FranceList updated January 3, 2010 Country Total = 4981 1563 names on 16 memorials; 3411 named graves and 416 graves of the unknown in 437 cemeteries Completed =4850+ (or 97.48%) ----- Local area volunteers wishing to help should contact Fred Killick SAWGP National Coordinator for France ***Note*** We would like volunteers to take the photos of ALL the South Africa unknown soldier graves and plot them as well.
Cems to be completed ESQUEHERIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY - Aisne There are 2 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war here. JOFFE, Second Lieutenant, WILLIAM, D S O, 1st Sqdn. Royal Air Force formerly 5th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. 1st October 1918. Age 23. Born at Singapore. Son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Joffe, of 20, Villiers St., Kimberley, South Africa. North-east part. 5 DONCHERY COMMUNAL CEMETERY - Ardennes Donchery is a village and commune 16 kilometres south-east of Mezieres and 5 kilometres west of Sedan, on the N.64 between the two towns. The cemetery is about 250 metres north-east of the church. There are 6 war graves in this cemetery. ING, Flying Officer (Pilot), JOHN, 39987, 150 Sqdn. Royal Air Force. 14th May 1940. Native of South Africa. Roll of honour GLENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, Durban, South Africa. Grave 12. CHAMPIGNOL-LEZ-MONDEVILLE CHURCHYARD - Aube The village of Champignol-les-Mondeville is 48 kilometres east-south-east of Troyes and 11 kilometres south-west of Bar-sur-Aube, a town on the Paris to Chaumont railway. The 9 war graves are in the north-west corner of the churchyard. ROSE, Flight Sergeant (Nav.), WILLIAM JAMES, D F M, 778285. 207 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 7th November 1942. Age 23. Son of William George and Mary Elizabeth Rose, of Melsetter, Southern Rhodesia. Grave 7. VERRIERES CHURCHYARD - Aube Verrieres is a village and commune 10 kilometres south-south-east of Troyes, and 1 kilometre north-east of the Troyes to Dijon road. In the churchyard, on the far left side from the main gate, are the graves of five British and two Australian airmen. EVANS, Sergeant (Air Gnr.), JOHN GEORGE FURNESS, 1678129. 100 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 26th July 1944. Age 20. Son of John Raven Evans, and of Annie Gillespie Evans, of Claughton, Cheshire. Of South Africa. Coll. grave PLAINE FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY - Bas-Rhin Plaine is a village in the Department of the Bas-Rhin, formerly part of Alsace (Elsass). The Cemetery is situated on the south-west side of the village. The Commonwealth war graves plot is in the South-West corner. Plaine French National Cemetery was made in 1921. There are now over 40, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over 10 are unidentified and special memorials are erected to four soldiers known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials commemorate five buried at Labroque. Commonwealth graves came from; Albet (or Albe) Communal Cemetery German Extension, Liepvre Military Cemetery and from Ste. Marie-Auz-Mines German Cemetery. COLE, Second Lieutenant, MONTAGUE HENRY, 3rd Regt. South African Infantry attd. 104th Sqdn. Royal Air Force. Killed whilst flying 30th June 1918. Age 29. Son of Annie Fisher Cole, of Creiachan P.O., Rijno, Elliot, South Africa, and the late Henry Christian Cole 344 MAZARGUES WAR CEMETERY, MARSEILLES - Bouches-du-Rhone PLEASE NOTE: Due to vandalism in the area, it is regretted that it is necessary to keep this cemetery locked outside working hours. The cemetery will USUALLY be open to visitors Monday to Friday 08.30 to 17.00 except on public holidays. The location or design of this site makes wheelchair access impossible. