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| Ascq Communal Cemetery | |
|---|---|
 One of the entrance of Ascq Communal Cemetery | |
 Interactive map of Ascq Communal Cemetery | |
| Details | |
| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Coordinates | 50°37′09″N 3°09′57″E / 50.61917°N 3.16583°E |
| Type | Public |
| Size | ? |
| No. of graves | ? |
| Find a Grave | Ascq Communal Cemetery |
Ascq Communal Cemetery is a cemetery located in the former village of Ascq, today a district of Villeneuve d'Ascq, Nord, France.
Organisation
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The cemetery shelters primarily graves of civilians, but has two particularities: it shelters British and Commonwealth war graves, as well as the bodies of the victims of the Ascq massacre in 1944.
Commonwealth war graves
[edit]The cemetery hosts Commonwealth war graves of the First World War and the Second World War.
History
[edit]At the end of 1918 and in 1919, some British units were posted in Ascq for a few months:
- the 229th Field Ambulance,
- the 13th and 63rd Casualty Clearing Stations,
- the 39th Stationary Hospital.
Casualties
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| Country | Victims |
|---|---|
| United-Kingdom | 50 |
| China | 4 |
| India | 2 |
| Canada | 1 |
| Australia | 1 |
| Total | 58 |
On the cemetery are 55 victims of the First World War (died between November 7, 1914 and September 5, 1919) and 3 victims of the Second World War (died on May 24-25, 1940).
The 4 Chinese victims were workers from the Chinese Labour Corps.