SUCRERIE CEMETERY

Ablain-St. Nazaire

Pas de Calais

France

General Directions: Ablain-St Nazaire is a village approximately 13 kilometres north of Arras. Take the D937 (Bethune Road) to the village of Souchez. Make a left turn along the D57. The cemetery lies 1 kilometre on the left side of this road.

The village and the neighbourhood of Ablain-St. Nazaire were the scene of very severe fighting between the French and the Germans in May and June, 1915. Sucrerie Cemetery is named from a sugar factory, which was destroyed in the War and has been replaced by a farm. It was begun in April, 1917, next to a French Military Cemetery, now removed, of 1,900 graves, and it was used until October, 1918. It was called at one time Saskatchewan Cemetery, and, in accordance with the Canadian practice, it was numbered C.D. 43. The village was later "adopted" by the Urban District of Teddington.

Casualty Details: UK 220, Canada 162, Total Burials: 382

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