Windmill British Cemetery
The Windmill British Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of World War I located near to the commune of Monchy-le-Preux on the main Arras to Cambrai road in the département of Pas-de-Calais, France.Photo: MilborneOne, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tank Cemetery and Église Saint-Martin de Monchy-le-preux.
Église Saint-Martin de Monchy-le-preux
Church
Photo: PIERRE ANDRE LECLERCQ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église Saint-Martin de Monchy-le-preux is a church, which is situated 1 km northeast of Windmill British Cemetery.
Église Saint-Léger de Guémappe
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Saint-Léger de Guémappe is a church, which is situated 1¼ km southeast of Windmill British Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Monchy-le-Preux and Arras.
Monchy-le-Preux
Village
Photo: Pir6mon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Monchy-le-Preux is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France ten kilometres southeast of Arras.
Arras
Photo: Mélanie Huguet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arras is an attractive town in the Hauts-de-France region of France. It was much fought-over in World War I and is mainly visited by tourists travelling from or to the nearby ports of Calais and Boulogne.
Windmill British Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead of World War I near Monchy-le-Preux, Pas-de-Calais, France
- Categories: Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery and burial
- Location: Guémappe, Arrondissement of Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
50.26275° or 50° 15′ 46″ northLongitude
2.88388° or 2° 53′ 2″ eastOpen location code
9F247V7M+3HOpenStreetMap ID
way 119083937OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q2588568
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Windmill British Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Windmill British Cemetery”
- French: “Windmill British Cemetery”
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Highlights include Monchy-le-Preux Newfoundland Memorial and Mairie de Guémappe.
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