Terlincthun British Cemetery

Terlincthun British Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission military cemetery containing Commonwealth and German burials from the First and Second World Wars, located in the French region of Hauts-de-France.
The Cemetery is located south-west of Wimille and north of Boulogne-sur-Mer.

History

During the First World War, many British base hospitals were set up in the locality of Boulogne and Wimereux. The cemetery at Terlincthun began when burials for casualties who died in these hospitals exhausted the civil cemeteries in the nearby towns.
After 1920, many burials were centralised from other places along the Western Front at places such as Terlincthun.
During the Second World War, many British soldiers were buried in Terlincthun after the fierce fighting in Boulogne with further casualties added after engagements close to Wimille in 1944.

Location

Terlincthun Cemetery can be reached from both Boulogne and Calais by following the D96E road towards Wimereux and turning off on St. Martin's Road.

Notable burials

2Lt. John H. Paterson British officer executed for desertion and murder.
Major Arthur W. Keen MC, flying ace and commander of No. 40 Squadron RAF.
Major Hugh Wake, the only First World War Indian Army burial in Terlincthun.