Guards - France Cemeteries list

ENQUIN-LES-MINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY

• Country: France
• Locality: Pas de Calais
• Location Information: Enquin-les-Mines is a village some 48 kilometres north-west of Arras and about 3 kilometres west of Estree-Blanche, which is 16 kilometres south of St Omer and on the road from Arras to Boulogne. The Communal Cemetery is east of the village in a by-road to Serney, which turns off the road from Estree-Blanche to Enquin-les-Mines. There are 3 British graves in this Cemetery and they are in the western part of the Cemetery, two near the northern boundary and the other about midway between the southern and northern boundaries.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 3

1. 2615649 Guardsman John Henry COOK 1st Bn. Grenadier Guards 02.06.1940

 

ESCOUBLAC-LA-BAULE WAR CEMETERY

• Country: France
• Locality: Loire-Atlantique
• Visiting Information: Wheelchair access to site possible, but may be by alternative entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on 01628 507200.
• Location Information: Escoublac-la-Baule is 13 kilometres west of St Nazaire and the Cemetery is south-east of Escoublac and east of La Baule, and will be located behind the small airport. The cemetery is well signposted.
• Historical Information: The cemetery was begun with the burial of 17 British soldiers killed in the area during 1940, 21 others who died in local hospitals, and a number of British servicemen whose bodies were washed ashore after the sinking of the troopship "Lancastria" in the Bay of Biscay on 17 June 1940. Subsequent burials include men killed in the St. Nazaire raid in 1942, and airmen shot down in the area. The cemetery now contains 325 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 74 of which are unidentified. Three Polish servicemen are also buried here and one man of the Merchant Navy whose death was not due to war service. Throughout the German occupation, Louise Jaouen, a resident of La Baule, dedicated all her time and energy to maintaining the graves. With money collected secretly from the generous local people she provided a cross for every grave and a small monument, had hedges planted, and employed a permanent gardener to tend the cemetery. Her devotion to this work was later honoured by the award of the King's Medal for Service in the Cause of Freedom.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 255

1. 2618526 Guardsman George William WALTON, Grenadier Guards & 2 Commando: 28/03/1942 Grave Reference 2. B. 8.

 

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

• Country: France
• Locality: Pas de Calais
• Location Information: Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.
• Historical Information: During the First World War, the area around Etaples was the scene of immense concentrations of Commonwealth reinforcement camps and hospitals. It was remote from attack, except from aircraft, and accessible by railway from both the northern or the southern battlefields. In 1917, 100,000 troops were camped among the sand dunes and the hospitals, which included eleven general, one stationary, four Red Cross hospitals and a convalescent depot, could deal with 22,000 wounded or sick. In September 1919, ten months after the Armistice, three hospitals and the Q.M.A.A.C. convalescent depot remained. The cemetery contains 10,771 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, the earliest dating from May 1915. 35 of these burials are unidentified. Hospitals were again stationed at Etaples during the Second World War and the cemetery was used for burials from January 1940 until the evacuation at the end of May 1940. After the war, a number of graves were brought into the cemetery from other French burial grounds. Of the 119 Second World War burials, 38 are unidentified. Etaples Military Cemetery also contains 662 Non Commonwealth burials, mainly German, including 6 unidentifed. There are also now 5 Non World War service burials here. The cemetery, the largest Commission cemetery in France, was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 11478

1. 2717608 Lance-Corporal Thomas Michael FOLEY, 2 Irish Guards: 25/05/1940 Grave Reference 46. A. 21.
2. 2733226 Cyril George MIDWINTER, 1 Welsh Guards

 

HEM COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Nord

• Country: France
• Locality: Nord
• Location Information: Hem is a small town with Roubaix to the north and Villeneuve D'Asq to the south. Hem Communal Cemetery is found on the south side of the town. From the church take the D952 towards Villeneuve D'Asq. 200 metres from the church the Rue de Cimetiere is found on the right hand side and the Cemetery entrance is at the end of this road on the right hand side.
• Historical Information: There are now nearly 10, 1914-18 and a small number of 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 14

1. 2616697 Guardsman Ernest James THOMPSON 3rd Bn. Grenadier Guards 21.05.1940

 

HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

• Country: France
• Locality: Calvados
• Location Information: Hermanville-sur-Mer lies 13 kilometres north of Caen on the road to Lion-sur-Mer (the D60). To reach the War Cemetery go northwards right through Hermanville; after leaving the Mairie (Town Hall) on your left, turn right. The gates to the War Cemetery will be found after 300 metres.
• Historical Information: The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. The village of Hermanville lay behind Sword beach and was occupied early on 6 June by men of the South Lancashire regiment. Later the same day, the Shropshire Light Infantry supported by the armour of the Staffordshire Yeomanry managed to reach and hold Bieville-Benville, four kilometres to the south of Hermanville. Many of those buried in Hermanville War Cemetery died on 6 June or during the first days of the drive towards Caen. The cemetery contains 1,003 Second World War burials, 103 of them unidentified.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 903