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our Enquiries Section on 01628 507200. Marseilles is the chief town in the Department of the Bouches-du-Rhone. Mazargues is a suburb on the south-east side of the town, 6 kilometres from the centre of Marseilles, on the coast road to Toulon via La Ciotat - Avenue General Delattre de Tassigny (No.24). The Cemetery lies on the western side of this road. Marseilles was the Base of the Indian troops in France during the 1914-18 war; and throughout the War the Royal Navy, the Merchant Navy, British troops and Labour units worked in the port or passed through it. Four of the town cemeteries were used, in the main, for the burial of officers and men of the Commonwealth forces who died at Marseilles. At ST. PIERRE CEMETERY, on the East side of the town, the bodies of Hindu soldiers and labourers were cremated in 1914-16. LE CANET OLD CEMETERY and LE CANET NEW CEMETERY, on the North side, were in 1917-19 the places of burial of Indian soldiers and Indian, Egyptian and Chinese labourers. MAZARGUES CEMETERY, on the South-East side, was used less in the War; but before the Armistice an Extension was made, to which were removed, a little later, the bodies or ashes from the four Town cemeteries and from PORT ST. LOUIS-DU-RHONE COMMUNAL CEMETERY. There are now 1,487, 1914-18 and 267, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. The cemetery covers an area of 9,021 square metres. CLEMENTS, Flight Lieutenant (Pilot), NEVILLE OXYNHAM, 42194. 24 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 5th December 1944. Age 30. Son of William Henry and Annie Elizabeth Clements, of Durban, Natal, South Africa; husband of Patricia Ida Clements, of Durban. Plot 3. Row E. Grave. BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY - Calvados Banneville-la-Campagne is a village in Normandy, which is 10 kilometres east of Caen. The cemetery lies 100 metres south of the main road (the N175) between Caen and Pont L'Eveque, about 8 kilometres east of Caen. The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. For the most part, the men buried at Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery were killed in the fighting from the second week of July 1944, when Caen was captured, to the last week in August, when the Falaise Gap had been closed and the Allied forces were preparing their advance beyond the Seine. The cemetery contains 2,170 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 140 of them unidentified, and five Polish graves. APPLETON, Group Captain, CHARLES HENRY, C B E, D S O, D F C, 24139. 124 Wing. Royal Air Force. 12th August 1944. Age 38. Son of Capt. Henry M. Appleton and Maud Appleton; husband of Yvonne Marjarie Appleton, of Marandellas, Southern Rhodesia. IV. C. 14. STEWART, Lieutenant Colonel, WALTER BRIAN, D S O, M C, 41194. Cdg. 65 (The Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regt. Royal Artillery. 5th August 1944. Age 36. Son of Walter Hewetson Stewart and Violette Marguerite Stewart, of Marandellas, Southern Rhodesia; husband of Sybil Margaret Stewart (nee Roberts), of Nairobi, Kenya. XVI. B. 4. BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY - Calvados The town of Bayeux, in Normandy, lies 24 kilometres north-west of Caen. Bayeux War Cemetery is situated in the south-western outskirts of the town on the by-pass, which is named Rue de Sir Fabian Ware. On the opposite side of the road stands the Bayeux Memorial. The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. There was little actual fighting in Bayeux although it was the first French town of importance to be liberated. Bayeux War Cemetery is the largest Commonwealth cemetery of the Second World War in France and contains burials brought in from the surrounding districts and from hospitals that were located nearby. BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY contains 4,144 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 338 of them unidentified. There are also 505 war graves of other nationalities, the majority German. The BAYEUX MEMORIAL stands opposite the cemetery and bears the names of more than 1,800 men of the Commonwealth land forces who died in the early stages of the campaign and have no known grave. They died during the landings in Normandy, during the intense fighting in Normandy itself, and during the advance to the River Seine in August. FORRESTER, Flying Officer (Pilot), IAN HUGH, 160153. 266 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 28th July 1944. Age 23. Son of Herbert Arthur and Joyce Forrester, of East London, Cape Province, South Africa. XVIII. F. 15 MIDDLETON, Private, JOHN EDWARD EMPSON, 14430028. 