Location

Ninth Avenue Cemetery is situated 3 kilometres south of the village of Haisnes and 1 kilometre south-west of the village of Hulluch, and 274 metres south of the road from Hulluch to Vermelles. Ninth Avenue Cemetery is a little way north-west of Bois-Carré Military Cemetery.

The easiest thing to do is park at St Mary's ADS Cemetery which is on the main road.

Historical Information

The village of Haisnes remained in German hands until the final advance in the year 1918, but parts of the commune were gained by British troops in the Battle of Loos.

Loos 1915

Ninth Avenue Cemetery was named from a trench which ran across the North end of it. It consists of one large grave.

There are now over 40, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified.

The cemetery covers an area of 242 square metres and is enclosed by a flint wall.

The headstones to the Cameron Highlanders are erected in the form of a square round the cemetery.

Corporal Louis Andrews 9867 Age not known	Lance Corporal Robert McArthur 11864 Age not known
Lance Corporal Robert Burt 3/5815 Age not known	Lance Corporal David Brown S/17174 Aged 20 Son of William and Annie Brown, of Annick Rd, Irvine, Ayrshire
Special Memorials: 6 and 7	Special Memorials: 8 and 9

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There are two other cemeteries within walking distance:

Bois Carré
St Mary's ADS