ST. POL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

 St. Pol-sur-Ternoise

Pas de Calais

France

General Directions: The town of St Pol is about 29 kilometres south-west of Bethune and 34 kilometres west-north-west of Arras. The Communal Cemetery Extension is situated on high ground next to the old Communal Cemetery and is reached by a steep road, Rue de Cimetiere, on the north side of the old N39 road to Arras.

St. Pol-sur-Ternoise was an administrative centre during the whole of the war, taken over by British troops from the French in March, 1916; and No. 12 Stationary Hospital was posted on the race-course near the town from the 1st June, 1916, to 1st June, 1919. The Extension was made alongside the "Cimetiere Thuillier" (which is more than 500 years old) by the French Tenth Army, and in March, 1916-April, 1918, the British Plot was added in the South-West quarter.

Shot at Dawn: 3 soldiers, all from the 19th Bn. Durham Light Infantry and all executed on 18/01/1917.

Lance Corporals P. Goggins and J. Macdonald, both executed for quitting their post and Lance Serjeant J. W. Stones was executed for casting away his arms. All three are buried in row D. 1/2/3.

Casualty Details: UK 210, Canada 7, Australia 3, New Zealand 4, South Africa 1, India 1, Total Burials: 226

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