Ascq Communal Cemetery

Ascq Communal Cemetery is a cemetery located in the former village of Ascq, today a district of Villeneuve d'Ascq, Nord, France.

1. Organisation

The cemetery shelters primarily graves of civilians, but has two particularities: it shelters British and Commonwealth war graves, as well as the bodies of the victims of the Ascq massacre in 1944.

1. Commonwealth war graves

The cemetery hosts Commonwealth war graves of the First World War and the Second World War.

1. = History =

At the end of 1918 and in 1919, some British units were posted in Ascq for a few months:

the 229th Field Ambulance, the 13th and 63rd Casualty Clearing Stations, the 39th Stationary Hospital.

1. = Casualties =

On the cemetery are 55 victims of the First World War (died between November, 7th 1914 and September, 5th 1919) and 3 victims of the Second World War (died on May, 24th and 25th 1940). The 4 Chinese victims were workers from the Chinese Labour Corps.

1. = See also =

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Chinese Labour Corps

1. External links

The cemetery on ww1cemeteries.com The cemetery on peterswar.net Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Nearby Places View Menu

Ascq

Ascq (French pronunciation: [ask] ; Picard: Ask) is a former commune on the Marque river in the Nord department in northern France, seven kilometers from Belgium. Agricultural village until the Industrial Revolution, the former independent commune merged with others to become a district of the new town planned community of Villeneuve-d'Ascq since 1970. The operatic bass Louis-Henri Obin (1820–1895) was born in Ascq. Ascq is known for the Ascq massacre of 1 April 1944, where the Nazis assaulted the inhabitants and massacred 86 innocent men. The village was decorated with the Croix de guerre 1939–1945 and the Legion of Honour. The Gare d'Ascq (railway station) is served by trains from Lille to Liège (Belgium) and to Orchies.

Historic Site Landmark

Saint-Pierre-en-Antioche Church, Ascq

Saint-Pierre-en-Antioche Church is a Catholic church located in the village of Ascq, now part of the commune of Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Nord department, northern France. The church contains a tapestry designated as a monument historique in 1906, called Les Noces de Cana (Marriage at Cana), painted by A. Werniers in 1735. It was originally part of a collection of six pieces for Saint Sauveur church.

Church Landmark

Ascq station

Ascq station (French: Gare d'Ascq) is a railway station serving the former village of Ascq, now part of Villeneuve-d'Ascq city, Nord department, northern France.

Landmark Train

1.1 km

Canton of Villeneuve-d'Ascq

The canton of Villeneuve-d'Ascq is an administrative division of the Nord department, northern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Villeneuve-d'Ascq. It consists of the following communes: Forest-sur-Marque Sailly-lez-Lannoy Toufflers Villeneuve-d'Ascq Willems

Government Landmark