QUEENS CEMETERY, BUCQUOY
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.13333, Longitude: 2.70256
Image above © Johan Pauwels
Location Information
Bucquoy is situated on the D919, Arras-Amiens road, 15 km south of Arras.
Queens Cemetery is located on the western side of the road just south of the village of Bucquoy.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to this site is possible, but maybe by alternative entrance.
Historical Information
Bucquoy was taken by the 7th Division in March, 1917. It was partly lost in April 1918, after a prolonged and gallant defence by the 62nd (West Riding), 37th and 42nd (East Lancashire) Divisions; and it was cleared on the following 21st August.
The cemetery was begun in March 1917, when 23 men of the 2nd Queen's were buried in what is now Plot II, Row A. Thirteen graves of April-August 1918 were added (Plot II, Row B) in September 1918 by the 5th Division Burial Officer. The remainder of the cemetery was made after the Armistice, by the concentration of British and French graves and one American from the battlefields of the Ancre and from small cemeteries in the neighbourhood, including:-
BAILLESCOURT FARM CEMETERY, BEAUCOURT-SUR-ANCRE, was made by V Corps as Cemetery No.16 in 1917 whilst clearing the battlefields. It was in marshy ground between the Farm and the Ancre, and it contained the graves of 64 sailors and soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in the winter of 1916-17, and in August and September 1918. The Farm was taken by the H.A.C. in February 1917.
MIRAUMONT CHURCHYARD, in which nine men of the R.F.A. and an Infantry officer were buried in February and March 1917.
MIRAUMONT GERMAN CEMETERY, in which six soldiers from the United Kingdom were buried in 1915-16.
RIVER TRENCH CEMETERY, PUISIEUX, was made by V Corps in 1917 in clearing the battlefields. It contained the graves of 117 officers and men, almost all of the R.N.D., who fell in February 1917. It was in the open country between Grandcourt and Puisieux.
SWAN TRENCH CEMETERY, PUISIEUX, was created by V Corps as Cemetery No.14, and contained the graves of 27 officers and men of the R.N.D. who fell in February 1917. It was near the Grandcourt-Puisieux road.
TRIANGLE CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT, was 800 metres North-East of Petit-Miraumont village on the road to Pys. This was a German cemetery containing the graves of 181 German soldiers and eight soldiers from the United Kingdom.
There are 742, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 214 are unidentified and special memorials record the names of six soldiers from the United Kingdom, buried in Miraumont German Cemetery, whose graves were destroyed by shell fire.
The cemetery covers an area of 2,619 square metres.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield and Captain Wilfred Clement Von Berg. M. C.
Total Burials: 742.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 498, New Zealand 25, France 5. Total 528.
World War One Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 211, New Zealand 3. Total 214.
Cemetery image in gallery © Johan Pauwels
Officers of the 5th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. Bucquoy, March 1917. The regiment took part in the unsuccessful attack of 14 March on Bucquoy, which was evacuated by the Germans on 18 March. © IWM (Q 5043)
Battle of Albert. German MG 08/15 machine guns (Spandau), captured at Bucquoy by the 37th Division, 21 August 1918. © IWM (Q 11754)
Battle of Albert. Troops of the 12th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment (5th Division) advancing in artillery formation parallel to the Bucquoy - Achiet-le-Petit road to capture Achiet, 21 August 1918. © IWM (Q 11504)
Battle of Albert. An American doctor examining walking wounded of the 37th Division passing back along a road at Bucquoy, 21 August 1918. © IWM (Q 11755)
