Lille Southern Cemetery (Lille)

 Second World War 1939-1945, cemetery, First World War 1914-1918

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Lille was occupied by the Germans from the 27th August, to the 5th September, 1914, and again on the 12th October; and it remained in their hands, undamaged by Allied artillery, until the 17th October, 1918. Southern Cemetery was used by the Germans during the greater part of the War, and after the Armistice by the 39th Stationary Hospital and the 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station. During the 1939-45 War, at the end of March 1940, the 50th Division was near Lille; while in May the same year 10 Casualty Clearing Station used the Cemetery from the 16th to the 25th of the month. The French number of Plot I is V.2; that of Plot II, V.4; and that of Plot III (where British prisoners of War are buried) J.1.