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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: 1,817 identified Commonwealth casualties plus 21 unidentified casualties; also 198 German casualties and 10 French civilians.
Among the burials are Victoria Cross recipient John Harold Rhodes, Edward Horner, a member of a prominent British aristocratic family, and Archie McMillan Scottish professional footballer.
The cemetery lies in countryside east of Amiens in the Somme department of France between Rocquigny and Équancourt.
References
- "Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery". CWGC. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Skelton, Tim; Gliddon, Gerald (2008). Lutyens and the Great War. London: Frances Lincoln Publishers. p. 216. ISBN 9780711228788.
- "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1917–1918" (PDF).
- Manchester, Reading Room. "Casualty Details". Retrieved 19 September 2016.
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