Henin Communal Cemetery Extension
Location
Henin-sur-Cojeul is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, about 8 kilometres south-east of Arras on the D12E. Henin Communal Cemetery is approximately 0.75 kilometres south of the village and the Extension is on the east side of the Communal Cemetery.
| GPS | N | E | OSM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decimal | 50.218106 | 2.838566 | Map |
Historical Information
Henin-sur-Cojeul was captured on 2nd April 1917, lost in March 1918, after an obstinate resistance by the 40th Division, and retaken on the following 24th August by the 52nd (Lowland) Division. The extension was made between April and November 1917, chiefly by the 21st and 30th Divisions.
It was used for 15 burials at the end of August 1918 and enlarged after the Armistice when 68 graves were brought in from Henin British Cemetery.
Henin Communal Cemetery Extension now contains 193 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 18 of the burials are unidentified and special memorials commemorate two casualties buried in Henin British Cemetery whose graves were destroyed by shell fire.
The extension was designed by W H Cowlishaw.
Aged 25
Son of the late William and Sarah Howard
of Sunderland
Husband of Mary Howard
of 3A Booth St, Sunderland
Aged 22
Son of Joseph and Frances Field
of 18 Lansdowne Rd, Wimbledon, London