Meteren Communal Cemetery
Meteren, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Meteren suffered considerably during World War I. Taken first by the Germans, then by British units, then by the Germans again, it was finally captured in July 1916 by Scottish and South African troops after a fortnight's bombardment which destroyed all the houses. The Communal Cemetery is on the northern side of the village on the D318 road to Berthen. In it, close to, but outside, the western boundary wall of
Meteren Military Cemetery (which is the 1914-1918 war Cemetery and also in the Communal Cemetery) is a small group of British graves. Here lie the remains of six British soldiers who fell during the 1939-1945 war, four of whom could not be identified by name.
Meteren suffered considerably during World War I. Taken first by the Germans, then by British units, then by the Germans again, it was finally captured in July 1916 by Scottish and South African troops after a fortnight's bombardment which destroyed all the houses. The Communal Cemetery is on the northern side of the village on the D318 road to Berthen. In it, close to, but outside, the western boundary wall of
Meteren Military Cemetery (which is the 1914-1918 war Cemetery and also in the Communal Cemetery) is a small group of British graves. Here lie the remains of six British soldiers who fell during the 1939-1945 war, four of whom could not be identified by name.
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- Added: 5 Jun 2007
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2219488
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