BREWERY ORCHARD CEMETERY
Bois-Grenier
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.65058, Longitude: 2.87551
Image © Werner Van Caneghem
Location Information
Bois-Grenier is a village 3 kilometres south of Armentieres on the D222.
Brewery Orchard Cemetery will be found on the east side of the village of Bois-Grenier, on the north side of the D22 road to La Chapelle D'Armentieres.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The cellar of the brewery was used as a dressing station and the cemetery was started in the orchard nearby in November 1914. It was sheltered from enemy observation by ruined houses and continued in use until January 1918.
Brewery Orchard Cemetery contains 339 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. There are also four Second World War burials and five German war graves.
Total Burials: 348.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 199, Australia 125, New Zealand 13, Germany 1. Total 338.
World War One Unidentified Casualties: Germany 4, United Kingdom 2. Total 6.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 4. Total 4.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker and John Reginald Truelove
Bois-Grenier is a village 3 kilometres south of Armentieres on the D222.
Brewery Orchard Cemetery will be found on the east side of the village of Bois-Grenier, on the north side of the D22 road to La Chapelle D'Armentieres.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The cellar of the brewery was used as a dressing station and the cemetery was started in the orchard nearby in November 1914. It was sheltered from enemy observation by ruined houses and continued in use until January 1918.
Brewery Orchard Cemetery contains 339 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. There are also four Second World War burials and five German war graves.
Total Burials: 348.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 199, Australia 125, New Zealand 13, Germany 1. Total 338.
World War One Unidentified Casualties: Germany 4, United Kingdom 2. Total 6.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 4. Total 4.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker and John Reginald Truelove
Images in gallery below © Werner Van Caneghem
World War Two Burials
The Brewery Orchard Cemetery between the wars
German aerial photograph of Bois Grenier, taken at 11.20 am on 21 January 1916, trench lines are surrounding the sector.
2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 19th Brigade, 6th and 27th Division, Bois Grenade Sector. A group of men in the trenches. Note the jam-tin bombs, brushwood revetting and dug-out in parapet. One man has an accordion. © IWM (Q 48958)
