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==Background information== |
==Background information== |
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On [[1 July]] 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, the [[32nd Division]], which included the 1st Dorsets and the [[11th Border Regiment|11th (Lonsdale) Battalion]] of the [[Border Regiment]] attacked the German line at this point and stormed the [[Leipzig Salient]], but were compelled to retire later in the day. In the spring of 1917, after the German withdrawal to the |
On [[1 July]] 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, the [[32nd Division]], which included the 1st Dorsets and the [[11th Border Regiment|11th (Lonsdale) Battalion]] of the [[Border Regiment]] attacked the German line at this point and stormed the [[Leipzig Salient]], but were compelled to retire later in the day. In the spring of 1917, after the German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line, V Corps cleared these battlefields and made a number of new cemeteries, including Lonsdale No.1 and No.2. |
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*Lonsdale Cemetery No.1 — This is the present-day cemetery, which originally contained 96 graves in what is now Plot I. The majority of these graves were officers and men of the 1st Dorset Regiment and the 11th Border Regiment. After the {{gw|Armistice}} the cemetery was enlarged to accommodate the many casualties who fell in the surrounding battlefields, the majority from 1916. In addition to these other small burial grounds were included, namely: |
*Lonsdale Cemetery No.1 — This is the present-day cemetery, which originally contained 96 graves in what is now Plot I. The majority of these graves were officers and men of the 1st Dorset Regiment and the 11th Border Regiment. After the {{gw|Armistice}} the cemetery was enlarged to accommodate the many casualties who fell in the surrounding battlefields, the majority from 1916. In addition to these other small burial grounds were included, namely: |
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*Lonsdale Cemetery No.2 — This cemetery was located approximately 500 metres to the east. It contained the graves of 38 soldiers from the United Kingdom, 31 of whom belonged to the Lonsdale Battalion, and two German soldiers. |
*Lonsdale Cemetery No.2 — This cemetery was located approximately 500 metres to the east. It contained the graves of 38 soldiers from the United Kingdom, 31 of whom belonged to the Lonsdale Battalion, and two German soldiers. |
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[[Category:Lonsdale Cemetery]] |
[[Category:Lonsdale Cemetery]] |
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