CWGC Cemetery: POIX-DU-NORD COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Visiting Information

Wheelchair access to this site is possible via main entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on 01628 507200.

Local Information

Poix-du-Nord is a village about 66 kilometres south-east of Lille and 8 kilometres south of Le Quesnoy. This town is also south-east of Lille, and is on the main Valenciennes-Landrecies-Guise road. The Cemetery is on the northern side of the village on the road leading to Ghissignies. Poix-du-Nord is about 8 kilometres south of Le Quesnoy. The Extension is on the north side of the Communal Cemetery.

Historical Information

The village of Poix-du-Nord was captured in the latter part of October, 1918. It was later "adopted" by the Borough of Keighley. The Extension was made after the capture of the village, and increased after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from Escarmain Communal Cemetery Extension. There are now nearly 100, 1914-18 and a small number of 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. The Extension covers an area of 621 square metres and is enclosed by a rubble wall. ESCARMAIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, at the back of the Communal Cemetery, was made by the Germans, and continued by the 2nd Division Burial Officer after the capture of the village at the end of October, 1918. It contained the graves of 20 German soldiers and 27 from the United Kingdom.