HENINEL-CROISILLES ROAD CEMETERY
Heninel
Pas de Calais
France
General Directions: Heninel and Croisilles are villages approximately 5 kilometres and 8 kilometres south-west of Arras (D33), in the valleys of the Cojeul and the Sensee respectively, and they are joined by a road which crosses a high plateau. On the eastern side of that road, nearer to Heninel, is the Heninel-Croisilles Road Cemetery which is approached down a 2 kilometre track.
The 21st Division captured Heninel on 12 April 1917 and advanced eastwards on the two following days. The 33rd Division then took over the attack. These two divisions are largely represented in the cemetery. In April 1918 this ground was lost, and the eleven German graves in Plot I, Rows D and E, were made when the cemetery was in German hands. After the Armistice, graves were brought in from a wide area round Heninel.
Casualty Details: UK 297, Australia 10, Germany 11, Total Burials: 318
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