Fillievres British Cemetery

Pas de Calais

Location Information: 

Fillievres is a village about 44 kilometres west of Arras and 14 kilometres south-west of St Pol. The Cemetery is about 1 kilometre south of the village, on the road to Frevent (D340).

Historical Information: 

The cemetery was begun in June 1918 by the 46th Casualty Clearing station, used later by 6th Stationary Hospital, and subsequently completed by the inclusion of graves from French cemeteries and German burial grounds in the area. The cemetery was used again during the Second World War. The cemeteries from which graves were concentrated to Fillievres British Cemetery were the following :- ACHEUX-en-VIMEU CHURCHYARD, where three British soldiers were buried in 1916. BOIRY ST. RICTRUDE CHURCHYARD, where one British officer was buried in 1916. FOSSEUX FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY, where two British soldiers were buried in 1917 and 1918. MAIZIERES CHURCHYARD, where one British soldier was buried in 1917. TOURS-en-VIMEU CHURCHYARD, where one British soldier was buried in 1916. The cemetery now contains 81 Commonwealth burials of the First World War (eight of them unidentified) and 19 Second World War burials.

Cemetery Details

Cemetery name: 
FILLIEVRES BRITISH CEMETERY
Cemetery Location: 
France
NZ Casualties:
1
Total Known Casualties:
92

Listed Casualties

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