5th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment. 6th June 1944. Age 19. Son of Edward Empson Middleton, and of Adelaide Mary Middleton, of Rosettenville, Transvaal, South Africa. XIV. L. 19 ROBERTSON, Lieutenant, COLIN STEPHEN LEWIS, 302972. "B" Sqn., 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards. Royal Armoured Corps. 14th June 1944. Age 22. Son of the Revd. Joseph Albert Robertson and of Eva Marion Robertson (nee Dorman), of Johannesburg, Transvaal. South Africa. Coll. grave XVI. C. 18-19 ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY - Calvados St Desir is a village on the N13 to Caen, 4 kilometres west of Lisieux. The war cemetery is about one kilometre west of the village and lies on a secondary road, the D159. The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. St Desir War Cemetery is the most easterly of the the Normandy cemeteries. For the most part, those buried here died in the final stages of the campaign, in pursuit of the German forces towards the Seine. The cemetery contains 597 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. 78 of these graves were brought in from Chartres (St Cheron) Communal Cemetery after the war, together with the four First World War burials now at St Desir. SA Other Units LOVEGROVE, Private, ROWLAND EVERETT, 6982609. 2nd Bn. The Glasgow Highlanders. Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment). 29th August 1944. Age 29. Son of C. Lovegrove, and of Maude A. Lovegrove, and stepson of C. G. Rhodes, of Lange Baan Weg, Cape Province, South Africa; husband of Mary Lovegrove. VI. B. 5. Name: STOKES, FRANCIS RALPH ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX - Calvados Cheux is a village 10 kilometres west of Caen. This cemetery is reached from Caen by taking route D9 westwards. After about 8 kilometres, the road by-passes St Manvieu village, while Cheux lies 2 kilometres to the left. You will find St Manvieu War Cemetery on the right hand side. The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. Those buried in St. Manvieu War Cemetery died for the most part in the fluctuating battles from mid June to the end of July 1944, in the region between Tilly-sur-Seulles and Caen. The cemetery contains 1,627 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 49 of them unidentified. There are also 556 German burials. HENDRIE, Second Lieutenant, GEORGE WATT, 307770. 9th. Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.. 10th July 1944. Age 21. Son of John Bryce Hendrie and Frances Maude Hendrie, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. VIII. E. 13. STE. MARGUERITE-DES-LOGES CHURCHYARD - Calvados Ste. Marguerite-des-Loges is a village 16 kilometres south of Lisieux, and 5 kilometres east of Livarot. There are 2 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here; also, there is 1 non world war burial. LOVE, Flight Sergeant (Pilot), WILFRED ROYCE, 710122. 266 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 17th August 1944. Age 22. Son of John and Hilda Violet Love, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. King's Scout. Sec. G. Row 4. Grave 287. Rhodesia Post War LOVE, Warrant Officer, OWEN, 438. Southern Rhodesia Air Force. 7th December 1951. Age 24. BEAUMONT-LE-ROGER COMMUNAL CEMETERY - Eure Beaumont-le-Roger is a small town 28 kilometres west-north-west of Evreux. The Communal Cemetery is north of the town on the road Beaumontel. Access is by a road leading north from the church. There are now over 10, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Name: MOSS, BRIAN DOUGLAS Name: PEALL, HURWORTH ANTHONY PAUL Name: VENTER, PETER JOHANNES LE FOLGOET COMMUNAL CEMETERY - Finistere Le Folgoet is a village and commune 22 kilometres north-east of Brest, on the Brest-Lesneven road. It is most conveniently reached by taxi from Brest The cemetery is on the western side of the village on the right of the Brest road. In the northern part, near the boundary wall, are the graves of two airmen of the Royal Air Force. MACINTYRE, Squadron Leader (Pilot), ALEXANDER STEWART, 80046. 266 Sqdn. Royal Air Force. 