HERVIN FARM BRITISH CEMETERY
St. Laurent-Blangy
Pas De Calais
France
Location Information
St.Laurent-Blangy lies about 3 kilometres north-east of Arras. Hervin Farm British Cemetery lies about one kilometre east of St. Laurent-Blangy, to the south of the road from St. Laurent-Blangy to Fampoux.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site make wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
Until 9 April 1917, the Allied front line ran practically through the village of St. Laurent-Blangy.
Hervin Farm was taken by the 9th (Scottish) Division on 9 April 1917 and the cemetery was made by fighting units and field ambulances in that month; three graves were added subsequently.
The cemetery now contains 51 burials of the First World War, three of them unidentified.
Casualty Details: UK 50, India 1, Total Burials: 51
The cemetery was designed by N A Rew.
St.Laurent-Blangy lies about 3 kilometres north-east of Arras. Hervin Farm British Cemetery lies about one kilometre east of St. Laurent-Blangy, to the south of the road from St. Laurent-Blangy to Fampoux.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site make wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
Until 9 April 1917, the Allied front line ran practically through the village of St. Laurent-Blangy.
Hervin Farm was taken by the 9th (Scottish) Division on 9 April 1917 and the cemetery was made by fighting units and field ambulances in that month; three graves were added subsequently.
The cemetery now contains 51 burials of the First World War, three of them unidentified.
Casualty Details: UK 50, India 1, Total Burials: 51
The cemetery was designed by N A Rew.
Lieutenant Colonel
Sidney Goss Mullock
2nd Bn. Essex Regiment
12th April 1917
Row C. 8.
Sidney Goss Mullock
2nd Bn. Essex Regiment
12th April 1917
Row C. 8.
Picture © Werner Van Caneghem
A soldier reading at the entrance to his dug-out, reinforced with sandbags. Fampoux, 21 July 1917. © IWM (Q 5702)
Battle of the Scarpe. A tank attached to the 51st Division embedded in the Scarpe marshes. Near Fampoux, 29 August 1918. © IWM (Q 7037)
