CWGC War Memorial: ARCHANGEL MEMORIAL

Visiting Information

The cemetery is within an enclosed area but the entrance gates are unlocked. There may however be limited mobility inside the cemetery for some in a wheelchair, as the ground is mainly covered in grass.

Local Information

Archangel, in the north of the Russian Federation, is a town on the eastern side of the Divina Estuary on the White Sea. The Archangel Memorial is at the far end of Archangel Allied Cemetery, which is on the north-west outskirts of the town of Archangel, adjoining the Lutheran and Russian cemeteries and memorials to those who died in more recent actions. From the railway station, travel along the main road towards the River Dvina. Halfway along this road take the turning on the right hand side called Obvodnyi Kanal Avenue. The cemetery will be found on the right hand side of this road.

Historical Information

The cemetery was begun immediately after the occupation of the town in August 1918 and was used by No 85 General Hospital, No 53 Stationary Hospital, No 82 Casualty Clearing Station, HM Hospital Ship 'Kalyan' and other Allied hospitals. ARCHANGEL ALLIED CEMETERY contains 224 burials and commemorations of the First World War, including special memorials to 140 officers and men with known burials in cemeteries elsewhere in northern Russia. Two of the burials are unidentified. The cemetery also contains seven Second World War burials and the graves of three merchant seamen not classified as war burials. The ARCHANGEL MEMORIAL, which consists of panels fixed into the east wall of the cemetery, commemorates 219 British officers and men who died during the north Russian campaign and whose graves are not known.