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Mailly-Maillet Communal Cemetery Extension

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Mailly Maillet Communal Cemetery Extension 10
Mailly Maillet Communal Cemetery Extension 10

Mailly-Maillet Communal Cemetery Extension is a military cemetery with casualties from the First World War, located in the French village of Mailly-Maillet (Somme). It was constructed as an annex to the existing village cemetery from which it is separated by a hedge. The Extension contains 126 First World War burials, mainly British, but there are 3 New Zealanders and 1 Canadian. There are 2 men who in 1916 were shot at dawn for desertion.

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Hauts-de-France, France
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