Chapelle-D'Armentieres Old Military Cemetery

The village of La Chapelle-d'Armentieres was in the hands of Commonwealth forces from October 1914 until the fall of Armentieres on 10 April 1918. It was retaken in the following October. During the Allied occupation, the village was very close to the front line and its cemeteries were made by fighting units and field ambulances in the earlier days of trench warfare. Chapelle-d'Armentieres Old Military Cemetery was begun in October 1914 by units of the 6th Division and used until October 1915.

Shot at Dawn: Lance Corporal A Atkinson, 1st Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment, executed for desertion 02/03/1915, row B. 8.

Private E Kirk, 1st Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment, executed for desertion 06/03/1915, row B. 9.

Acting Corporal A Chisholm, 20th Army Troop Company, Royal Engineers, executed for Murder 17/05/1915, row B. 27.

Casualty Details: UK 103, Total Burials: 103