Ors British Cemetery  
           
Cemetery Location
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.

Cemetery Information
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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