LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY
Sangatte
Pas de Calais
France
General Directions: Les Baraques Military Cemetery will be found on the western side of Calais. It is just off the D940, the road to Sangatte, and CWGC signposts are in place directing visitors to the cemetery.
In April 1915, No 6 Base Supply Depot was started at Calais to help relieve the pressure on Boulogne and to provide a base nearer to the front than Havre or Rouen. The base remained open until the last Commonwealth forces left France in March 1921. The 30th, 35th and 38th General Hospitals, No 9 British Red Cross Hospital and No 10 Canadian Stationary Hospital were also stationed in the town providing about 2,500 beds. For three years, Commonwealth burials were made in Calais Southern Cemetery, but it later became necessary to start a new site and in September 1917, the first burials took place at Les Baraques. The cemetery continued in use until 1921.
Shot at Dawn: Private J Chandler, 10th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment, executed for murder 11/08/1919, plot XIX. A. 1, there are also the graves of three men of the Chinese Labour Corps buried in 9. C. all executed for murder.
Casualty Details: UK 1231, Canada 26, Australia 27, New Zealand 4, South Africa 16, India 6, Germany 237, Japan 1, Belgium 1, Total Burials: 1350 (Not including 11 non war burials).
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