Crump Trench British Cemetery
Location
Fampoux is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 6 kilometres east of Arras on the D42 road, and a little west of the A1 road (motorway) from Lille to Senlis. The Cemetery is about 500 metres south-east of the village on the east side of the A1.
You will see signs for both Crump Trench and Roeux British Cemeteries as you travel between Fampoux and Roeux.
The access road is quite small and just before you drive down the final part of the track I would suggest that you either park your vehicle and walk or reverse down. Trying to turn around at the cemetery is difficult to say the least.
The small track continuing on towards the left from Crump Trench is the path down to Roeux British Cemetery about 200 metres away in the forest. Worth visiting if you don’t mind braving the vegetation!
| GPS | N | E | OSM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decimal | 50.295090 | 2.887028 | Map |
Historical Information
Fampoux village was taken by the 4th Division (passing through the 9th (Scottish) Division) on 9th April 1917. It remained close behind the Allied front line, but part of it was lost on 28th March 1918 during the German advance.
The village was finally cleared by the 51st (Highland) Division on 26th August 1918. Crump Trench British Cemetery was made by fighting units between April and August 1917. After the Armistice, 85 of the graves were found to have been destroyed.
Crump Trench British Cemetery contains 215 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 74 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 33 casualties believed to be buried among them.
The cemetery also contains two German burials. The cemetery was designed by N A Rew.
Trooper George McLachlan 1545
Household Battalion
Died on 15th July 1917 aged 23
Son of George and Isabella McLachlan
of Braco, Perthshire
Grave: I A 4