BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Barlin
Pas de Calais
France
General Directions: Barlin is a village about 11 kilometres south-west of Bethune on the D188, between the Bethune-Arras and Bethune-St. Pol roads, about 6.5 kilometres south-east of Bruay. The Communal Cemetery and Extension lie to the north of the village on the D171 road to Houchin.
The extension was begun by French troops in October 1914 and when they moved south in March 1916 to be replaced by Commonwealth forces, it was used for burials by the 6th Casualty Clearing Station. In November 1917, Barlin began to be shelled and the hospital was moved back to Ruitz, but the extension was used again in March and April 1918 during the German advance on this front.
Victoria Cross 8916 Private John Cunningham. VC, 2nd Bn. Leinster Regiment, 16/04/1917, aged 29. Plot I. A. 39.
Shot at Dawn: Company Quartermaster Sergeant W Alexander, 10th Bn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, executed for desertion on 18/10/1917, plot 2. D. 43.
Casualty Details: UK 410, Canada 679, South Africa 5, Germany 13, France 63, Total Burials: 1170
Latest additions to the site | Belgian Cemetery Index | French Cemetery Index
Other Cemeteries and Memorials around the world | British Cemeteries and Memorials |
Cemeteries with Victoria Cross burials | Cemeteries with "Shot at Dawn" burials | Regimental Badge Archive | Roll of Honour
Information on how to submit a photograph or image to the site | Book Reviews | About Us and our task | Links
Site Map | Miscellaneous articles