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| Ors is a village in the Department of the Nord, on
the west bank of the Sambre, 6 kilometres east of Le Cateau. The
Cemetery is 2.5 kilometres north-east of the church in the corner of
a meadow.
The CWGC
site states: You should be advised that access to this Cemetery
is difficult and vehicle access is not possible. The location of
this site makes wheelchair access impossible. There are 2 fields and
3 gates to negotiate before entering the cemetery. Cross the fields
and go through 2 of the gates. The third gate leads out of the field
to the cemetery entrance. It should also be noted that the farmer
has on occasions been known to lock the gates to the fields, i.e.
when a bull is present in the fields. The cemetery gate is designed
to be cattleproof even when it is swinging between the two stops,
but this also makes it 'mower access proof'. Hence a padlocked
central panel has been made to enable our staff to pass the mower
through and this panel is of course locked except when our staff
unlock it for this purpose. However, the main frame of the cemetery
gate is always unlocked and visitors should release the catch at the
back of the gate to gain access to the cemetery. |
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| Cemetery
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Ors is a village in the Department of the Nord, on
the West bank of the Sambre, four miles East of Le Cateau. It was
cleared by the 6th Division on the 1st November 1918. Ors British
Cemetery is three quarters of a mile North-East of the Church, in
the corner of a meadow, near the North-West bank of the Sambre
canal. It was begun in November 1918, and 20 graves of H.L.I. and
R.E. are due to the crossing of the canal near it on the 4th
November. It was enlarged after the Armistice by the concentration
of 60 graves from:
CHATEAU SEYDOUX BRITISH CEMETERY, LE CATEAU (where 41 South African
soldiers and one R.A.F. officer were buried in October, 1918);
FLAUMONT CHURCHYARD;
JENLAIN CHURCHYARD;
ST. PYTHON COMMUNAL CEMETERY.
The cemetery now contains the graves of 65
soldiers and airmen from the United Kingdom and 41 South African
soldiers and one Australian; of these, six are unidentified. It
covers an area of 603 square yards. It is enclosed by a low stone
rubble wall. |
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Silent
Cities WW1 Cemeteries website ŠPaul Reed 2006-2007
Email: info@ww1cemeteries.co.uk
Site Last Updated: 19 August 2008
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