The Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt is a

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(CWGC) burial ground for the dead of

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located between the

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Vis-en-Artois Vis-en-Artois (, literally ''Vis in Artois'') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France southeast of Arras. Population See also *Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department The following is a li ...

and Haucourt in the

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. It lies on the D939 east of Arras.

History

The area was captured by the Canadian Corps in late August 1918 and the cemetery was opened soon after and was in use until after the armistice with reburials from the battlefield.

Vis-en-Artois Memorial

Located in the cemetery is the Vis-en-Artois Memorial which lists the names of 9813 men (9806 British and 16 South African) who fell from 8 August 1918 to the Armistice and who have no known grave. The memorial has a screen walls in three parts on which is carved the names of the missing listed by regiment. The memorial was designed by British sculptor

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Notable Graves

* Cyril Biddulph * Leonard Allan Lewis * Viscount Glentworth, son of the 4th

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References

External links

* * Vis-en-Artois Cemetery – * Vis-en-Artois Memorial – {{DEFAULTSORT:Vis-En-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt Monuments and memorials in the Pas-de-Calais Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in France

1918 establishments in France Cemeteries in Pas-de-Calais