Visiting Information
Wheelchair access with some difficulty. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our enquiries dept. on 01628 634221.

Location Information
Bois-Grenier is a village 3 kilometres south of Armentieres on the D222. Brewery Orchard Cemetery will be found on the east side of the village of Bois-Grenier, on the north side of the D22 road to La Chapelle D'Armentieres.

Historical Information
The cellar of the brewery was used as a dressing station and the cemetery was started in the orchard nearby in November 1914. It was sheltered from enemy observation by ruined houses and continued in use until January 1918.Brewery Orchard Cemetery contains 339 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. There are also four Second World War burials and five German war graves. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker.

No. of Identified Casualties:  204 U.K., 125 Aus., 13 N.Z. and 5 Ger. burials.

 

 

One of our family members is interred in this cemetery. He was Edward Charles BLANCH who was killed in action at Armentieres, France on 13 June, 1916. His memorial reference is: IV.D.37.

 

Here is a map of the cemetery. 

 

 

 

Commonwealth War Graves Commission
2 Marlow Road
Maidenhead
Berkshire England SL6 7DX
Phone: +44 (0) 1628 507200 or +44 (0) 1628 634221
Web URL: http://www.cwgc.org/