Awoingt

This cemetery is under the care of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), the British partner organization of the Volksbund. 57 German casualties of the First World War rest on this British war cemetery. The Awoingt British Cemetery was started in the second half of October 1918 and was used until mid-December. The village was captured on October 9/10. By October 28, the 38th, 45th and 59th Casualty Clearing Stations were in the neighborhood, and most burials were made in these hospitals, but 16 graves in Plot III, Row H and Plot V were brought in after the Armistice from the land immediately around the village. There are 653 Commonwealth burials and First World War memorials in Awoingt British Cemetery, including a special memorial to a casualty whose grave can no longer be found in the cemetery. There are also 63 war graves of other nationalities in the cemetery, most of them German (Source: CWGC) Photographs: Matthias Krebbers