PERNES BRITISH CEMETERY

Location Information: The British Cemetery is nearly one kilometre west of the town on the road to Sains-les-Pernes.
GPS coordinates: 50.48333, 2.3958
Visiting Information: Wheelchair access to this site is possible, but maybe by alternative entrance.
Identified Casualties: 1096

Historical Information
The cemetery was not begun until April 1918 when the 1st and 4th Canadian Casualty Clearing Stations came to Pernes, driven back by the German advance. In May, the 6th and 22nd Clearing Stations arrived and in August, they were joined by the 13th. Almost all the burials were made by these units, but a few of the graves were brought into the cemetery after the Armistice.
There are now 1,078 First World War burials in this cemetery and 18 graves from the Second World War, all of the latter dating from 3-4 September 1944. There are also 3 non Commonwealth burials here.