TRIANGLE CEMETERY
Inchy-en-Artois
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.17384, Longitude: 3.05933
Location Information
Inchy-en-Artois is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, on the west side of the Canal du Nord. Triangle Cemetery is south-east of the village, in the triangle at the junction of the roads to Moeuvres and Bourlon. The Cemetery is approximately 13 kilometres from Cambrai.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The line between Inchy and Moeuvres was broken by the 4th Canadian Division on the morning of the 27th September 1918, and the cemetery was made after the battle by fighting units and Field Ambulances.
There are 90, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 9 are unidentified.
The cemetery covers an area of 472 square metres and is enclosed by a brick wall.
The cemetery was designed by George Hartley Goldsmith
Total Burials: 90.
Identified Casualties: Canada 67, United Kingdom 14. Total 81.
Unidentified Casualties: 9.
Cemetery images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
Battle of the Canal du Nord. An 18pdr. battery going forward at dawn (Zero was at 5.20am) and wounded coming back, near Moeuvres, (4th Canadian Division Front, the right boundary of which was Moeuvres), 27th September 1918. Owing to depth of initial objective, batteries had to move forward and continue firing barrages from captured ground. (IWM Q 9324)
Battle of the Canal du Nord. An 18pdr. battery going forward at dawn (Zero was at 5.20am) and wounded coming back, near Moeuvres, (4th Canadian Division Front, the right boundary of which was Moeuvres), 27th September 1918. Owing to depth of initial objective, batteries had to move forward and continue firing barrages from captured ground. (IWM Q 70708
