Marteville Communal Cemetery, Attilly
- Country France
- Total identified casualties 67 Find these casualties
- Region Aisne
- Identified casualties from First World War
- GPS Coordinates Latitude: 49.86682, Longitude: 3.15528
Location information
Marteville is situated 8 kilometres west of St Quentin. The British Plot is on the northern side of the Communal Cemetery.
Visiting information
Wheelchair access with some difficulty.
For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our enquiries department on telephone number 01628 634221.
History information
The village of Attilly was occupied in April 1917, and British burials were made in the Communal Cemetery by fighting units in April and May, 1917, and January, March, September and October 1918, and by German forces in March 1918.
There are now over 70, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified and some graves in Row A, identified as a whole but not individually, are marked by headstones bearing the additional words: "Buried near this spot". One grave, destroyed by shell fire, is represented by a special memorial.
The Plot covers an area of 588 square metres.