The Western Front Today - Authuille Cemetery
Updated - Sunday, 8 September, 2002

Authuille cemetery, located in the village of Authuille on the Somme battlefields, comprises of casualties incurred by British Commonwealth servicemen from September 1915 to December 1916.  It contains 451 U.K., 18 Indian, 3 South African and 1 German burials.

References:
Before Endeavours Fade, Rose E.B. Coombs, After the Battle 1994
Major & Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guide - Somme, Leo Cooper 2000

In WW1 an "ace" was a pilot who scored five confirmed "kills".

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