Arques-la-Bataille British Cemetery

About

Arques-la-Battle British Cemetery is a military cemetery in Arques-la-Battle near Dieppe, France, that contains the serious of near 400 servicemen of the British Empire in the First World War. The cemetery is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and was designed by John Reginald Truelove. Many of the soldiers buried there were members of the South African Native Labour Corps. The cemetery contains 381 serious, of which 378 have been identified.

Design: In 1919, John Reginald Truelove was added as the Assistant Architect to the Imperial War Graves Commission, which is now the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The British architect was born in 1886 and was formally a captain in the London Regiment. He designed the Arques-la-Battle British Cemetery along with several other cemeteries such as the Noyelles-sur-mer Chinese Cemetery.

SANLC Memorial: Located in the center of the cemetery is a memorial dedicated to all members of the South African Native Labour Corps, who occupied the majority of the cemetery. The memorial was designed by Arthur James Scott Hutton and features a Stone of Remembrance with a concave bronze medallion. Signed...