St Vaast Post Military Cemetery is a mile North of the village, on the East side of the Rue des Charbonniers (the "Edward Road" of the War) which runs to Croix-Barbee. The strong point from which it was named was in turn named from the hamlet of St. Vaast, between the village of Richebourg-St. Vaast and Goix-Barbee. It stands in an old orchard between two farm buildings, where a trench tramway had its terminus and a Dressing Station was established. It was begun in May 1915, at the time of the Battle of Festubert, and used by fighting units and Field Ambulances until July 1917. In April and May 1918, the Germans buried go of their men at the South-East end, and in September and October 1918, 18 further British dead were buried in Plot V. Eleven Portuguese soldiers buried here in May-July 1917 have been removed to the Portuguese Military Cemetery. The cemetery now contains the graves of 749 soldiers from the United Kingdom, 47 from India, and 91 German. Six of the British and Indian soldiers are unidentified. Special memorials are erected to three soldiers from the United Kingdom, buried in the cemetery, whose graves cannot now be traced. The cemetery covers an area of 4,880 square yards. The surrounding country is flat and cultivated, intersected by ditches and rows of trees and dotted with orchards.