| Cemetery: | ST. MARTIN CALVAIRE BRITISH CEMETERY, ST. MARTIN-SUR-COJEUL, Pas de Calais, France |
| Grave Reference/ Panel Number: |
I. E. 22. |
| Location: | 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. |
| Historical Information: | The village of St. Martin-sur-Cojeul was taken by the 30th Division on the 9th April, 1917, lost in March, 1918, and retaken in the following August. St. Martin Calvaire British Cemetery was named from a Calvary destroyed during the War. It was begun by units of the 30th Division in April, 1917, and used until March, 1918; and Plot II was made in August and September, 1918. There are now over 200, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified. The cemetery covers an area of 1,272 square metres and is enclosed on three sides by a rubble wall. |