World War Two Cemeteries - A photographic guide to the cemeteries and memorials of WW2
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DAINVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Pas De Calais

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.2827, Longitude: 2.73122

Dainville Communal Cemetery
​Picture © Jean-Michel Dominique

​Location Information

Dainville is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais on the western outskirts of Arras. The Communal Cemetery is on the road to Arras. Historical Information: Occasional burials were made in the communal cemetery at Dainville between March 1916, when Commonwealth forces took over this part of the front, and April 1918, when the Germans began their great advance. The communal cemetery contains 38 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. There is also one Second World War burial from May 1940. 

Total Burials: 39

World War One Casualties: United Kingdom 28, Canada 9, New Zealand 1. Total 38.

World War Two Casualty: United Kingdom 1. 

​The commonwealth plot was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw


Cemetery Entrance, World War One Commonwealth Graves, World War Two Commonwealth Grave and Cemetery Plan

Cemetery pictures © Jean-Claude Graux

Dainville Communal Cemetery
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Individual World War One Graves

Pictures © Jean-Claude Graux

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910115 Private
Charles Bruce Duxbury, M. M.
2nd Bn. 
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
11th April 1918, aged 23.
Row B. 7.


Son of Charles Richard and Frances Duxbury, of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Native of Lancashire, England. University Student enlisted with Manitoba University (or 106th) Bn.

His headstone bears the inscription "He Was One Of The Best May His Soul Rest In Peace"




NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
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DAINVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY
LOUEZ MILITARY CEMETERY
ST. NICOLAS BRITISH CEMETERY

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The casualty numbers for each cemetery are taken from the C. W. G. C. site. We are aware that there can be discrepancies in the numbers quoted.
(The G. P. S. Coordinates are also taken from the C. W. G. C. site)


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