Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery

A sad site with bodies of almost 300 Australian soldiers who weren't put to rest until 2008.

Magnifique lieu. Un personnel engagé et passionné.Le musée est petit mais complet. Allez-y !Merci à vous.

Het verhaal is mooi natuurlijk. Maar esthetisch is het voor WWI-begrippen matig. Deze omgeving kent aanzienlijk mooiere begraafplaatsen.

Lest we forget

Un magnifique lieu de mémoire entretenu par la CWGC.

Pheasant Wood Cemetery is no ordinary Commonwealth cemetery. The first new Commonwealth War Cemetery built in more than 50 years. Every man buried here died at the battle of Fromelles on 19th and 20th July 1916. They were initially buried in mass graves by the Germans and remained there forgotten until rediscovered 90 years later in 2008. This cemetery was built to give them a dignified final resting place. 250 men, 204 Australians, 3 British and 43 unknowns. Remarkably nearly 100 of the Australians were formally identified using DNA testing.The layout of the cemetery itself, is I dare say, nothing special. There are many other Commonwealth cemeteries far more beautiful than this one. But, the thing I found really special and intensely moving about Pheasant Wood, are the epitaths inscribed on many of the headstones. Visitors here should walk amongst these taking their time to read the words chosen by the descendants of these men 90 years after they were lost.Lest we forget.