15th August 1943. Age 24. Son of Alexander Stewart MacIntyre and Katherine Lawson MacIntyre, of Knysna, Cape Province, South Africa. NANTES (PONT-DU-CENS) COMMUNAL CEMETERY - Loire-Atlantique Nantes is a town on the River Loire about 48 kilometres east of St Nazaire. The Pont-du-Cens Communal Cemetery is on the north-western outskirts of the town on the western side of the road to Rennes. The Commonwealth War Graves are in a special plot about 100 metres east (right) of the main entrance. During the 1939-1945 War Nantes was the disembarkation port for stores and vehicles of the first British Expeditionary Force, and in June, 1940, a port of re-embarkation for Line of Communication troops and material. The Pont-du-Cens Communal Cemetery was started in 1939 to supplement the ten other burial grounds within the boundaries of the commune. There are now over 100, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Some were moved into the cemetery from isolated graves at Vivonne, Les Rochelles and near Vertou, and others from Tours (La Salle) Communal Cemetery, St. Brevin-les Pins Communal Cemetery, St. Pere-en-Retz Communal Cemetery, Bougenais Communal Cemetery and a temporary burial ground at Coeson, where permanent maintenance for all time could not be assured. CLOUSTON, Squadron Leader, JOHN GREVILLE, 40218. 165 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal New Zealand Air Force. 21st June 1944. Son of Allan Wilson Clouston and Violet Clouston, of Wellington City, New Zealand. Native of Rhodesia. Plot L. Row D. Grave 20. PORNIC WAR CEMETERY - Loire-Atlantique Pornic is on the north side of Borgneuf Bay and is 51 kilometres west-south-west of Nantes and 20 kilometres south-south-east of St Nazaire via the toll bridge over the River Loire. The Cemetery is on the north-eastern outskirts of the town one kilometre east of the church on the south side of the road to Chauve. Many of those buried here were washed ashore after the sinking by the enemy of the troopship "Lancastria" in the Bay of Biscay on 17th June 1940. There are now 2 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 395 of the 1939-1945 war commemorated here. Of the 1939-1945 war, 160 are unidentified. Special Memorials inscribed "Buried near this spot" record the names of soldiers and airmen whose graves in the cemetery were not precisely located. There are 3 non world war burials here, 2 of which are unidentified. VIKWANE, Private, JAN, N/20494. Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. 7th February 1944. Son of Windvoel and Sarah Vikwane, of Rustenburg, Transvaal, South Africa 1. AA. 7 ORLEANS MAIN CEMETERY - Loiret OPENING HOURS: 1 June - 30 September 07.00 - 19.00 1 October - 28 February 08.00 - 17.00 1 March - 30 May 08.00 - 18.00 Orleans is a large town and Orleans Main Cemetery is situated on the north-eastern side of the town, between the main railway station and the station of Fleury les Aubrai. The cemetery entrance is on Boulevard Lamartire, and the military plot is at the left far end of the cemetery from the main path. The Meerut British General Hospital was in Orleans from October-December, 1914. Orleans Cathedral contains a tablet, unveiled in 1925, commemorating the million British dead in the First World War. There are 21 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war here, 1 of which is unidentified. There are a further 71 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here. There are also 5 Polish Foreign National burials here. MAFORA, Private, J, N/11242. Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. 5th January 1944. Age 17. Son of Johannes and Marosina Mafora, of Blairbeth, Transvaa], South Africa Plot 2. Row B Grave 2 LA BOISSIERE-SUR-EVRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY - Maine-et-Loire La Boissiere-sur-Evre is a village some 44 kilometres south-west of Angers and 10 kilometres south-west of Varades. The Cemetery is north of the village, east of the road to Bouzille. There are 7 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, on the left of the entrance against the wall in the far corner. McKECHNIE, Flying Officer (Pilot), DONALD NEIL, 160193. 