Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery

Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery is a war grave for mainly Commonwealth soldiers who died in the First World War. It was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield in the 1920s and contains the bodies of 2,046 people.[1] Amongst the buried lies Victoria Cross recipient John Harold Rhodes (1891–1917).[2] The cemetery lies in countryside east of Amiens in the Somme region of France near Equancourt.

References

  1. ↑ 1,817 identified Commonwealth casualties plus 21 unidentified casualties; also 198 German casualties and 10 French civiliansCemetery Details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  2. ↑ John Harold Rhodes at Find a Grave

Coordinates: 50°02′40″N 3°00′00″E / 50.0445°N 2.9999°E / 50.0445; 2.9999


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