LIEVIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Lievin

Pas de Calais

France

General Directions: Lievin is a small town in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 3.5 kilometres west of Lens. The Communal Cemetery is on the south-west side of the town on the road to Givenchy-en-Gohelle.

Lievin was captured by the Canadian Corps on the 14th April, 1917, and remained in British hands until the end of the War. The Extension was made after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from certain smaller cemeteries and from the battlefields North and South of Lens. The majority of these soldiers fell in April, 1917, but others were killed as early as January, 1915, and as late as October, 1918.

The following were among the burial grounds from which British graves were removed to Lievin Communal Cemetery Extension: Acheville Road Cemetery, Vimy, 800 metres East of the village, in which were buried 30 soldiers from Canada and three from the United Kingdom who fell in April and May, 1917. Angres Churchyard, in which 26 soldiers from the United Kingdom, nine men of the Canadian Garrison Artillery and five German prisoners were buried in April-September, 1917. Bois-de-Noulette Road Cemetery, on the North-East side of the hamlet of Noulette, begun by the French and containing the graves of eleven soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in 1916. Emmerin German Cemetery, between Emmerin and Haubourdin, containing the graves of two Flying Officers killed in September, 1918. Harnes Communal Cemetery German Extension, in which eight soldiers from the United Kingdom were buried in 1917. King’s Cross Military Cemetery, Souchez, on the side of the ridge between Souchez and Givenchy, begun by French troops and containing the graves of six Canadian soldiers who fell in April, 1917. La Fosse-aux-Loups French Military Cemetery, Aix Noulette, 460 metres East of the hamlet of Noulette, containing the graves of three men of the Royal Naval Division who fell in July, 1916. Lorette French Military Cemetery No. 5, between Noulette and the Chapel of Notre Dame, containing the graves of 48 French soldiers and those of eleven from the United Kingdom who fell in 1916. The present French National Cemetery of Notre Dame-de-Lorette is on the summit of the plateau between Noulette and Ablain-St. Nazaire, and it contains the graves of 34,000 French and Russian soldiers; the Chapel which marked the site was captured by French troops on the 12th May, 1915, and a tall beacon or lighthouse is now erected on the spot as a French War Memorial. Noulette Orchard Cemetery, on the North-West side of the hamlet of Noulette, begun by the French and containing the graves of nine soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in 1916. Riaumont Cemetery, Lievin, on the East side of the Bois-de Riaumont, containing the graves of 19 Canadian soldiers who fell in August, 1917. 

Casualty Details: UK 532, Canada 156, Total Burials: 688

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