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Serain is a village in the Department of Aisne,
19.5 kilometres south-east of Cambrai, and 6.5 kilometres west of
Busigny Railway Station.
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| Serain is a village in the
Department of the Aisne, twelve miles South-East of Cambrai, and
four miles West of Busigny. It was captured by the 66th (East
Lancashire) Division on the 8th October 1918.
The Communal Cemetery was extended by the Germans
on the North-West side, and in October 1918, the present British
Extension was made on the North West side of the German. After the
Armistice the German Extension was removed; 264 German, seven
Russian graves and one American were taken to other cemeteries; and
32 British graves (from the German Extension and other German
cemeteries) were brought into the British Extension. The Extension
(now detached from the Communal Cemetery) contains the graves of 102
soldiers from the United Kingdom, four from Australia, one from
Canada and one from South Africa, and two German prisoners; 18 of
the British graves are unnamed. It covers an area of 754 square
yardsand stands on relatively high ground, among cultivated fields
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Cities WW1 Cemeteries website ŠPaul Reed 2006-2007
Email: info@ww1cemeteries.co.uk
Site Last Updated: 19 August 2008
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