UPTON WOOD CEMETERY
Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt
Pas de Calais
France
General Directions: Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais about 16 kilometres south-east of Arras and about 4 kilometres south of the Arras to Cambrai main road. Upton Wood is a small wood half-way between Hendecourt and Haucourt, and Upton Wood Cemetery is 110 metres south of the wood and about 2 kilometres north of the village.
Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt was captured by the 57th (West Lancashire) and 52nd (Lowland) Division on the night of 1-2 September 1918. Upton Wood (an army name) was captured on 30 August 1918 by the 1st Canadian Division and the cemetery was made immediately afterwards.
Casualty Details: UK 10, Canada 216, Total Burials 226
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