Feuchy British Cemetery
- Country France
- Total identified casualties 211 Find these casualties
- Region Pas de Calais
- Identified casualties from First World War
- GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.2931, Longitude: 2.84255
Location information
Feuchy is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 5 kilometres east of Arras, on the south bank of the Scarpe river. Feuchy British Cemetery is on the south-west side of the village, between the Arras road, the railway and the church.
Visiting information
The cemetery is close to a roundabout in the centre of the village of Feuchy.
ARRIVAL
The route to the cemetery is signposted, on Rue de la Chapelle (D39).
PARKING
There is a car park with space for multiple vehicles next to the main entrance of the cemetery.
The ground is firm with a tarmac surface. The carpark is on a shallow slope.
The entrance archway of the cemetery is at the top of the slope and end of the car park.
The access pathway to the cemetery requires leaving the car park at the bottom of the hill and following a path to a gate behind the hedge at the top of the car park.
ACCESS LAYOUT AND MAIN ENTRANCE
Follow the footpath along the main road and turn left at the tarmac pathway to the left of the community centre. There is a CWGC Direction Sign pointing uphill towards the entrance gate. The gate is on the left side of the path approximately 30 metres from the road.
The main entrance is accessed through a mid-level, waist height black, metal gate, with lift latch on the top left side of the gate, push forwards to open. There is a concrete drop kerb in front of the gate, with a narrow tarmac strip between the kerb and the concrete strip under the gate. The strip is level with the grass inside the gate.
Once through the gate, follow the grass path 10 metres to 3 stone steps that lead up the entrance structure. There is a dirt strip approximately 75 mm wide between the grass and step. Pass through the archway in the structure and two steps lead down into the cemetery.
There is a separate room to the right of the entrance archway viewed from inside the cemetery. There is a stone bench inside and the cemetery Register Box above the bench.
The Cross of Sacrifice is at the rear of the cemetery in line with the entrance structure.
The cemetery is on a gentle slope, the internal paths are grass and the ground is firm.
ALTERNATIVE ACCESS
There is step-free access into the cemetery via a service access, at the end of the pathway leading up from the road. There is an opening in the cemetery wall just past end of the community centre building to the left of the path, approximately 60 metres from the road.
A low level, green wood and metal removeable rabbit barrier is located in the opening. This can be moved aside to access the cemetery.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The cemetery is permanently open.
History information
Feuchy village was captured by the 15th (Scottish) Division on 9 April 1917, lost at the end of March 1918, and retaken at the end of the following August.
Feuchy British Cemetery was made by the 12th Division in April 1917, and used until March 1918. A few graves were added after the recapture of the village. The present Plot I was regrouped in 1926 to allow the construction of a railway station.
The cemetery now contains 209 First World War burials. Two of the graves, destroyed by shell fire, are now represented by special memorials.