Dury Crucifix Cemetery (Dury)

France / Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Dury
 cemetery, First World War 1914-1918
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The cemetery was begun by Canadian units (mainly the 46th and 47th Battalions) immediately after the capture of the village, and it contained at the Armistice 72 graves (now in Plot I, Rows A and B). It was then enlarged by the concentration of graves from the battlefields of April and May, 1917, and March, August and September, 1918, north and West of Dury. Essex Cemetery, Eterpigny, was concentrated into this cemetery. It was on the South side of the village of Eterpigny and contained the graves of 33 soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in September, 1918, 19 of whom belonged to the 2nd Essex, and ten to the 2nd Seaforths.

Casualty Details: UK 1884, Canada 173, Total Burials: 2057

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Coordinates:   50°14'41"N   3°0'20"E
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