A smaller cemetery, accessed by a long track, which is OK to access with a car in the dry - a bit rough in places. The grave of Mr Pollard is easy to find, and quite close to the Great Cross.
Sanders Keep Military Cemetery
View Sanders Keep Military Cemetery on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission websiteGraincourt-les-Havrincourt
Pas de Calais
France
Pas de Calais
France
About
"Sanders Keep" was a German fortification 2 kilometres south-west of the village, between the Hermies and Havrincourt roads. It was stormed by the Scots Guards on the 27th September 1918, and after the fight the British and German dead were buried on the battlefield by the Guards Division Burial Officer. There are now nearly 150, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.
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1 Rutlander remembered here
POLLARD
George
From Barrowden
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A smaller cemetery, accessed by a long track, which is OK to access with a car in the dry - a bit rough in places. The grave of Mr Pollard is easy to find, and quite close to the Great Cross.By John Stokes on Monday 3rd November '14 at 9:27am
A Rutlander, living in Belgium
Another view, from my visit yesterday By John Stokes on Sunday 19th February '17 at 8:41am
A Rutlander, living in Belgium
Rutland and The Battle of the Somme
More than 90 Rutland soldiers died in the Battle of the Somme which lasted from 1 July 1916 until the middle of November. Today they lie in cemeteries across the old battlefield in northern France or are remembered among the 72,000 names on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme. By using our interactive map, you can find out what happened to them.
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