London Cemetery Neuville-Vitasse (Neuville-Vitasse)

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Neuville-Vitasse was attacked by the 56th (London) Division on 7 April 1917 and captured by the same Division on 9 April. The village was almost entirely lost at the end of March 1918 but regained at the end of the following August. The London Cemetery was made by the 56th Division in April 1917 and greatly extended after the Armistice when graves were brought in from other burial grounds and from the battlefields between Arras, Vis-en-Artois and Croisilles.

Shot at Dawn: Private S. H. Cunnington, 2nd Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment, executed for desertion 19/05/1917, plot 1. C. 1.



Casualty Details: UK 713, Canada 23, Australia 11, Total Burials: 747
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Coordinates:   50°15'14"N   2°48'21"E
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