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Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery

Coordinates: 50°37′45″N 02°49′21″E / 50.62917°N 2.82250°E / 50.62917; 2.82250 (Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery)
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Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
For Allied forces from World War I
Established1914
Location50°37′45″N 02°49′21″E / 50.62917°N 2.82250°E / 50.62917; 2.82250 (Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery)
near 
Designed bySir Herbert Baker
Total burials845
Burials by nation
Burials by war
Statistics source: Cemetery details. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

The Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery is a World War I cemetery located in the commune of Fleurbaix, in the Pas-de-Calais departement of France, about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) southwest of the village of Fleurbaix on the D171 road (rue Louis Bouquet), just before the hamlet of Pétillon.

Of the 845 graves, 395 are of unknown soldiers.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 6 February 2010
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