CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
Location Information
Calais Southern Cemetery is a civil cemetery lying on the south of the old main road to Dunkerque.
Follow the A16 autoroute from Calais to Dunkirk. Come off at Junction 48 in the direction of Marck and follow the road to the junction. Turn left into Calais at the junction and follow Avenue de Calais D940) for approximately 3 kilometres and then straight on to Avenue de st. Expuréry. The Communal Cemetery is on the left hand side of the road, 50 metres after the traffic lights. To find the Commonwealth War Graves, proceed along the main pathway to the rear left hand side of the Cemetery.
Visiting Information
Opening Times:
8 h to 19 h from du 1st May to 3rd November
8 h to 17 h 30 from 4th November to 30 April
GPS CO-Ordinates
Longitude: 1.88541
Latitude: 50.94603
Historical Information
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 Le 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. From May 1915 to March 1918, Commonwealth burials were made in Calais Southern Cemetery. Subsequent interments were made in the new military cemetery at Les Baraques.
The cemetery now contains 721 First World War burials. There are also 224 burials of the Second World War, 56 of them unidentified, the majority dating from May 1940.
Casualty Details: UK 645, Canada 28, Australia 34, New Zealand 12, South Africa 1, Total Burials: 720
The Commonwealth plot was designed by Sir Herbert Baker
Calais Southern Cemetery is a civil cemetery lying on the south of the old main road to Dunkerque.
Follow the A16 autoroute from Calais to Dunkirk. Come off at Junction 48 in the direction of Marck and follow the road to the junction. Turn left into Calais at the junction and follow Avenue de Calais D940) for approximately 3 kilometres and then straight on to Avenue de st. Expuréry. The Communal Cemetery is on the left hand side of the road, 50 metres after the traffic lights. To find the Commonwealth War Graves, proceed along the main pathway to the rear left hand side of the Cemetery.
Visiting Information
Opening Times:
8 h to 19 h from du 1st May to 3rd November
8 h to 17 h 30 from 4th November to 30 April
GPS CO-Ordinates
Longitude: 1.88541
Latitude: 50.94603
Historical Information
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 Le 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. From May 1915 to March 1918, Commonwealth burials were made in Calais Southern Cemetery. Subsequent interments were made in the new military cemetery at Les Baraques.
The cemetery now contains 721 First World War burials. There are also 224 burials of the Second World War, 56 of them unidentified, the majority dating from May 1940.
Casualty Details: UK 645, Canada 28, Australia 34, New Zealand 12, South Africa 1, Total Burials: 720
The Commonwealth plot was designed by Sir Herbert Baker
Images in this gallery © Jean-Claude Graux
8/1937 Private
John Fox Bell
1st Bn. Otago Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
26th July 1916, aged 35.
Plot E. Row 3. Grave 7.
Son of Charles Langley Bell and Elizabeth Hannah Bell, of Belper, Derbyshire.
John Fox Bell
1st Bn. Otago Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
26th July 1916, aged 35.
Plot E. Row 3. Grave 7.
Son of Charles Langley Bell and Elizabeth Hannah Bell, of Belper, Derbyshire.
Second Lieutenant
Robert Blagden
10th Bn. attd. 7th Bn. Norfolk Regiment
12th May 1916, aged 36.
Plot A. Row Officers. Grave 7.
Son of Joseph and C. M. Blagden, of Bath.
Robert Blagden
10th Bn. attd. 7th Bn. Norfolk Regiment
12th May 1916, aged 36.
Plot A. Row Officers. Grave 7.
Son of Joseph and C. M. Blagden, of Bath.
21429 Guardsman
Charles William Thomas Brown
3rd Bn. Grenadier Guards
11th March 1916, aged 19.
Plot D. Row 2. Grave 2.
Charles William Thomas Brown
3rd Bn. Grenadier Guards
11th March 1916, aged 19.
Plot D. Row 2. Grave 2.
3062 Private
John Holmes Campbell
60th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
9th August 1916
Plot E. Row 4. Grave 8.
Of Carlton, Victoria. Son of John and Jane Holmes, of 15, Queen Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia.
John Holmes Campbell
60th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
9th August 1916
Plot E. Row 4. Grave 8.
Of Carlton, Victoria. Son of John and Jane Holmes, of 15, Queen Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia.
6/2400 Private
Samuel James Carlyon
1st Bn. Canterbury Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
11th July 1916, aged 18.
Plot E. Row 1. Grave 15.
Son of Samuel and Mary Carlyon, of Coromandel, New Zealand. Also served in Egypt and Gallipoli.
Samuel James Carlyon
1st Bn. Canterbury Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
11th July 1916, aged 18.
Plot E. Row 1. Grave 15.
Son of Samuel and Mary Carlyon, of Coromandel, New Zealand. Also served in Egypt and Gallipoli.
33539 Pilot Officer
James Henderson Deas
26 Squadron, Royal Air Force
27th May 1940, aged 21.
Plot N. Grave 9.
Son of James Henderson Deas, and of Minnie Elizabeth Deas, of Bath, Somerset.
James Henderson Deas
26 Squadron, Royal Air Force
27th May 1940, aged 21.
Plot N. Grave 9.
Son of James Henderson Deas, and of Minnie Elizabeth Deas, of Bath, Somerset.
21669 Private
Leonard Foster
2nd Bn. Canterbury Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
22nd October 1917, aged 25.
Plot A. Row 2. Grave 3.
Son of the late William and Sarah Anne Foster, of Ellesmore, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Leonard Foster
2nd Bn. Canterbury Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
22nd October 1917, aged 25.
Plot A. Row 2. Grave 3.
Son of the late William and Sarah Anne Foster, of Ellesmore, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Henry Lafone Greenshields
H.M.S. Daedalus serving with 266 Sqdn. Royal Air Force, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.
16th August 1940, aged 22.
Plot P. Grave 18.
Son of Maj. David John Greenshields formerly of the Royal Artillery and Edmee Greenshields, of Hawkchurch, Devon.
Henry Lafone Greenshields
H.M.S. Daedalus serving with 266 Sqdn. Royal Air Force, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.
16th August 1940, aged 22.
Plot P. Grave 18.
Son of Maj. David John Greenshields formerly of the Royal Artillery and Edmee Greenshields, of Hawkchurch, Devon.
Five ambulance drivers of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) at Calais in January 1917. © IWM (Q 4669)
Concert party organised by women carpenters at the Tarrant Hut Works near Calais, 3 December 1918, to give performances to wounded soldiers. © IWM (Q 3407)
