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Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

Memorials	:	7
Location	:	Boulogne-sur-Mer, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, France
Coordinate	:	50.7248192, 1.6225740
Description	:	Boulogne-sur-Mer is a large port on the English Channel. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, one of the town cemeteries, lies in the district of St. Martin Boulogne, just beyond the eastern (Chateau) corner of the Citadel (Haute-Ville). The cemetery is a large civil cemetery, split in two by the Rue de Dringhen, just south of the main road (RN42) to St Omer. The Commonwealth War Graves plot is located down the western edge of the southern section of the cemetery, with an entrance in the Rue de Dringhen. Boulogne was one of the three base ports most extensively used by the Commonwealth... Read More	Boulogne-sur-Mer is a large port on the English Channel. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, one of the town cemeteries, lies in the district of St. Martin Boulogne, just beyond the eastern (Chateau) corner of the Citadel (Haute-Ville). The cemetery is a large civil cemetery, split in two by the Rue de Dringhen, just south of the main road (RN42) to St Omer. The Commonwealth War Graves plot is located down the western edge of the southern section of the cemetery, with an entrance in the Rue de Dringhen. Boulogne was one of the three base ports most extensively used by the Commonwealth armies on the Western Front throughout the First World War. It was closed and cleared on the 27 August when the Allies were forces to fall back ahead of the German advance, but was opened again in October and from that month to the end of the war. Boulogne and Wimereux formed one of the chief hospital areas. Until June 1918, the dead from the hospitals at Boulogne itself were buried in the Cimetiere de L'Est, one of the town cemeteries, the Commonwealth graves forming a long, narrow strip along the right hand edge of the cemetery. In the spring of 1918, it was found that space was running short in the Eastern Cemetery in spite of repeated extensions to the south, and the site of the new cemetery at Terlincthun was chosen. During the Second World War, hospitals were again posted to Boulogne for a short time in May 1940. The town was taken by the Germans at the end of that month and remained in their hands until recaptured by the Canadians on 22 September 1944. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery contains 5577 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 224 from the Second World War. The Commonwealth plots were designed by Charles Holden. (Due to the unstable nature of the soil, the grave markers are placed flat rather than upright as in most other CWGC cemeteries.)

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Boulogne Eastern Cemetery is located at Boulogne-sur-Mer, Departement du Pas-de-Calais ,Nord-Pas-de-Calais ,France.
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Latitude: 50.7248192
Longitude: 1.6225740

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