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
2009
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2009 is the 200th anniversary of the battle of Corunna, the crossing of the Douro and the battle of Talavera.
The annual May ceremony of The Friends of the British Cemetery was held on Thursday, 14th May 2009. The May ceremony in 2010 will be held on Friday,14th May.
