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HÉNIN CRUCIFIX CEMETERY 
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Pas De Calais

​France


Location Information

Henin-sur-Cojeul is a village and commune in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 8 kilometres south-east of Arras and 2 kilometres east of the main road to Bapaume.

The Cemetery is on the north side of the village and on the east side of the road to Neuville-Vitasse.


Visiting Information

The location or design of this site make wheelchair access impossible.


Historical Information

Henin-sur-Cojeul was captured on 2 April 1917, lost in March 1918 after an obstinate resistance by the 40th Division, and retaken on the following 24 August by the 52nd (Lowland) Division.

Henin Crucifix Cemetery is named from a calvary standing on the opposite side of the road. It was made by units of the 30th Division after the capture of the village in 1917.

Henin Crucifix Cemetery contains 61 burials and commemorations of the First World War. Two of the burials are unidentified and eight graves, destroyed in later fighting, are now represented by special memorials.

Casualty Details: UK 61, Total Burials: 61

The cemetery was designed by G H Goldsmith
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An 8-inch Mk V howitzer of 135th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) in action near Hénin-sur-Cojeul, 27 May 1917. © IWM (Q 2263)
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An officer and men using binoculars and a telescope at an advanced Royal Artillery observation post near Hénin-sur-Cojeul, 27 May 1917. © IWM (Q 2269)
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British troops resting beside a cemetery near Hénin-sur-Cojeul, as a German shell bursts in the distance, 27 May 1917. © IWM (Q 2262)

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