
  Lillers Communal Cemetery, Lillers, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  Plot: IV.E.45.
   
• Cunningham, Pvt. John    b. October 22, 1890  d. April 16, 1917
  World War I Victoria Cross Recipient.
  Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension, Barlin, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  Plot: I.A.39.
   
• Dancox, Pvt. Frederick George “Frank”    b. 1879  d. November 30, 1917
  World War I Victoria Cross Recipient.
  Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  Plot: Cambrai Memorial, Panel 6 (No Known Grave)
   
• De Fehr, Benjamin   b. March 29, 1888  d. August 25, 1916
  Canadian Soldier. Born in Winkler, Manitoba, Canada. A driver the Canadian Army Service Corps (CASC), 1st Canadian Reserve Park, Benjamin De Fehr was one of two Canadian volunteer soldiers who were executed by the British Command in France/Belgium during World War I for the crime of murder (the other being Alexander Butler). On August 19, 1916, while serving in a rear area near Hazebrouck, France, De Fehr inexplicably...[Read More] (Bio by: Todd Young)
  Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Hazebrouck, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  Plot: Plot I, Row A, Grave 13
   
• De Pass, Lieut. Frank Alexander    b. April 26, 1887  d. November 25, 1914
  WWI winner of the Victoria Cross, the United Kingdom’s highest award for valor.
  Bethune Town Cemetery, Bethune, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  Plot: I.A.24.
   
• de San Martin, José [original burial site]    b. February 25, 1778  d. August 17, 1850
  Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru.
  Cathedrale de Notre-Dame de Boulogne-sur-Mer, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
   
• Douglas-Hamilton, LTC. Angus Falconer    b. August 20, 1863  d. September 26, 1915
  World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Brighton, England, he served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the 6th Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, British Army. On September 26, 1915 during operations at Loos, France, Lieutenant Colonel Douglas-Hamilton, when the battalions on his right and left had retired, rallied his own battalion and led his men forward four times. The last time he led all that remained were about 50 men and he was killed at head of them. For his bravery and splendid leadership...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos-en-Gohelle, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  Plot: Loos Memorial, Panel 119 to 124 (No known grave)
   
• Dufay, Guillaume    b. August 5, 1397  d. November 27, 1474
  Composer. The central figure of the Burgundian School, he was the most famous and influential musician of the 1400s. Pietro de Medici called him "The ornament of our age", and present-day historians regard his work as representing the dawn of the Renaissance in music. Dufay was born in Cambrai, France, then in the Duchy of Burgundy, and received his first musical training as a choirboy in the cathedral there. Ordained a priest in 1428, he spent many years in Italy, serving in the Vatican's...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Cambrai Cathedral (Defunct), Cambrai, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  Plot: Saint Étienne Chapel
   
• Dufay, Guillaume [cenotaph]    b. August 5, 1397  d. November 27, 1474
  Composer. The central figure of the Burgundian School, he was the most famous and influential musician of the 1400s. Pietro de Medici called him "The ornament of our age", and present-day historians regard his work as representing the dawn of the Renaissance in music. Dufay was born in Cambrai, France, then in the Duchy of Burgundy, and received his first musical training as a choirboy in the cathedral there. Ordained a priest in 1428, he spent many years in Italy, serving in the Vatican's...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Lille, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  Plot: Tombstone on display at the Galleries of the Former Netherlands, 15th and 16th Centuries, Room 4
   
• Dunsire, Pvt. Robert Anderson   b. November 24, 1891  d. January 30, 1916
  Scottish WWI recipient of the Victoria Cross, the United Kingdom’s highest award for valor.
  Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery, Mazingarbe, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  Plot: CWCG Grave 18.
   

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