ST. MARTIN CALVAIRE BRITISH CEMETERY

 St. Martin-sur-Cojeul

Pas de Calais

France

General Directions: St. Martin-sur-Cojeul is a village about 8 kilometres south-south-east of Arras on the road from Henin to Heninel, just west of the motorway to Lille. The Cemetery is to the south of the village.

The village of St. Martin-sur-Cojeul was taken by the 30th Division on 9 April 1917. It was lost in March 1918 but retaken in the following August. St. Martin Calvaire British Cemetery was named from a Calvary which was destroyed during the war. It was begun by units of the 30th Division in April 1917 and used until March 1918. Plot II was made in August and September 1918.

Casualty Details: UK 228, Germany 3, Total Burials: 231

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