Quarry Cemetery in Marquion, Nord-Pas-de-Calais

About

No location information available
Add Location
Cemetery ID:

Members have Contributed

71 Memorials
97% photographed
No location information available Add Location

About these numbers These percentages indicate the number of Find a Grave memorials that have a grave photo or GPS coordinates. We don't know the total number of burials in a cemetery, so we cannot calculate a percentage of those with memorials, photos or GPS coordinates.

Photos

VWheelchair access with some difficulty. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our enquiries department on telephone number 01628 634221.

Location Information: Marquion is a village on the main Arras to Cambrai road (D939), about 25 kilometres from Arras. From Marquion, follow the D15 road towards Sain les Marquion, but after only 150 metres follow the minor road that leads towards Boulon to the left (Chemin de Bourlon). The cemetery is situated about 150 metres down this road.

Historical Information: Marquion was captured by the 1st Canadian and 11th Division on 27 September 1918. Quarry Cemetery (called also the Chalk Pit Cemetery) was made by fighting units after the battle and used during the following month. One grave was brought in from Marquion German Cemetery after the Armistice. Quarry Cemetery contains 68 burials of the First World War. The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.