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BAILLEUL ROAD WEST CEMETERY

​St. Laurent-Blangy
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Pas De Calais

​France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.31382, Longitude: 2.80072

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Picture © Werner Van Caneghem

​Location Information

St. Laurent-Blangy is a village adjoining the north-east side of Arras. Leave St. Laurent-Blangy on the D919 towards Bailleul-sire-Berthoult for approximately 1.5 Kms. Bailleul Road West Cemetery lies on the north (left) side of this road. The entrance will be found by leaving the D919 onto the D60 towards Roclincourt and taking the first small track on the left.


Visiting Information

Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.


Historical Information

Part of the commune and the greater part of the village of St. Laurent-Blangy were included in the front taken over by British troops in March, 1916, and the remainder fell into British hands on the first day of the Battles of Arras, the 9th April, 1917.

Bailleul Road West Cemetery was made by the 12th Royal Scots in May, 1917.

There are 98, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 6 are unidentified. 
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The cemetery covers an area of 359 square metres and is enclosed by a low flint wall on a rubble base.


Total Burials: 98.

Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 92.

Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 5, South Africa 1. Total 6.
Bailleul Road West Cemetery
Bailleul Road West Cemetery
Bailleul Road West Cemetery

Cemetery images in gallery below © Werner Van Caneghem

Bailleul Road West Cemetery
Bailleul Road West Cemetery
Bailleul Road West Cemetery
Bailleul Road West Cemetery
Bailleul Road West Cemetery
Bailleul Road West Cemetery
Bailleul Road West Cemetery
Bailleul Road West Cemetery
Bailleul Road West Cemetery
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20582 Private
James Doyle
12th Bn. 
Royal Scots
​9th April 1917, aged 32.
Row A. 28.

Son of Michael and Sarah Doyle; husband of the late Susan Hannah Doyle.

His headstone bears the inscription "My Jesus, Mercy"





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Second Lieutenant
John Mann Grant, D. C. M. 
11th Bn. 
Royal Scots
9th April 1917, aged 27.
Row A. 12.

Son of William and Isabella Grant, of 14, Craighouse Avenue, Morningside, Edinburgh. Native of Dundee. Formerly Cpl. in Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps.




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Second Lieutenant
Maurice Hillier
6th Bn. 
King's Own Scottish Borderers
9th April 1917, aged 19.
Row A. 7.

Son of Edward Guy Hillier, C.M.G., and Ada Hillier, of Peking, China. Born at Peking. Educated at Stonyhurst College, Downside School and Sandhurst. Gazetted in 1916 to 6th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers.

His headstone bears the inscription "R. I. P. Videbunt Faciem Ejus Et Nomen Ejus In Frontibus Eorum"



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Lieutenant
Bertram Cash Matthews
2nd Bn. 
Royal Scots
24th March 1917, aged 25.
Row B. 2.

Son of Joseph Cash Matthews and Florence Matthews, of "St. Hilary," Alexandra Rd., Parkstone, Dorset.

His headstone bears the inscription "Jesu Mercy"





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40232 Private
David McLean Robertson
11th Bn. 
Royal Scots
9th April 1917.
​Row B. 10.




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