Ninth Avenue Cemetery, Haisnes
- Country France
- Total identified casualties 45 Find these casualties
- Region Pas de Calais
- Identified casualties from First World War
- GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.48392, Longitude: 2.78916
Location information
Ninth Avenue Cemetery is situated 3 kilometres south of the village of Haisnes and 1 kilometre south-west of the village of Hulluch, and 274 metres south of the road from Hulluch to Vermelles. Ninth Avenue Cemetery is a little way north-west of Bois-Carre Military Cemetery.
Visiting information
ARRIVAL
The cemetery is signposted on the corner of the track branching off south from the main road, D39. There are CWGC Cemetery Direction signs pointing to Ninth Avenue Cemetery and Bois Carree Military Cemetery.
PARKING
There is a single width gravel track from the main road to the cemetery. It may be possible for a single vehicle to park off at the junction of the track and the main road. Public motorized vehicles are not permitted down the gravel track.
ACCESS LAYOUT AND MAIN ENTRANCE
The cemetery is in agricultural fields. The access route to the cemetery is via a single width gravel track, where a grass path leads to the cemetery.
Approximately 230 metres down the track on the right-hand side, a grass path leads to the main entrance. A separate path for Bois Carree Cemetery is approximately 75 metres further down the track. Raised stone path markers are locate on either side of the grass path. The path is approximately 200 metres long.
A stone perimeter wall surrounds the cemetery which is enclosed by agricultural land.
The main entrance is a 1.5 metre wide a gap in the perimeter wall with stone paving, leading into the cemetery. The paving is level with the grass inside the cemetery and the external path. There is a low raised metal sign to the right of the entrance at the edge of the paving.
The Cross of Sacrifice is in front of the main entrance.
There is no seating or Register Box in the cemetery.
The paths inside the cemetery are grass, the ground is flat and firm.
ALTERNATIVE ENTRANCE
There is no alternative entrance.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The track leading to the main entrance can be exceptionally muddy, especially during and after periods of heavy rain.
The cemetery is permanently open.
History information
The village of Haisnes remained in German hands until the final advance in the year 1918, but parts of the commune were gained by British troops in the Battle of Loos.
Ninth Avenue Cemetery was named from a trench which ran across the North end of it. It consists of one large grave.
There are now over 40, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified.
The cemetery covers an area of 242 square metres and is enclosed by a flint wall. The headstones to the Cameron Highlanders are erected in the form of a square round the cemetery.