QUATRE-VENTS MILITARY CEMETERY

Estree-Cauchy

Pas de Calais

France 

General Directions: Estree-Cauchy is a village 16 kilometres north-west of Arras on the main road from Arras to Boulogne. Les Quatre-Vents is a hamlet about 2 kilometres south-east of Estree-Cauchy. The cemetery is found just north of the junction of the main road (D341) and the road from Aubingy-en-Artois to Servins (D57).

The area was used by Dressing Stations during the greater part of the War, and the cemetery was begun by French troops in June, 1915, and carried on by British Field Ambulances from March, 1916, to April, 1918. The 335 French and 19 German graves were removed after the Armistice to other cemeteries.

Shot at Dawn: Private F. Harding, 1st Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps, executed for desertion 29/06/1916, plot 2. A. 6.

Private A. Murphy, 9th Bn. Cameronians, executed for desertion 17/08/1916, plot 2. A. 9.

Private H. H. Kerr, 7th Bn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, executed for desertion 21/11/1916, plot 3. A. 9.

Private J. M. Higgins, 1st Bn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, executed for desertion 07/02/1916, plot 1. B. 2.

Casualty Details: UK 55, Canada 77, South Africa 4, India 1, Total Burials: 137

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