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[WILLIAM 1]

can anyone tell me is there any bus tours that goes to other world war one graveyards in france or is it just the main ones.my great grandfather is in the . HAM BRITISH CEMETERY muille - villette somme france he was killed in action 25/03/1918 france

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[Viktoria]

I am looking at a map of all the memorials,cemeteries  etc of The Somme.
I can’t find any quite like the one you have quoted.
The nearest is Meault,which is near Albert .
The map accompanies a book by well known WW1 experts, every known cemetery ,memorial etc is listed and placed in the map.
Could I ask you to check and I will look again.
It might be a cemetery dedicated to one regiment ,if a regiment lost very many men.
The book and map are Major and Mrs. Holt’s Battlefield Guide to The Somme.
ISBN number 0-85052-414-8.
Waterstones usually can post it .
I will keep looking and if you can check spelling etc,we may get lucky .
Viktoria.
Looked again and found it ,near St Quentin ,
.
Not sure how far from Albert that us ,Albert was more or less a sort of
starting point  for tours and of course the troops could visit there it was so close to the front line.
I think it said over an hour from there to St,Q.
Perone has a wonderful museum and so perhaps travel links , that might be nearer to St,Quentin,.
I can’t see very well at the moment ,eye drops!
Google it and there is a nice photograph of Ham cemetery.
It must be quite a way from the front line on the First of July as it is not in
The Holts’book which does rather concentrate on the first day of The  Battle of The Somme.
But you have the name of the cemetery and where it is correct.
I will try tomorrow,am at the eye specialist in the afternoon but have transport and must be ready by noon!
Viktoria.

[aghadowey]

Previous post re: "ham British cemetery muille-villette France"
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=699784.msg5429443#msg5429443

https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/29002/ham-british-cemetery-muille-villette/
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/286027/w-brown/

[Viktoria]

Good work aghadowey,I did not see your answer when I added to my post .
It is rather out of the specific area The Holts concentrate on.

How far from Albert I wonder ,or nearer to the Belgian border.
We have been a few times but a good while back.
Viktoria.

[WILLIAM 1]

https://www.ww1cemeteries.com/ham-british-cemetery.html

[aghadowey]

Nearest I can see is a trip in Amiens region- might be worth contacting them and asking if they know of any to that particular cemetery.
https://www.greatdays.co.uk/tour/amiens-and-the-somme-battlefields/
Have you tried contacting the regiment to see if they know of any trips? or even the cemetery themselves?

[WILLIAM 1]

thank you to everyone for all your help i will contact these people thank you