Every year in May the Friends of the British Cemetery honour the Regiments who fought at Albuera on 16 May 1811. We also remember those who fell at Badajoz.
Elvas was the key to the defence of the Alentejo and the southern invasion route. Elvas has not been taken by storm since D. Sancho II captured it from the Moors in 1228. A short tour of the massive fortifications gives some indication of why.
May Remembrance Ceremony 2011
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2011 is the bicentenary of the Battle of Albuera, at which time the British Cemetery was opened to received the body of Major General Daniel Hoghton.
The bicentennial ceremony of The Friends of the British Cemetery took place on Saturday, 14th May in Elvas.
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