44 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 27th July 1944. Age 24. Son of Ronald and Minnie McKechnie, of Fort Victoria, Southern Rhodesia. Coll. grave. CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY - Meurthe-et-Moselle Choloy is a village 28 kilometres west of Nancy and 5 kilometres west of Toul, a town on the N4 road from Paris to Nancy. The Cemetery is 3 kilometres west of Toul on the north side of the D11B road. Choloy War Cemetery was created by the Army Graves Service for the re-burial of casualties recovered from isolated sites, communal cemeteries, and small churchyards in north-eastern France where permanent maintenance of the graves was not possible. In 1950, for the same reason the Commonwealth War Graves Commission found it necessary to move in to this cemetery more than 100 graves from a number of churchyards and civil cemeteries in the same area. Those who lie in Choloy War Cemetery are mostly airmen; but there are also soldiers belonging to the forces of the United Kingdom who died in the Saar region during the first few months of the war, i.e. up to May 1940, or as prisoners of war. There is now 1 Commonwealth burial of the 1914-1918 war and 461 of the 1939-45 war commemorated in this site. Of these, 23 of the 1939-1945 burials are unidentified. In addition there are 7 Foreign National burials, 2 of which are unidentified and 334 non world war burials here. SA Other Units DAVIES, Flight Sergeant (Pilot), HIRAM TOM, 1388039. 76 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 2nd March 1944. Age 20. Son of Cpl. Hiram Morecroft Davies, 6th Middlesex Bn. Home Guard (died on active service. 11th September, 1940), and of Ethel Gwenllian Davies, of Bellevue, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. 1A. B. 17 Rhodesia Other Units Name: POSSELT, ARTHUR FRANCIS BEAUFORT-EN-ARGONNE CHURCHYARD - Meuse Beaufort-en-Argonne is a village and commune 40 kilometres north-north-west of Verdun and about the same distance south-south-east of Sedan. There are 5 war graves in this cemetery. COOKE, Flying Officer (Pilot), GRIMWOOD CHOKE, D F C, D F M, 80346. 106 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 21st December 1942. Age 20. Son of Herbert and Florence Amelia Cooke, stepson of Mr. F.D. Laland, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. His twin brother, Sergeant (Air Gnr.) Harold Cooke, also died on service. Grave 1. CHAMBIERES FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY, METZ - Moselle Metz is located in the Department of the Moselle, in the north-east of France on the River Moselle. Chambieres French National Cemetery is on the northern side of the city, some 3 kilometres from Metz Central Station. During the winter of 1939-1940 British troops were in a sector of the Saar not far from Metz, engaged in patrol and raiding activities. The 51st (Highland) Division relieved the French 7th Division, in this area, in May 1940. Metz was liberated by American troops in November, 1944. There are now nearly 100, 1914-18 and over 30, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Special memorials are erected to six British soldiers and one airman from the 1914-18 War, buried in Jarny and Labry Communal German Extension, whose graves could not be found. Certain of the British graves from the 1914-18 War were brought in from Pouilly and St. Jure German Cemeteries and Briey Communal Cemetery German Extension. COLE, Second Lieutenant, REGINALD HERBERT, 216th Sqdn. Royal Air Force. 30th September 1918. Age 27. Son of the late Henry Christian Cole and Annie Fisher Cole, of "Cruachan," Rijno, Elliot, Cape Province, South Africa. 332 ANDEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY - Oise Andeville is a village and commune 21 kilometres south-east of Beauvais, and 4 kilometres north-east of Meru. The graves of 2 soldiers of the South African Forces adjoin the graves of 16 members of the French Resistance, all of whom lost their lives on the same day. ABRAHAMS, Private, D, M/14845. Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces. 27th August 1944. Mil. Plot. Grave 2 BOSTANDER, Gunner, N, C/305181. Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. 