British Cemetary
France /
Nord-Pas-de-Calais /
Ors /
D160b
World
/ France
/ Nord-Pas-de-Calais
/ Ors
First World War 1914-1918, military cemetery
In the municipal cemetery, a square gathers about sixty graves of British soldiers of the WW1. In the middle of his companions of " Manchester Regiment " rest the Second Lieutenant Wilfred Owen killed on November 4th, 1918, at the age of 25, by trying to cross with his company the canal of Sambre at the level of the village. Little known in France, Wilfred Owen is in Great Britain one of the biggest of "War Poets", which told through their towards their experience of soldier during the Great War
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 50°6'11"N 3°37'42"E
- Meuse Argonne American WW1 Cemetery 135 km
- American War Cemetery 139 km
- Douaumont military cemetery 163 km
- German military cemetery Lommel 169 km
- Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial 191 km
- German War Cemetery (WW2) 220 km
- Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial 247 km
- Dutch Field of Honour 279 km
- Civil and Military Cemetery Ermelo 282 km
- Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial 343 km
- Catillon-sur-Sambre 3.3 km
- Champ de Tir de la Haute Cornee 7 km
- Fesmy-le-Sart 8 km
- Le Louveng Wind Farm 11 km
- Romeries 12 km
- Vertain 14 km
- Forest of Mormal 14 km
- Bastion César 17 km
- Orsinval 19 km
- Electrical substation 22 km