St. Etienne-Au-Mont Communal Cemetery
- Country France
- Total identified casualties 168 Find these casualties
- Region Pas de Calais
- Identified casualties from First World War
- GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.66941, Longitude: 1.63528
Location information
St. Etienne is a small town approximately 2 kilometres south of Boulogne. Leave Boulogne on the N1 travelling through the industrial estate. At Isques take the D940 from the large roundabout signposted 'Le Touquet'. Cross the Pont-de-briques and continue for 1.7 kilometres. The cemetery is on the right hand side.
Visiting information
ARRIVAL
There are Chinese Labour Corps burials in 2 CWGC sections inside the public municipal cemetery.
The CWGC section is signposted on the main gate (right hand side), on Rue Edmond Madare, D 940. The CWGC plot is on the left-hand side and at the rear of the cemetery.
PARKING
It is possible to park in the layby to the front of the cemetery, where there are spaces for multiple vehicles.
ACCESS LAYOUT AND MAIN ENTRANCE
The main entrance is also the entrance to the municipal communal cemetery.
The main gate is 3 metres wide, grey metal, tall (over 2 metres high), double sided and is open during operating hours.
The Chinese Labour Corps Memorial, a tall white memorial, is in the top section of the cemetery, in the centre of the CWGC plot.
The cemetery is on a hill; the central access path is on a slope. The path is firm with a tarmac surface.
The paths around the burial area are grass, the ground is firm but undulating; care should be taken moving around as there are bumps and dips in the ground.
ALTERNATIVE ACCESS
There is no alternative access into the cemetery.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The CWGC sections are at the rear of the cemetery, on the top left side of the path (uphill) on level ground.
The cemetery is open during normal working hours, 08h00 to 18h00. Outside this time the main gate may be locked.
History information
No.2 Native Labour General Hospital was posted to Etienne-au-Mont from 1917 to 1919 and the communal cemetery contains burials from that hospital, mostly men of the Chinese Labour Corps.
There are now 168 Commonwealth burials of the First World War in the cemetery.