1. 2721859 William GRIFFIN, 2 Irish Guards
2. 2734393 William Richard OWEN, Welsh Guards & 3 Commando
3. 2620747 Guardsman John Robert WALTERS Grenadier Guards and No. 4 Commando 06.06.1944
4. 2662863 Guardsman Francis YATES 5th Bn. Coldstream Guards 22.07.1944

 

HOTTOT-LES-BAGUES WAR CEMETERY

• Country: France
• Locality: Calvados
• Location Information: Hottot-les-Bagues is a village 14 kilometres south-east of Bayeux. This cemetery can be reached from Bayeux by taking the D6 southeastwards. After about 13 kilometres and after passing through Tilly-sur-Seulles, turn right (westwards) at Juvigny onto the main road (the D9) that runs from Caen towards Caumont l'Evente. The cemetery will be found after a few hundred metres on the right hand side on rising ground.
• Historical Information: The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. Most of the burials in Hottot-les-Bagues War Cemetery were brought in from the surrounding district, where there was much heavy fighting through June and July 1944 as Commonwealth forces tried to press on from Bayeux in an encircling movement to the south of Caen. The cemetery contains 1,005 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 56 of them unidentified, and 132 German graves. There are 21 Special Memorials within the above, bearing the inscription "Buried near this spot"
• No. of Identified Casualties: 1036

1. 138629 Nigel Wendover BEESON, 3 Scots Guards
2. 2698406 Archibald Kennedy CAMPBELL, Scots Guards
3. CROCKFORD, ERIC SMITH E S SERJEANT 5TH BN. Coldstream Guards 2661909 07.08.1944
4. 65937 Sidney John CUTHBERT, 3 Scots Guards
5. DIXON, JOSEPH WINSTON MALHAM J W M GUARDSMAN 5TH BN. Coldstream Guards 2666633 11.08.1944
6. 2720542 Gerard GEOGHAN, 2 Irish Guards attached HQ 5 Guards Armoured Brigade
7. GILLIES, DAVID MITCHELL D M LANCE SERJEANT 3RD BN. Scots Guards 2700978 30.07.1944
8. GREEN, WILLIAM W GUARDSMAN 3RD BN. Scots Guards 2698165 30.07.1944
9. HARVEY, JOHN WILLIAM J W GUARDSMAN 3RD BN. Scots Guards 2700615 30.07.1944
10. HATTERSLEY, HERBERT H LANCE CORPORAL ATTD. H.Q. 5TH GUARDS ARMD. BDE. Coldstream Guards 2655012 01.08.1944
11. HAY, ANDREW A SERJEANT - Scots Guards 2698812 30.07.1944
12. HERON, STEWART PEARSON S P GUARDSMAN 3RD BN. Scots Guards 2701152 30.07.1944
13. HUMBLE, RICHARD R LIEUTENANT 3RD BN. Scots Guards 295426 30.07.1944
14. INNES, HUGH H LANCE SERJEANT 3RD BN. Scots Guards 2694682 30.07.1944
15. 2720785 Albert Charles KERSHAW, 2 Irish Guards attached 5 Guards Armoured Brigade
16. LAWRIE, WALTER W LANCE CORPORAL - Scots Guards 2697131 30.07.1944
17. LINDRIDGE, CHARLES LESLIE C L LANCE SERJEANT 4TH BN. Coldstream Guards 2661576 30.07.1944
18. LOUDEN, JOHN MILLER J M LANCE SERJEANT 3RD BN. Scots Guards 2697939 30.07.1944
19. LYNCH, FELIX F GUARDSMAN 3RD BN. Scots Guards 2698854 30.07.1944
20. MALCOLM, JOHN MORRISON J M LANCE CORPORAL 3RD BN. Scots Guards 2698227 30.07.1944
21. MCINTYRE, THOMAS GILMOUR T G GUARDSMAN - Scots Guards 2698814 06.08.1944
22. MURRAY, GEORGE MARTIN G M LANCE SERJEANT 3RD BN. Scots Guards 2697501 30.07.1944
23. NICHOLSON, LEONARD DODGSON L D GUARDSMAN 3RD BN. Scots Guards 2697594 30.07.1944
24. O'NEILL, HENRY HUNTER H H GUARDSMAN 3RD BN. Scots Guards 2699184 30.07.1944
25. PARKIN, LEWIS L LANCE CORPORAL 3RD BN. Scots Guards 2698669 30.07.1944
26. PRENTICE, JOHN PATERSON J P GUARDSMAN 3RD BN. Scots Guards 2697126 30.07.1944
27. SCOTT, WALTER W LANCE CORPORAL 3RD BN. Scots Guards 2698442 30.07.1944
28. THOMSON, ROBERT R LANCE CORPORAL 3RD BN. Scots Guards 2699112 30.07.1944
29. THORN, EDGAR E SERJEANT 3RD BN. Scots Guards 2692032 30.07.1944
30. TURNER, WILLIAM LINES W L GUARDSMAN 5TH BN. Coldstream Guards 2666157 11.08.1944
31. WALLACE, IRVING RAE I R GUARDSMAN - Scots Guards 2701138 06.08.1944
32. WATTS, DOUGLAS D GUARDSMAN 3RD BN. Scots Guards 2700879 30.07.1944
33. 2722670 Albert Edward WILLIAMS, 3 Irish Guards
34. WILSON, FRANK F GUARDSMAN - Scots Guards 2700903 30.07.1944

