DOUAI BRITISH CEMETERY
Cuincy
Nord
France
General Directions: Douai is a large town about 24 kilometres north-east of Arras and the cemetery lies on the outskirts near the main road to Lens. From Lens and the A.1 autoroute, follow the N.421 toward Douai. As you approach the town, turn left at first set of traffic lights next to Campanile hotel and follow the D.125 for 45 metres. The cemetery is situated on left hand side of this road.
Douai was occupied by French troops and the Royal Naval Air Service on the 22nd September, 1914, and captured by the Germans on the 1st October; it remained in enemy hands until the 17th October, 1918. The 42nd Casualty Clearing Station was posted in the town from the 28th October, 1918, to the 25th November, 1919. Douai British Cemetery was begun at the end of October, 1918, and closed in November, 1919; but graves were brought into it later from other burial grounds and from the neighbouring battlefields.
Graves from the following cemeteries were concentrated into Douai British Cemetery: Emerchicourt Churchyard, which contained 20 Commonwealth burials (mainly Canadians) of October and November, 1918. Petit-Cuincy German Cemetery, Cuincy, which contained 12 Commonwealth burials.
Casualty Details: UK 202, Canada 33, South Africa 4, Total Burials: 239
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