HÉNIN CRUCIFIX CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 50.22728, Longitude: 2.8334
Location Information
Hénin-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
Hénin-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.
Hénin 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.
Hénin 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.
Total Burials: 61.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 59.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 2.
The cemetery was designed by G H Goldsmith
42710 Private
James Charles Cadwell
17th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
9th April 1917, aged 19.
Row A. 48.
Son of Charles and Ruth Cadwell, of 79, Old Park Lane, Southport.
His headstone bears the inscription "Lest We Forget"
James Charles Cadwell
17th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
9th April 1917, aged 19.
Row A. 48.
Son of Charles and Ruth Cadwell, of 79, Old Park Lane, Southport.
His headstone bears the inscription "Lest We Forget"
Second Lieutenant
Alfred Rothwell Carr
9th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
9th April 1917, aged 29.
Row A. 39.
Son of John Lindley Carr and Jane Carr, of "The Elms," Sale, Cheshire.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Faithful Unto Death."
Alfred Rothwell Carr
9th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
9th April 1917, aged 29.
Row A. 39.
Son of John Lindley Carr and Jane Carr, of "The Elms," Sale, Cheshire.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Faithful Unto Death."
Second Lieutenant
Allan Copley
19th Bn. Manchester Regiment
2nd April 1917, aged 23.
Row A. 4.
Son of Joseph and Hannah Copley, of 9, Station Rd., Berry Brow, Huddersfield. Formerly Pte. in H.A.C. 1915. Transferred to Artists' Rifles.
His headstone bears the inscription "Gallant, Graceful, Gentle, Tall Fairest, Noblest Best Of All"
Allan Copley
19th Bn. Manchester Regiment
2nd April 1917, aged 23.
Row A. 4.
Son of Joseph and Hannah Copley, of 9, Station Rd., Berry Brow, Huddersfield. Formerly Pte. in H.A.C. 1915. Transferred to Artists' Rifles.
His headstone bears the inscription "Gallant, Graceful, Gentle, Tall Fairest, Noblest Best Of All"
32319 Private
Harry Grice
20th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
9th April 1917.
Row A. 40.
Harry Grice
20th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
9th April 1917.
Row A. 40.
34301 Private
David Cadwaladr Rowlands
20th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
9th April 1917, aged 28.
Row A. 50.
Son of Richard and Elizabeth Rowlands, of "Bod Ivor," Grove Rd., Colwyn Bay.
His headstone bears the inscription "I Have Fought The Good Fight Finished My Course And Kept The Faith"
David Cadwaladr Rowlands
20th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
9th April 1917, aged 28.
Row A. 50.
Son of Richard and Elizabeth Rowlands, of "Bod Ivor," Grove Rd., Colwyn Bay.
His headstone bears the inscription "I Have Fought The Good Fight Finished My Course And Kept The Faith"
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)
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)
British troops resting beside a cemetery near Hénin-sur-Cojeul, as a German shell bursts in the distance, 27 May 1917. © IWM (Q 2262)
Distant view of a shell bursting near the war cemetery at Henin-sur-Cojeul, 27 May 1917. © IWM Q 2257
Henin, France. c. 1917. British Army soldiers lining up to take their medicine at an army dispensary just behind the front line.
Pre 1936 - ©CWGC
c. Late 1930's - ©CWGC
November 1966 - ©CWGC
