Archangel Allied Cemetery
- Country Russian Federation (North)
- Total identified casualties 232 Find these casualties
- Identified casualties from First & Second World War
- GPS Coordinates Latitude: 64.55279, Longitude: 40.54284
Location information
Archangel, in the north of the Russian Federation, is a town on the eastern side of the Dvina Estuary on the White Sea. From the railway station, travel along the main road towards the River Dvina. Halfway along this road take the turning on the right hand side called Obvodnyi Kanal Avenue. The cemetery will be found on the right hand side of this road.
Visiting information
The cemetery is within an enclosed area, but the entrance gates are unlocked. There may however be limited mobility inside the cemetery for some in a wheelchair, as the ground is mainly covered in grass.
History information
During both world wars, Archangel was one of the ports through which the Allies assisted Russia with supplies and munitions. The cemetery was begun immediately after the occupation of the town in August 1918 by the Allied force sent to support the Soviet Russian Government against potential threat from German occupied Finland and other local sources. It was used by No.85 General Hospital, No.53 Stationary Hospital, No.82 Casualty Clearing Station, HM Hospital Ship 'Kalyan' and other Allied hospitals. During the Second World War, after the German attack on Russia in June 1941, Archangel became an Allied airbase and a naval base from which minesweepers met and escorted the convoys. ARCHANGEL ALLIED CEMETERY contains 224 burials and commemorations of the First World War, including special memorials to 140 officers and men with known burials in cemeteries elsewhere in northern Russia. Two of the burials are unidentified. The cemetery also contains 7 Second World War burials. The ARCHANGEL MEMORIAL, which consists of panels fixed into the east wall of the cemetery, commemorates 219 British officers and men who died during the north Russian campaign and whose graves are not known.