Vermelles British Cemetery

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Vermelles British Cemetery

Vermelles British Cemetery is a First World War British war cemetery at Vermelles, a village 10 kilometres north-west of Lens, Pas-de-Calais. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker and contains the memorials to 2145 casualties. [1]

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References

  1. CWGC. "Search Results". CWGC. Retrieved 2022-07-04.

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