MORCHIES MILITARY CEMETERY
Morchies
Pas de Calais
France
General Directions: Morchies is a village 8 kilometres north-east of Bapaume and 2 kilometres north of the RN30 road from Bapaume to Cambrai. Leave the RN30 on the RD18 signposted Morchies, pass through the village and the cemetery can be seen clearly on the left. The signpost indicates an access path.
The Village of Morchies was occuped by British troops on the 20th March, 1917; lost on the 21st March, 1918; and retaken in September, 1918. It was later "adopted" by the Urban District of Barking. Morchies Military Cemetery was begun in April, 1917, and used until January, 1918. Seventy-six British and 15 German burials in Rows B, C and D were made by the Germans in March, 1918; and certain burials in Rows in A, D and E were made by the British in 1918.
Casualty Details: UK 146, Australia 17, Germany 13, Total Burials: 176
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