 

JANVAL CEMETERY, DIEPPE

• Country: France
• Locality: Seine-Maritime
• Location Information: Dieppe is a seaport at the mouth of the River Arques. Janval is one of the suburbs of Dieppe and the 'Cimetiere de Janval' is one of the town cemeteries. It is situated to the south-west of the port area. From the town square, the Place du Martyrs, head south on the Avenue Gambetta (direction Rouen), then take the 3rd exit on your right into the Avenue Boucher-de-Perthes. The cemetery entrance is at the end of this road on the Rue Montigny. A CWGC sign is at the entrance of the cemetery.
• Historical Information: Dieppe was used by Commonwealth forces as a minor base from December 1914 onwards, particularly for supplies of small arms ammunition, forage and flour. From January 1915 to May 1919, "A" Section of No.5 Stationary Hospital was stationed in the town. During this period, 219 Commonwealth burials were made in Janval Cemetery, a large civil burial ground. Most of the graves form two plots in Section T, but there are also three burials among the French and Belgian military graves in Section U. Section F of the cemetery also contains a small plot of 29 Second World War burials, mostly dating from the early months of occupation, before the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force in May 1940.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 238

1. 2655327 Guardsman Cecil Robert BURRITT 1st Bn. Coldstream Guards 27.11.1939

 

LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES

• Country: France
• Locality: Calvados
• Location Information: Douvres-la-Delivrande is a village 14 kilometres north of Caen. Take the main road northwards from Caen, the D7 to Langrune-sur-Mer. After about 12 kilometres, the War Cemetery will be found on the right of the road, a few hundred metres before reaching La Delivrande crossroads and its twin-spired church.
• Historical Information: The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. The burials in La Delivrande War Cemetery mainly date from 6 June and the landings on Sword beach, particularly Oboe and Peter sectors. Others were brought in later from the battlefields between the coast and Caen. There are now 942 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 63 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to a number of casualties known to be buried among them. The cemetery also contains 180 German graves.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 1025

1. 2697390 Leslie CAMPBELL, Scots Guards & 3 Commando Grave Reference V. C. 5.
2. 2656083 Guardsman Clarence Edward CLAYTON, 5th Bn. Coldstream Guards 19.07.1944 Grave Reference VIII. B. 4.
3. 2658831 Guardsman Reginald Sellers CRANE 5th Bn. Coldstream Guards 23.07.1944 Grave Reference VIII. E. 5.
4. 2656148 Guardsman Reginald GRAINGER, 5th Bn. Coldstream Guards 20.07.1944 Grave Reference VI. A. 10.
5. 267579 David Hillyer MARSH, 2 Welsh Guards Grave Reference III. H. 3.
6. 2734110 William John RODD, 2 Welsh Guards Grave Reference VI. E. 1.
7. 2662092 Guardsman Stanley RUSSELL, 5th Bn. Coldstream Guards 21.07.1944 Grave Reference IV. J. 5.
8. 2736268 Robert William SHIELDS, Welsh Guards Grave Reference III. J. 5.
9. 2615978 Lance-Corporal John Henry SIMMONS, 2nd Bn. Grenadier Guards 20.07.1944 Grave Reference VI. B. 1.
10. 2661445 Guardsman Arthur James TAYLOR, 5th Bn. Coldstream Guards 25.07.1944 Grave Reference IV. H. 5.
11. 2616118 Guardsman Henry WILLIAMS, 1st Bn. Grenadier Guards 28.07.1944 Grave Reference VI. F. 2.

