St. Pol Communal Cemetery Extension

ST. POL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

St. Pol-sur-Ternoise

Pas de Calais

France

General Directions: The town of St Pol is about 29 kilometres south-west of Bethune and 34 kilometres west-north-west of Arras. The Communal Cemetery Extension is situated on high ground next to the old Communal Cemetery and is reached by a steep road, Rue de Cimetiere, on the north side of the old N39 road to Arras.

St. Pol-sur-Ternoise was an administrative centre during the whole of the war, taken over by British troops from the French in March, 1916; and No. 12 Stationary Hospital was posted on the race-course near the town from the 1st June, 1916, to 1st June, 1919. The Extension was made alongside the "Cimetiere Thuillier" (which is more than 500 years old) by the French Tenth Army, and in March, 1916-April, 1918, the British Plot was added in the South-West quarter.

Shot at Dawn: 19/158 Lance Corporal P. Goggins, 19th Bn. Durham Light Infantry, executed for quitting his post 18/01/1917. Row D. 2.

Shot at Dawn: 19/420 Lance Corporal J. Macdonald, 19th Bn. Durham Light Infantry, executed for quitting his post 18/01/1917. Row D. 3.

Shot at Dawn: 19/647 Lance Serjeant J. W. Stones, 19th Bn. Durham Light Infantry, executed for casting away his arms 18/01/1917. Row D. 1.

The mass pardon of 306 British Empire soldiers executed for certain offences during the Great War was enacted in section 359 of the Armed Forces Act 2006, which came into effect on royal assent on 8 November 2006.

Casualty Details: UK 210, Canada 7, Australia 3, New Zealand 4, South Africa 1, India 1, Total Burials: 226

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