Gonnehem British Cemetery
- Country France
- Total identified casualties 198 Find these casualties
- Region Pas de Calais
- Identified casualties from First World War
- GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.56271, Longitude: 2.56955
Location information
Gonnehem is a village about 7 kilometres north-west of Bethune and 7 kilometres east of Lillers. From the centre of the village take the D.182 road towards Lillers. The cemetery is 500 metres along this road on the right hand side.
Visiting information
ARRIVAL
The cemetery is signposted.
PARKING
It is possible to park at the front of the cemetery, along the perimeter hedge.
The ground is flat and firm with well compacted gravel.
The parking area is within 10 metres of the main entrance.
ACCESS LAYOUT AND MAIN ENTRANCE
The main entrance is in the bottom left-hand corner of the cemetery.
At the main entrance, there is a herringbone paved brick ramp running from the main road, downhill into the cemetery. The ramp is 1.5 metres wide with a shallow incline. There is tarmac in front of the brick paving and narrow concrete kerbs on either side, 50 mm higher than the paving. There is a slotted metal drainage channel at the bottom of the ramp in front of the entrance gate.
The gate is a 1.40 metre wide, mid-level (thigh height) gate with an up and down latch on the top left-hand side of the gate and opens into the cemetery. Stone and brick paving inside the gate is level with the grass.
The Register Box is to the right of the main entrance, built into the wall inside the cemetery.
The Cross of Sacrifice is located midway along the opposite side of the cemetery from the entrance.
There is no seating in the cemetery.
All internal paths are grass; the ground is flat and firm.
ALTERNATIVE ACCESS
There is no alternative access into the cemetery.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The cemetery is permanently open.
History information
The cemetery was begun in the middle of April 1918, when the German front line came within 3.2 kilometres of the village. It was made by fighting units and by the burial officers of the XIII Corps and the 4th Division, and used until September. After the Armistice graves were brought into Row H from the battlefields east of Gonnehem.
Gonnehem British Cemetery contains 200 First World War burials.
The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw.