Local French Flanders and Artois WW1 Events

Dedication of Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery

19th July 2010

Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery, Fromelles, France

On 19th July the Firing Party fired three volleys at a dedication ceremony to mark the reburial of the last soldier of the 250 to have been found in the mass grave at Pheasant Wood, Fromelles.(1)
On 19 July the Firing Party fired three volleys at a dedication ceremony to mark the reburial of the last soldier of the 250 to have been found in the mass grave at Pheasant Wood, Fromelles. (Photo: CWGC)

A ceremony to Dedicate Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery took place on Monday 19th July. The event was organized by the UK Ministry of Defence, the Australian Department of Defence and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

For photographs of the event (image gallery) and the story behind the discovery of the British and Australian casualties in 2008 see the official website at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission:

Remembering Fromelles

Acknowledgements

(1) Photograph courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.