Quéant Road Cemetery

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Quéant Road Cemetery is a World War I cemetery located between the villages of Buissy and Quéant in the Nord-Pas de Calais region of France. Situated on the north side of the D14 road, about 3 kilometres from Buissy, it contains 2,377 burials and commemorations of Commonwealth soldiers who died in the era of 1917 and 1918. The first burials were of soldiers who died in the period from September to November 1918. Following the Armistice the cemetery was enlarged to accommodate over 2,200 burials moved from surrounding battlefields and cemeteries. ()

Established: 1918 (106 years ago)Coordinates: 50°11'39"N, 3°0'52"E

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Hauts-de-FranceFrance

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Quéant Road Cemetery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Bullecourt 1917, Monchy-le-Preux Memorial, Bourlon Wood Memorial.

4.6 miNW
Cemetery
Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery
117 min walk • The Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of World War I located between the communes of Vis-en-Artois and Haucourt in the département of Pas-de-Calais, France.
3.8 miW
Museum, Specialty museum
Bullecourt 1917
98 min walk • Bullecourt 1917, Jean and Denise Letaille museum, is a French museum, located in Bullecourt. It is a military museum about the First World War, and the nearby Battle of Arras in particular.
7.5 miNW
Memorial, Monuments and statues
Monchy-le-Preux Memorial
192 min walk • The Monchy-le-Preux Memorial is a Dominion of Newfoundland war memorial that commemorates the actions of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during the Battle of Arras of World War I.
4.8 miE
Memorial
Bourlon Wood Memorial
124 min walk • The Bourlon Wood Memorial, near Bourlon, France, is a Canadian war memorial that commemorates the actions of the Canadian Corps during the final months of the First World War; a period also known as Canada's Hundred Days, part of the Hundred Days Offensive.
2.9 miN
Memorial
Dury Memorial
73 min walk • The Dury Memorial is a World War I Canadian war memorial that commemorates the actions of the Canadian Corps in the Second Battle of Arras, particularly their breakthrough at the Drocourt–Quéant Line switch of the Hindenburg Line just south of the town of Dury, Pas-de-Calais, France.
4.6 miNW
Memorial
Vis-en-Artois Memorial
118 min walk • The Vis-en-Artois Memorial is a World War I memorial located near the commune of Vis-en-Artois, in the Pas-de-Calais département of France.
4 miS
Memorial
Cambrai Memorial to the Missing
102 min walk • The Cambrai Memorial to the Missing is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial for the missing soldiers of World War I who fought in the Battle of Cambrai on the Western Front.
2.2 miNE
Memorial
War Memorial, Baralle
58 min walk • Monuments aux Morts are French war memorials established to commemorate the losses of World War I.
7.7 miNE
Locality
Brunémont
196 min walk • Brunémont is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.