 

LEERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY

• Country: France
• Locality: Nord
• Location Information: Leers-Nord is a village on the eastern outskirts of the town of Roubaix. It is 16 kilometres north-east of Lille. The Communal Cemetery is behind the church and the Commonwealth war graves are to the right of the war memorial.
• Historical Information: There are now a small number of both 1914-18 and 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 10

1. CENEY, RAYMOND R GUARDSMAN 2ND BN. Coldstream Guards 2654833 BETWEEN 23.05.1940 AND 24.05.1940
2. GAMBLE, LEONARD L LANCE CORPORAL 2ND BN. Coldstream Guards 2656266 BETWEEN 23.05.1940 AND 24.05.1940
3. HORTON, CLIFFORD C GUARDSMAN 2ND BN. Coldstream Guards 2658066 BETWEEN 23.05.1940 AND 24.05.1940
4. HUDSON, MATHEW M GUARDSMAN 2ND BN. Coldstream Guards 2658670 24.05.1940
5. HUNTER, ROBERT R LANCE SERJEANT 2ND BN. Coldstream Guards 2657989 BETWEEN 23.05.1940 AND 24.05.1940
6. QUANT, STANLEY HERMON S H GUARDSMAN 2ND BN. Coldstream Guards 2658853 BETWEEN 23.05.1940 AND 24.05.1940

 

LILLE SOUTHERN CEMETERY

• Country: France
• Locality: Nord
• Visiting Information: Wheelchair access to this cemetery is possible with some difficulty. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on telephone number 01628 507200.
• Location Information: Follow the A25 motorway from Armentieres and exit at Junction 4. Follow the road to the right toward the hospital and turn left at the second set of traffic lights. Follow this road straight on until reaching the junction at the Church. Go straight through the junction until reaching traffic lights. The cemetery entrance is straight ahead at the junction of the Rue du Faubourg des Postes and the Rue de l'Arbrissead.
• Historical Information: Lille was occupied by the Germans from the 27th August, to the 5th September 1914, and again on the 12th October; and it remained in their hands, undamaged by Allied artillery, until the 17th October 1918. Southern Cemetery was used by the Germans during the greater part of the War, and after the Armistice by the 39th Stationary Hospital and the 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station. During the 1939-45 War, at the end of March 1940, the 50th Division was near Lille; while in May the same year No.10 Casualty Clearing Station used the Cemetery from the 16th to the 25th of the month. There are now over 600, 1914-18 and nearly 300, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number from the 1914-18 War are unidentified and a special memorial is erected to one soldier from the United Kingdom known to be buried among them. From the 1939-45 War nearly 40 are unidentified. The French number of Plot I is V.2; that of Plot II, V.4; and that of Plot III (where British prisoners of War are buried) J.1.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 576

1. ALLISON, HARRY H LANCE CORPORAL 5TH BN. Coldstream Guards 2653669 03.09.1944
2. ANLEZARK, CYRIL C GUARDSMAN 1ST. BN. Grenadier Guards 2613283 03.09.1944
3. BELL, ALAN DAVID A D GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2623944 03.09.1944
4. BENNETT, GEORGE WILLIAM G W SERJEANT 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2616576 03.09.1944
5. BOWEN, FREDERICK F GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2624532 03.09.1944
6. BROWN, WILLIAM MCDONNELL W M LANCE CORPORAL 1ST. BN. Grenadier Guards 3447800 03.09.1944
7. CHARLTON, DOUGLAS D LANCE CORPORAL 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2623882 03.09.1944
8. DOWNS, DOUGLAS ARTHUR D A GUARDSMAN 5TH BN. Coldstream Guards 2658205 03.09.1944
9. EATON, SYDNEY JOHN S J LANCE SERJEANT 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2616286 03.09.1944
10. ECCLESTONE, GEORGE G GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2622433 03.09.1944
11. EDGLEY, LESLIE L GUARDSMAN 2ND BN. Grenadier Guards 2619767 03.09.1944
12. EDWARDS, FRANK ARTHUR F A GUARDSMAN 5TH BN. Coldstream Guards 2662542 03.09.1944
13. FINCH, ERIC STONHOLD E S LANCE CORPORAL 2ND BN. Grenadier Guards 2623748 03.09.1944
14. GERRARD, THOMAS T LANCE SERJEANT 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2622432 03.09.1944
15. GOFF, SYDNEY LEWIS S L SERJEANT 5TH BN. Coldstream Guards 2660912 01.09.1944
16. HENSHAW, JOHN ROBERT J R GUARDSMAN 2ND BN. Grenadier Guards 2623753 03.09.1944
17. 2722111 Joseph HEYES, 2 Irish Guards
18. HILL, GEORGE V. G V GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 6283699 03.09.1944
19. HOWES, HARRY FREDERICK STANLEY H F S GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2624188 03.09.1944
20. JAKEWAYS, VICTOR WILLIAM V W GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2623644 03.09.1944
21. LINES, ROBERT EDWARD R E GUARDSMAN 2ND BN. Grenadier Guards 2611995 03.09.1944
22. 2719816 Joseph Henry MAYERS, 2 Irish Guards
23. MEREDITH, WILLIAM EDWIN W E SERJEANT 2ND BN. Grenadier Guards 2616711 03.09.1944
24. REYNOLDS, WILLIAM DICK W D GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2612123 03.09.1944
25. SMITH, THOMAS T GUARDSMAN 5TH BN. Coldstream Guards 2659937 03.09.1944
26. STACEY, JACK LESLIE J L GUARDSMAN 2ND BN. Grenadier Guards 2615759 03.09.1944
27. 27338 John Anthony Patrick SWANN, 2 Irish Guards
28. THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY G H GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Grenadier Guards 2624734 03.09.1944

