ARQUES-LA-BATAILLE BRITISH CEMETERY
Arques-la-Bataille
Seine-Maritime
France
General Directions: Arques-la-Bataille is a small town 6 kilometres south-east of Dieppe on the Dieppe-Neufchatel-en-Bray Road. Arques-la-Bataille British Cemetery is reached by taking the road from Martin Eglise to St Aubin le Cauf on the D51. The Cemetery will be found at the end of a winding country track which is indicated by a CWGC sign.
The South African Native Labour Corps came to France early in 1917 and No 1 General Labour Hospital was established at its camp at Arques-la-Bataille. Most of the burials in the cemetery are of men of the Corps, many of whom died at the hospital and the cemetery also contains a memorial, erected by their comrades, to all men of the Corps who died in France.
Casualty Details: UK 97, South Africa 270, India 15, Total Burials: 382
Plan of Cemetery
Cemetery plan courtesy of Barry Cuttell
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