Beuvry Communal Cemetery Extension

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EstablishedMarch 1916
Location
Beuvry, Pas-de-Calais, France
CountryBritish and Commonwealth
Coordinates50°31′23″N 2°40′41″E / 50.52312°N 2.67806°E / 50.52312; 2.67806
Beuvry Communal Cemetery Extension
Details
EstablishedMarch 1916
Location
Beuvry, Pas-de-Calais, France
CountryBritish and Commonwealth
Coordinates50°31′23″N 2°40′41″E / 50.52312°N 2.67806°E / 50.52312; 2.67806
TypeMilitary
Owned byCommonwealth War Graves Commission
No. of graves225 total, 193 identified
Websitecwgc.org

The Beuvry Communal Cemetery Extension (also known as the Beuvry Communal Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery Extension) is a cemetery located in the Pas-de-Calais region of France. It contains mostly British and Commonwealth soldiers killed near the village of Beuvry in the First and Second World Wars. The cemetery is managed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.[1]

The extension is located to the left of the Beuvry Communal Cemetery in Beuvry, approximately 3 kilometers east of the town of Bethune, France.[1]

Fighting around Beuvry

Establishment of the Extension

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