 

LIVRY (LE REPAS) ISOLATED GRAVE

• Country: France
• Locality: Calvados
• Location Information: Livry is a village 33 kilometres south-west of Caen. Le Repas is a hamlet on the road between Caumont L'Evente and Livry, 2 kilometres east of Livry.
• Historical Information: The grave of Captain Grey, who was killed by a sniper whilst his tank was hit advancing through nearby Lutain Wood, lies in an isolated piece of ground at a fork in the main road from Caumont to Villers-Bocage in the hamlet of Le Repas. As both the family of the officer and the inhabitants of Le Repas were emphatic in their desire for Captain Grey's body to remain in the village, it was decided that it should remain there. The grave is marked by a private memorial.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 1

1. 79683 Captain George Charles GREY 4th Bn. Grenadier Guards 30.07.1944

 

LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL

• Country: France
• Locality: Somme
• Location Information: Longueval is a village 40 kilometres north-east of Amiens and 12 kilometres east-north-east of Albert, a town on the D929 road from Amiens to Bapaume and Cambrai. From the D929 direction Bapaume-Albert take the 2nd turning for Martinpuich and continue along the D6 direction Longueval, for 2 kilometres. London Cemetery and Extension will be found on the right hand side of the road.
• Historical Information: High Wood was fiercely fought over during the Battle of the Somme until cleared by 47th (London) Division on 15 September 1916. It was lost during the German advance of April 1918, but retaken the following August. The original London Cemetery at High Wood was begun when 47 men of the 47th Division were buried in a large shell hole on 18 and 21 September 1916. Other burials were added later, mainly of officers and men of the 47th Division who died on 15 September 1916, and at the Armistice the cemetery contained 101 graves. The cemetery was then greatly enlarged when remains were brought in from the surrounding battlefields, but the original battlefield cemetery is preserved intact within the larger cemetery, now know as the London Cemetery and Extension. The cemetery, one of five in the immediate vicinity of Longueval which together contain more than 15,000 graves, is the third largest cemetery on the Somme with 3,873 First World War burials, 3,114 of them unidentified. London Cemetery and Extension was used again in 1946 by the Army Graves Service for the reburial of Second World War casualties recovered from various temporary burial grounds, French military cemeteries, small communal cemeteries, churchyards and isolated graves, where permanent maintenance was not possible. These graves are in one central plot at the extreme end of the cemetery, behind the Cross of Sacrifice. Second World War burials number 165. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 910

1. 2614577Guardsman Joseph Stanley BRYANT 2nd Bn. Grenadier Guards 31.08.1944
2. 2624041 Guardsman Robert CATTERALL 1st Bn. Grenadier Guards 04.09.1944
3. 2737430 Henry Leonard GREEN, 2 Welsh Guards
4. 2622168 Lance Serjeant Frederick Henry HOUGH 2nd Bn. Grenadier Guards 03.09.1944
5. 2615656 Serjeant Robert JOHNSON 1st Bn. Grenadier Guards 03.09.1944
6. 2619101 Guardsman Edward SAULT 2nd Bn. Grenadier Guards 31.08.1944
7. 2736197 Geoffrey Edwin WEETMAN, 2 Welsh Guards

 

LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY

• Country: France
• Locality: Pas de Calais
• Visiting Information: Wheelchair access to this cemetery is possible with some difficulty. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on telephone number 01628 507200.
• Location Information: St. Omer is a large town 45 kilometres south-east of Calais. Longuenesse is a commune on the southern outskirts of St. Omer. The Cemetery is approximately 3 kilometres from St Omer, beside the Wizernes (Abbeville) road (the D928), at its junction with the Rue des Bruyeres. There is a large car park to the rear of the cemetery.
• Historical Information: St. Omer was the General Headquarters of the British Expeditionary Force from October 1914 to March 1916. Lord Roberts died there in November 1914. The town was a considerable hospital centre with the 4th, 10th, 7th Canadian, 9th Canadian and New Zealand Stationary Hospitals, the 7th, 58th (Scottish) and 59th (Northern) General Hospitals, and the 17th, 18th and 1st and 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Stations all stationed there at some time during the war. St. Omer suffered air raids in November 1917 and May 1918, with serious loss of life. The cemetery takes its names from the triangular cemetery of the St. Omer garrison, properly called the Souvenir Cemetery (Cimetiere du Souvenir Francais) which is located next to the War Cemetery. The Commonwealth section of the cemetery contains 2,874 Commonwealth burials of the First World War (6 unidentified), with special memorials commemorating 23 men of the Chinese Labour Corps whose graves could not be exactly located. Second World War burials number 403, (93 unidentified). Within the Commonwealth section there are also 34 non-war burials and 239 war graves of other nationalities. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 3438

