NINTH AVENUE CEMETERY
Haisnes
Pas de Calais
France
The cemetery on the horizon is Bois-Carré
General Directions: Ninth Avenue Cemetery is situated 3 kilometres south of the village of Haisnes and 1 kilometre south-west of the village of Hulluch, and 274 metres south of the road from Hulluch to Vermelles. Ninth Avenue Cemetery is a little way north-west of Bois-Carre Military Cemetery.
The village of Haisnes remained in German hands until the final advance in the year 1918, but parts of the commune were gained by British troops in the Battle of Loos. Ninth Avenue Cemetery was named from a trench which ran across the North end of it. It consists of one large grave.
Casualty Details: UK 46, Total Burials: 46
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