Guards Cemetery Lesboeufs
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josiepegg
2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards stopped to allow troops to view memorial to members of the regiment who were killed September 1916. Memorial consists of oak cross 12 feet in height made from wood collected in the ruins of Lesboeufs.
http://www.cpgw.org.uk/cwgc-cemeteries/guards-cemetery-lesboeufs/
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Image of Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs. The Cemetery plan show the Grand Cross.
Link: http://www.cpgw.org.uk/cwgc-cemeteries/guards-cemetery-lesboeufsPosted
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josiepegg
https://www.ww1cemeteries.com/fra-guards-division-memorial.html
The Guards Division Memorial sits on high ground overlooking the two battlegrounds where the unit fought in 1916 and replaces a wooden cross that stood on the spot during the war.
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cyngast
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Thanks for posting this, Josie. It's a great addition since so many of us are tagging diaries from the Guards Division right now.
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Total Casualties identified at Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs. 1493.
Many more Images of this Cemetery on link:https://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/60500/guards'-cemetery,-lesboeufs/
Article includues more interesting information etc.
i.e. Lesboeufs was attacked by the Guards Division on 15 September 1916 and captured by them on the 25th. It was lost on 24 March 1918 during the great German offensive, after a stubborn resistance by part of the 63rd Bn. Machine Gun Corps, and recaptured on 29 August by the 10th Bn. South Wales Borderers ... link continues with more information.
Restoration works are taking place to the chapel at this cemetery and will last until the end of October 2018. The cemetery remains accessible for visitors.
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