1. 2655609 Serjeant Bertie ESCOTT 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards 31.05.1940
2. 2659064 Guardsman James Hargrave PAGE 1st Bn. Coldstream Guards 24.05.1940

 

LUCHEUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

• Country: France
• Locality: Somme
• Visiting Information:
• Location Information: Lucheux is a village and commune about 7 kilometres north-east of the small town of Doullens. The communal cemetery is on the north-western side of the D.5 road, opposite the village church. The British grave is on the left side of the main path, about 20 metres from the entrance.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 1

1. 2735015 Guardsman William FORSYTH, 1 Welsh Guards: 25/05/1940

 

MALO-LES-BAINS COMMUNAL CEMETERY

• Country: France
• Locality: Nord
• Location Information: Malo-les-Bains is a small town 3 kilometres east of Dunkirk. The cemetery is 275 metres east of the Town Hall approached via Rue General Hoche and Rue Pasteur. The Second World War casualties are buried in the north eastern corner of the cemetery and the First World War casualties are buried in the south-western part of the cemetery.
• Historical Information: The Communal Cemetery was used in the autumn of 1917 by units of the XV Corps and to a small extent before and after that time. There are now over 30, 1914-18 and nearly 100, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over 30 from the 1939-45 War are unidentified.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 102

1. 2616023 Guardsman Frederick William GREEN 1st Bn. Grenadier Guards Between 10.05.1940 and 30.06.1940
2. 2658817 Guardsman Kenneth Wilfred PURDUE 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards 02.06.1940
3. 2658810 Lance-Corporal Robert Arnold REAY 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards Between 01.06.1940 and 30.06.1940
4. 2654788 Guardsman Albert STOKOE 2nd Bn. Coldstream GuardsBetween 10.05.1940 and 30.06.1940
5. 2654563 Lance-Serjeant Henry Stephen WARREN 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards 02.06.1940

 

MARISSEL FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY

• Country: France
• Locality: Oise
• Location Information: Marissel is an eastern suburb of Beauvais, a Cathedral town between Rouen and Compiegne. The Cemetery, known locally as the 'Cimetiere Militaire National de Beauvais-Marissel', is not actually in Marissel. It is located approximately 1 kilometre north of Beauvais town centre on the Rue d'Amiens (D1001). The Commonwealth war graves are mainly located along the left-hand wall of the cemetery. Others are near the French monument and along the central section.
• Historical Information: Beauvais was a French hospital centre during the war. The French National Cemetery was made in 1922. There are 19 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-18 war and 158 of the 1939-45 war commemorated in this site. Of these, 4 from the 1939-45 War are unidentified. The British graves, from the 1914-18 War, came from:- BEAUVAIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, BEAUVAIS, CEMPUIS and GRANDVILLIERS FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERIES.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 173

1. ANDERSON, RALPH WILLIAM R W GUARDSMAN 5TH BN. Coldstream Guards 2661177 31.08.1944
2. DOWLE, RAYMOND ERIC R E GUARDSMAN 5TH BN. Coldstream Guards 5735558 31.08.1944
3. TULLOCH, EDWARD BURDEN E B LANCE SERJEANT 5TH BN. Coldstream Guards 2656924 31.08.1944

 

MARQUISE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

• Country: France
• Locality: Pas de Calais
• Location Information: Marquise is a small town midway between Boulogne and Calais, about 13 kilometres north-east of Boulogne. From the church take the road to Desvres/Rinxent. At the T-Junction turn right onto the D191 and then immediately left onto the Rue du Cimitiere. The car park is 200 metres on the right hand side. The Commonwealth plot is to the right of the entrance.
• Historical Information: The British Plot, was created to receive casualties removed from graves on the beaches of Bray Dunes. All those buried here were brought in from Bray Dunes save one from St. Georges Churchyard. There are now over 150, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 60 are unidentified.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 107

