There are now over 30, war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified. Grave ref: Row C. Grave 8. Location Information:. Pihen-les-Guines is a village 10 kilometres south-south-west of Calais and about 3 kilometres east of the main road from Calais to Boulogne. Pihen-les-Guines Communal Cemetery is on the south side of the village. Calais was liberated by the Canadian First Army early in September as they advanced up the French coast into Belgium in pursuit of retreating German forces.
Most of the burials in the cemetery relate to this period of fighting. There are also six Czech and 19 Polish war graves. Grave ref: 3. Leubringhen is a village halfway between Calais and Boulogne. From Calais, leave the motorway at Junction 9 and head towards St Inglevert. From St Inglevert take the D road for Leubringhen.
After approximately 1 kilometre, take the first left turn, which will take you over the motorway, and follow the road for approximately metres. The cemetery parking area will be found on the left. 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 forced 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.
In the spring of , 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. 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 The Commonwealth plots were designed by Charles Holden.
He survived the crash but badly injured and was taken to the hospital at St Omer where he died from his injuries. Grave ref: Plot Row B. Grave 14A. Shot down at 27, ft. Row E. Visiting information here. Boulogne-sur-Mer is a large Channel port. 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.
