Demuin British Cemetery CWGC

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 cemetery, First World War 1914-1918
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Demuin British Cemetery is a small British Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery and is the burial place of 43 men, largely killed during the Battle of Amiens in August 1918. The cemetery is the burial place of 40 Canadian and 3 British soldiers, 43 men in total.

Demuin is a village 5 kilometres from Villers-Bretonneux and approximately 15 kilometres southwest of Amiens. The cemetery is on the right hand side just before entering Demuin from the north, or just after the village on the left if you are arriving from the south.

Demuin was lost and recaptured on 30 March 1918, and lost again on the 31st, but on 8 August 1918, it was retaken by the 58th Canadian Battalion. The cemetery was made by the 3rd Canadian Battalion in August 1918.
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Coordinates:   49°49'34"N   2°32'6"E

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  • The local historical association does a walk across the battlefield that ends with a memorial service here on the Saturday nearest the anniversary the 8th of August, the day the Canadians finally liberated Demuin from German occupation in 1918
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