1. BRAND, RONALD EDWARD R E GUARDSMAN 2ND BN. Coldstream Guards 2658448 31.05.1940 PLOT 1. ROW C. GRAVE 2.
2. BROXHAM, WILFRED W GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Coldstream Guards 2657783 01.06.1940 PLOT 1. ROW D. GRAVE 15.
3. DRAYCOTT, JOHN GEOFFREY J G GUARDSMAN 2ND BN. Grenadier Guards 2615635 04.06.1940 PLOT 1. ROW A. GRAVE 7.
4. EALES, JOHN EDWARD J E GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Coldstream Guards 2656090 01.06.1940 PLOT 1. ROW B. GRAVE 8. John E Eales
5. HANCOCK, WILLIAM W GUARDSMAN 2ND BN. Grenadier Guards 2612826 31.05.1940 PLOT 1. ROW D. GRAVE 18.
6. HARRISON, JOHN EDWARD J E GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Coldstream Guards 402396 01.06.1940 PLOT 1. ROW D. GRAVE 14.
7. HARTLEY, JAMES ARTHUR J A GUARDSMAN 2ND BN. Grenadier Guards 2616062 BETWEEN 01.06.1940 AND 04.06.1940 PLOT 1. ROW D. GRAVE 25.
8. HASLAM, ERNEST E GUARDSMAN 1ST BN. Coldstream Guards 3855447 01.06.1940 PLOT 1. ROW B. GRAVE 3.
9. 2612016 L/Sgt Thomas Louis HILSON, 2 Grenadier Guards: 01/06/1940 PLOT 1. ROW C. GRAVE 9.
10. HIRD, RICHARD R LANCE CORPORAL 1ST BN. Coldstream Guards 2654490 BETWEEN 01.06.1940 AND 04.06.1940 PLOT 1. ROW D. GRAVE 16.
11. JARVIS, THOMAS T GUARDSMAN 2ND BN. Grenadier Guards 2615914 BETWEEN 01.06.1940 AND 04.06.1940 PLOT 1. ROW D. GRAVE 24.

 

ORCHARD DUMP CEMETERY, ARLEUX-EN-GOHELLE

• Country: France
• Locality: Pas de Calais
• Visiting Information: Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on telephone number 01628 507200.
• Location Information: Arleux-en-Gohelle is a village on the main Arras to Henin-Lietard road, the D919. The Cemetery lies on the left side of this road approximately 1 kilometre from the village of Bailleul-Sire-Berthoult.
• Historical Information: The cemetery was begun in April 1917, on the new front resulting from the Battles of Arras, and it was used by the units holding that front until the following November. These original burials are in Plot VI, Row K, and Plot I, Rows A to F. The cemetery was greatly enlarged after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from the neighbouring battlefields and from other burial grounds, including:- FRESNES-LES-MONTAUBAN COMMUNAL CEMETERY, in which five soldiers from the United Kingdom were buried by the 26th Field Ambulance in October 1918. FRESNOY CHURCHYARD, between Lens and Arras, where an R.F.C. officer was buried by the enemy in March 1917. FUSILIERS CEMETERY, BAILLEUL-SIRE-BERTHOULT, 800 metres South-West of the village beside the railway line, where eleven men of the Northumberland Fusiliers, four of the Royal Fusiliers and one Royal Marine were buried by the 63rd Division in April and May 1917. OUSE ALLEY CEMETERY, BAILLEUL-SIRE-BERTHOULT, about 1 kilometre North-East of the village, where 38 officers and men from the United Kingdom were buried by their comrades in June 1917-February 1918. QUIERY-LA-MOTTE BRITISH CEMETERY, 800 metres North-West of La Motte, where 27 soldiers from the United Kingdom were buried by the 2nd East Lancs and other units in October 1918. 2ND CANADIAN DIVISION CEMETERY, WILLERVAL, midway between Vimy and Acheville, where 16 Canadian soldiers were buried by the 2nd Canadian Division in May 1917. WILLERVAL CANADIAN CEMETERY (or VANCOUVER ROAD CEMETERY) made by the 2nd Canadian Division in May 1917, and containing the graves of 34 Canadian soldiers. It stood about midway between Vimy and Fresnoy. WILLERVAL CHURCHYARD, where four men of the 3rd Canadian Battalion were buried in April and May 1917. During the 1939-45 War, No.2 Casualty Clearing Station was at Rouvroy, three kilometres north-east of Arleux, and the cemetery was used again. There are over 3,000, 1914-18 and 20, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, more than four-fifths from the 1914-18 War, are unidentified and special memorials are erected to ten soldiers from the United Kingdom and four from Canada known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of 38 Canadian soldiers and six from the United Kingdom, buried in other cemeteries, whose graves were destroyed by shell fire. Certain graves in Plots VII, VIII and IX, identified collectively but not individually, are marked by headstones bearing the additional words "Buried near this spot.". The cemetery covers an area of 9,402 square metres and is enclosed by rubble walls on three sides. A tablet in the cemetery records the fact that the site was given by the widow of a Captain in the French 72nd Infantry Regiment, killed in action in August 1914.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 756

