Level Crossing Cemetery, Fampoux
- Country France
- Total identified casualties 378 Find these casualties
- Region Pas de Calais
- Identified casualties from First World War
- GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.29728, Longitude: 2.87346
Location information
Fampoux is a village 8 kilometres east of Arras on the D42. Level Crossing Cemetery is on the southern side of the village.
Visiting information
ARRIVAL
The route to the cemetery is signposted.
PARKING
There is a small parking area at the front of the cemetery for up to 4 vehicles.
The ground is flat and paved and within 2 metres of the main entrance gate.
It is possible to park along the side of the road, close to the main entrance.
ACCESS, LAYOUT AND MAIN ENTRANCE
The cemetery is rectangular shaped surrounded by a dry-stone wall.
To access the cemetery, there is a low level (waist height) metal gate which is approximately 90 cm wide, opening inwards. A circular ring handle opens the latch on the gate. There is a narrow, slotted metal drain in front of the entrance gate.
Follow a level paved aisle which leads to eight stone steps going down into the cemetery. A level paved area at the bottom of the stairs has a further two steps down before reaching the cemetery.
The Register Box is built into the wall, adjacent to the steps leading to the cemetery.
The Cross of Sacrifice is in the centre of the cemetery
The cemetery is sloped down towards the left-hand side, all the internal paths are grass.
All the cemetery internal paths are grass
ALTERNATIVE ACCESS
There is an alternative access point through the service entrance on the left had side of the cemetery, to the left of the Cross of Sacrifice, through a gap in a hedge. Access to a 1.20 metre, low level (waist height) latched metal gate is at the end of the hedge on a level grassed area, near the end of the parking layby in front of the cemetery. The gate opens inwards into the cemetery.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The cemetery is permanently open.
History information
Fampoux village was taken by the 4th Division (passing through the 9th (Scottish) Division) on 9 April 1917. It remained close behind the Allied front line, but part of it was lost on 28 March 1918 during the German advance. The village was cleared by the 51st (Highland) Division on 26 August 1918.
The cemetery was begun in June 1917 when a numbers of graves of April and May were brought in from the battlefield It was used until March 1918 and two further burials were made in October 1918. In addition to the 9th and 51st Division, the 15th (Scottish) Division fought in the area, and over half the graves are those of soldiers of Scottish regiments.
Level Crossing Cemetery contains 405 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 29 of the burials are unidentified and a special memorial commemorates one casualty believed to be buried in this cemetery.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.