Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery

Memorial to the missing of the 1918 advance

In the cemetery you will find 2,369 soldiers and airmen (1,458 unknown) who died in the capture of this sector on August 27, 1918. Meanwhile the memorial screen wall records the names of 9,820 soldie...

Pilgrimage

This was a special visit, it was my husband's great uncle's anniversary who died aged 19 on 09/10/1918. This place is very moving it makes you feel very humble.

Beautiful and peaceful

This is the memorial on which my Great Grandfather is listed and I’ve wanted to visit for some time. It didn’t disappoint. The walk up to the memorial through the gravestones was full of lavender an...

ODD TO HAVE A FAVOURITE CEMETERY BUT THIS IS IT

I don't know what I liked about this cemetery; it's a moving place like all the others. We came across it as we were driving around the area and hadn't aimed for it bit I'm glad we stopped. The names ...

So moving a visit.

This was a moving visit for us, we actually drove past and wound up in a big loop, but that was our fault! Anyway, the thing that struck us here is the number of graves which are unidentified, as wel...