1. LIGHT, WILLIAM ALEXANDER W A LANCE SERJEANT 2ND BN. Coldstream Guards 2657377 09.12.1939
2. NEVETT, HYDE BARRINGTON JEBB H B J LANCE CORPORAL 2ND BN. Coldstream Guards 2658798 08.01.1940

 

OUTREAU COMMUNAL CEMETERY

• Country: France
• Locality: Pas de Calais
• Location Information: Outreau is a town and commune south of and adjoining Boulogne-sur-Mer. The Communal Cemetery is in the old part of the town, set up on the hillside overlooking Boulogne. Leave Boulogne on the D119 and follow the signs to Outreau/Le Portel then 'Centre Ville' (Outreau). The church and cemetery will be found 229 metres from the Grand Place in Outreau in the direction of Le Portel. The Commonwealth plot is in the middle of the churchyard on the left hand side. Cars should be left in the parking area near the church.
• Historical Information: There are now over 20, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 21

1. 2718195 William ALBERTS, 2 Irish Guards
2. 2719682 James R BARBOUR, 2 Irish Guards
3. 2719766 Francis Henry CHATTINGTON, 2 Irish Guards
4. 2719056 Albert CLARK, 2 Irish Guards
5. 2719734 Thomas Geoffrey CREASEY, 2 Irish Guards
6. 2719884 James DOBSON, 2 Irish Guards
7. 2717576 Frederick FREEMAN, 2 Irish Guards
8. 2718618 Stewart HOUSTON, 2 Irish Guards
9. 2716657 Patrick KEARNS, 2 Irish Guards
10. 2717913 Charles KELLY, 2 Irish Guards
11. 2719742 George KING, 2 Irish Guards
12. 71093 Henry Simon Lomer LEVESON, 2 Irish Guards
13. 2720006 Brian O’FLYNN, 2 Irish Guards
14. 2719902 Frank PRICE, 2 Irish Guards
15. 2717246 Robert Joseph QUIGLEY, 2 Irish Guards
16. 67903 Douglas William Sinclair Petersen REYNOLDS, 2 Irish Guards
17. 2719466 John Patrick WILLIAMS, 2 Irish Guards

 

OUTTERSTEENE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, BAILLEUL

• Country: France
• Locality: Nord
• Visiting Information: Wheelchair access is possible to this cemetery via main entrance. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on 01628 507200.
• Location Information: Outtersteene is a village about 5 kilometres south-west of Bailleul. The Communal Cemetery Extension is north-east of the village on the road to Bailleul. From Bailleul follow the D23 road to Outtersteene, the cemetery is on the right hand side of the road just as you approach the outskirts of the town.
• Historical Information: Outtersteene was captured by the III Corps on 13 October 1914 but no Commonwealth burials took place there for nearly three years. In August 1917, during the Third Battle of Ypres, the 2nd, 53rd and 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Stations came to Outtersteene, and the first and last of these remained until March 1918. The hamlet was captured by the Germans on 12 April 1918, and retaken by the 9th, 29th and 31st Divisions, with the ridge beyond it, on 18 and 19 August, but the cemetery was not used again during hostilities. After the Armistice, over 900 graves of 1914 and 1918 were brought into Plots I, II and IV from the battlefields surrounding Outtersteene and from certain small cemeteries, including:- STRAZEELE ROAD CEMETERY, STRAZEELE, about 800 metres West of Strazeele, which is North-West of Outtersteene. Here were buried 18 soldiers from Australia and one from the United Kingdom, who fell in May, June and August 1918. CAESTRE ROAD CEMETERY, on the North side of Strazeele, containing the graves of nine soldiers from Australia, three from the United Kingdom, one from Guernsey, and two of unknown units, who fell in April 1918. VIEUX-BERQUIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, on the road from Outtersteene to Vieux-Berquin. In this Extension, on the East side of the Communal Cemetery, were buried 17 soldiers from the United Kingdom and one from Australia, who fell in August and September 1918. 1,147 German graves were initially concentrated into Plot III. These were later removed to Steenwerck German Cemetery. The extension was used again in 1940, for the burial of those killed in the fighting which covered the withdrawal of the British Expeditionary Force to Dunkirk. Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension now contains 1,393 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 499 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 14 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Second World War burials number 72, of which 23 are unidentified. The extension was designed by Sir Herbert Baker.
• No. of Identified Casualties: 945

1. 2615328 Lance-Serjeant Albert William John BRIMLCOMBE 3rd Bn. Grenadier Guards 19.05.1940
2. 2613579 Guardsman Charles Robert JARROLD 3rd Bn. Grenadier Guards 22.05.1940
3. 820757 Guardsman Horace LINDSAY 3rd Bn. Grenadier Guards 23.05.1940