Athies Communal Cemetery
Location
Leave St-Laurent Blangy on the D42 (Athies to Biache St Vaast) and drive into the village of Athies. The communal cemetery is in the centre of the village by the roundabout. The CWGC extension is immediately behind it.
Alternatively it may be easier to take the main D 950 out of Arras towards Douai and come off at the Athies junction, sign posted for both Point-du-Jour Military Cemetery and the 9th (Scottish) Division Memorial. Follow the road into the village.
| GPS | N | E | OSM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decimal | 50.304011 | 2.837361 | Map |
The Cemetery Extension with the ramp into the communal cemetery.
Historical Information
Athies was captured by the 9th (Scottish) Division, which included the South African Brigade, on 9th April 1917, and from then it remained in Allied hands.
Athies Communal Cemetery contains one Commonwealth burial of the First World War.
The adjoining Communal Cemetery Extension was begun immediately after the capture of the village and used by field ambulances and fighting units until May 1918, and again in September 1918.
The extension contains 312 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 32 of the burials are unidentified but special memorials commemorate three casualties known to be buried among them.
The extension also contains 41 Second World War burials, ten of them unidentified, mostly dating from May 1940 and the German advance across northern France.
Private S C Philip 32649
South African Medical Corps
Died on 12th April 1917 aged 32
Son of William Philip
of 25 Pitt St, Leith, Edinburgh
Grave: 1