SAINS-LES-MARQUION BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
Location Information
Sains-les-Marquion is a village about 12 kilometres north-west of Cambrai and 2 kilometres south of the D939, Arras to Cambrai road. Sains-les-Marquion British Cemetery lies at the junction of the D15 and D16 roads, about 1.5 kilometres from the centre of the village.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The village of Sains-les-Marquion was captured by the 1st Canadian Division on 27 September 1918, and the cemetery was begun on the following day by the 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade. It was used until the middle of October and was enlarged after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the surrounding battlefields and from Marquion Churchyard.
Sains-les-Marquion British Cemetery now contains 255 burials of the First World War.
Casualty Details: UK 69, Canada 185, Australia 1, Total Burials: 255
The cemetery was designed by W C Von Berg.
Sains-les-Marquion is a village about 12 kilometres north-west of Cambrai and 2 kilometres south of the D939, Arras to Cambrai road. Sains-les-Marquion British Cemetery lies at the junction of the D15 and D16 roads, about 1.5 kilometres from the centre of the village.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The village of Sains-les-Marquion was captured by the 1st Canadian Division on 27 September 1918, and the cemetery was begun on the following day by the 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade. It was used until the middle of October and was enlarged after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the surrounding battlefields and from Marquion Churchyard.
Sains-les-Marquion British Cemetery now contains 255 burials of the First World War.
Casualty Details: UK 69, Canada 185, Australia 1, Total Burials: 255
The cemetery was designed by W C Von Berg.
2020825 Private
J. W. Young
7th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918.
Plot I. D. 19.
J. W. Young
7th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918.
Plot I. D. 19.