27th August 1944. Age 32. Son of Saul and Lena Bostander; husband of Liza Bostander, of Strydenburg, Cape Province, South Africa Mil. Plot. Grave 1 BLARGIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION - Oise Blargies is a village and commune in the Department of the Oise. Travel south on the D316 and on entering the village of Blargies take the first left. The Communal Cemetery will be found 500 metres along this small road. The Cemetery Extension stands on the north-east side of the Communal Cemetery, in an old apple orchard. Blargies became in 1916 an important centre of British and native labour attached to the dumps and depots at Abancourt; and in the same year it was found necessary to open an Extension of the Communal Cemetery for the burial of men who died in the hospitals of the Camp. The Extension was used until 1920. There are now nearly 250, 1914-18 and a small number of 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. The grave of a Bermudan soldier was brought in from the COMMUNAL CEMETERY after the 1918 Armistice; and those of twelve German prisoners, four Italian labourers and one American Y.M.C.A. worker were removed to other burial grounds. The Extension covers an area of 1,998 square metres and is enclosed by a rubble wall on three sides. DAVIS, Sergeant, G J, 7191. 2nd Regt. South African Infantry. 24th March 1918. I. B. 3 FALALANE, Private, PHILIP, 4709. "A" Coy. 3rd Bn. South African Native Labour Corps. 6th April 1917. Age 30. Cousin of Charles Mila, of Brodie Hill, Blaauwberg, Pietersburg, Transvaal IV. A. 5 MALUSE, Private, CHARLIE, 1203. 5th Coy. South African Native Labour Corps. 20th May 1917. Son of Sibena Lamula, of Moshupya's Loc, Potgietersrust, Transvaal IV. A. 4 MASHIGO, Private, JAN MANEKI, 11595. 6th Coy. South African Native Labour Corps. 13th September 1917. Age 25. Son of Swartbooi Sipiko IV. A. 1 MASIA JIM NYATI, Private, 9884. 21st Coy. South African Native Labour Corps. 13th March 1917. Age 21. Son of Diemela Nyati IV. A. 6 MPAQATI, Private, JIM GEZANE, 13897. 25th Coy. South African Native Labour Corps. 15th June 1917. Son of Mpagato, of Beaufort, Induna Ntsanguisi, Louis Trichardt, Zoutpansberg, Transvaal IV. A. 3 RESENGA, Private, JIM, 13975. 25th Coy. South African Native Labour Corps. 26th June 1917. Son of Nyokane, of Induna, Ngwamanhla IV. A. 2 COMPIEGNE SOUTH COMMUNAL CEMETERY - Oise Compiegne is a town in the Department of the Oise. The Cemetery is located some 300 metres off the road to Senlis at the end of a side road (Rue Rouget de Lisle). COMPIEGNE SOUTH COMMUNAL CEMETERY INDEX NUMBER Fr. 1227. COMPIEGNE is a town and commune in the Department of the Oise, with a railway station on the main line from Paris to St. Quentin, Maubeuge and Brussels. It was G.H.Q., B.E.F., from the 28th to the 31st August, 1914, and H.Q., R.F.C., from the 28th to the 30th. It became the French G.H.Q. ("G.Q.G.") in March, 1917, but in June, 1918, it was within six miles of the front line. At Rethondes, in the forest country East of Compiegne, is the site on which the Armistice with Germany was signed on the 11th November, 1918. The town possesses two Communal Cemeteries, North and South. COMPIEGNE SOUTH COMMUNAL CEMETERY is a large and well kept cemetery at Royallieu, on the road to Senlis. In Plots VI and XIV, both on the North-West side of the centre path, are the graves of seven soldiers from the United Kingdom, who fell in September, 1914, and March-April, 1918, and three of whom are unidentified. ROYALLIEU FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY is on the North-East side of the South Communal Cemetery. It was begun in February, 1918, by No. 16 French Hospital, then placed in the barracks at Royallieu, and it was completed after the Armistice. It contains the graves of 2,927 French soldiers (of whom 255 are unidentified), eleven Russian and one Belgian; and in Plot G are the graves of 75 soldiers from the United Kingdom. The British graves (except one of 1919) date from 1914 and 1918 and were brought in after the Armistice. Twenty-six are unnamed, and special memorials are erected to five United Kingdom soldiers, known or believed to be buried among them. The Registers record particulars of seven War Graves in the Communal Cemetery and 75 in the French National Cemetery. The following were the burial grounds from which British graves were taken to the French National Cemetery:- ATTICHY HOSPITAL FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY, at the East end of the village, which contained 841 French, one British (of August, 1914), one Russian and 31 German graves. PIERREFONDS-LES-BAINS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, which contained 600 French, 72 British and 34 German graves. ST. CREPIN-AUX-BOIS FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY, where one unidentified British soldier was buried. KHUNOU, Lance Corporal, J, N/2295. Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. 30th June 1944. Age 50. Son of Rasekab and Mathlodi Khunou; husband of Terefina Khunou, of Saulspoort, Transvaal, South Africa Special Memorial MARISSEL FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY - Oise 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 (N1). The Commonwealth war graves are along the left-hand wall of the cemetery. 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. STEWART, Second Lieutenant, HAROLD MALCOLM, 27th Sqdn. Royal Air Force. Killed in air combat 16th June 1918. Age 20. Son of Alexander Malcolm and Mary Elizabeth Stewart, of 357, Commissioner St., Johannesburg, South Africa. 668 Rhodesia Other Units LOGAN, Sergeant (Obs.), JOHN INNES MONTGOMERY, 778687. 12 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 3rd September 1942. Age 19. Son of John Innes Logan and Susan Elizabeth Logan, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. Grave 218. UREN, Flight Sergeant (Nav.), PETER GEORGE, 778979. 61 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 8th July 1944. Age 20. Son of Christopher Trewhella Uren, and of Isabel Jane Uren, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. Coll. grave 305. VERBERIE FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY - Oise Verberie is a village on the River Oise, 11 kilometres south-west of Compiegne on the main road to Senlis and Paris. Verberie was the scene of fighting on the 1st September, 1914, and in 1918 French Ambulances were stationed in the village. The Cemetery adjoins the South side of the Communal Cemetery. The British graves are of 1914 and 1918, and were brought in from other cemeteries after the Armistice. There are now over 70, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over a quarter are unidentified and a special memorial records the names of twelve men of "L" Battery, R.H.A., who fell in the Affair of Nery: five are buried here and seven at NERY COMMUNAL CEMETERY, non of whom could be individualy identified, hence they are all commemorated at both sites. Also included are the names of twelve of the seventeen men of the 2nd and 5th Dragoon Guards, who fell in the Affair of Nery and are buried in this grave. The following were the burial grounds from which British graves were taken to the French National Cemetery:- ESTREES-ST. DENIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY FRENCH EXTENSION, where six soldiers and airmen from the United Kingdom and one Canadian Cavalryman were buried in March and June 1918. FAYEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY FRENCH EXTENSION, which contained 849 French and six German graves and that of one British soldier who fell in August, 1918. GLAIGNES MILITARY CEMETERY, on the North side of the village, where 22 British soldiers who fell on the 1st September, 1914, one who fell in July, 1918, 63 French and 35 German were buried. SERY-MAGNEVAL FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY, which contained 130 French graves, 36 American, 20 British (of 1918) and 81 German. Name: GILRUTH, GEORGE
Souchez is a village 3.5 kilometres north of Arras on the main road to Bethune. The cemetery is about 1.5 kilometres south of the village on the west side of the D937 Arras-Bethune Road. On 26 September 1915, Souchez was taken from the Germans by French troops, who handed the sector over to Commonwealth forces the following March. The village was completely destroyed. The "Cabaret Rouge" was a house on the main road about 1 kilometre south of the village, at a place called Le Corroy, near the cemetery. On the east side, opposite the cemetery, were dugouts used as battalion headquarters in 1916. The communication trenches ended here, including a very long one named from the Cabaret. The cemetery was begun by Commonwealth troops in March 1916, used until August 1917 (largely by the 47th (London) Division and the Canadian Corps) and - at intervals - until September 1918; these original burials are in Plots I to V inclusive. It was greatly enlarged after the Armistice when more than 7,000 graves were brought in from the battlefields of Arras and from 103 other burial grounds in the Nord and the Pas-de-Calais. The cemetery now contains 7,655 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, more than half of them unidentified. There is also one Second World War burial. On 25 May 2000, the remains of an unidentified Canadian soldier were entrusted to Canada at a ceremony held at the Vimy Memorial, France. The remains had been exhumed by staff of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission from Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, Plot 8, Row E, Grave 7. The remains were laid to rest within the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in a sarcophagus placed at the foot of the National War Memorial, Confederation Square, Ottawa, Canada. There are also 15 unknown South African headstones to be photographed and PLOTTED French National Cemetery of Notre Dame de Lorette, Com. Of Ablain, St. Nazaire DIETERLEN R A ROBERT ALFRED Corporal Army of France 31 Battalion Sharpshooters 25-Sep-15 0 Died of wounds, at Souchez LE MANS WEST CEMETERY - Sarthe Le Mans is a large town and the seat of the Prefecture of the Department of La Sarthe. The Cemetery is in the north-west suburb of the town, west of the River Sarthe, off the main road, Avenue Rhin et Danube (D304). From the D304, turn into the Rue des Etamines, then left into Rue de la Madelaine. The Cemetery is off the Rue de la Madelaine in the Rue de le Garenne. The War Graves plot is at the far end of the cemetery on the left hand side. In 1914, when St. Nazaire and Nantes were the British bases, Le Mans was the Advanced Base and a hospital centre. In 1939 the British General Headquarters were concentrated here from the 14th to 21st September, and in June, 1940 the Headquarters of the southern portion of the British Expeditionary Force were at Chateau de la Blanchardiere, Le Mans. There are 61 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-18 war, 1 of which is unidentified. There are a further 97 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, 8 of which are unidentified. There is 1 Polish Foreign National burial. MATTHEWS, Private, F W, 7815. 2nd Bn. Worcestershire Regiment. Died of wounds 26th October 1914. Age 31. Son of Joseph and Julia Matthews, of Kidderminster; husband of Deborah Matthews, of "Linslade," Queen Victoria Rd., Claremont, Cape Province. Employed at the G.P.O., Stourbridge, Worcs. A. 54. LE VAUDOUE COMMUNAL CEMETERY - Seine-et-Marne Le Vaudoue is a village and commune 14 miles (23 kilometres) south-south-west of Melun, and 9 miles (15 kilometres) south-west of Fontainebleau. Midway between the west and north corners are the graves of 6 airmen belonging to the Royal Air Force and 1 to the Royal Canadian Air Force. SCRIVENER, Flying Officer (Pilot), RENDAL ANTHONY FENWICK, 160001. 57 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 4th May 1944. Age 20. Son of William John and Nora Mary Skrimshire Scrivener, of Kitwe, Northern Rhodesia. Joint grave 1. ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY - Somme Assevillers is a village approximately 10 kilometres south-west of Peronne. Assevillers New British Cemetery will be found at the entrance of the village after crossing the A1 motorway and the high speed train line. Assevillers was taken by the French in the autumn of 1916, evacuated by the Fifth Army on the 26th March, 1918, and retaken by the 5th Australian Division on the 28th August, 1918. A number of cemeteries were made by the French troops at Assevillers, and in one ("E"), at the West end of the village, 13 soldiers from the United Kingdom were buried by Field Ambulances in February and March, 1917; they are now reburied in Fouquescourt British Cemetery. Assevillers New British Cemetery was made after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from the battlefields of the Somme and from other burial grounds. There are over 800, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, two-fifths are unidentified and special memorials are erected to 25 soldiers and one airman from the United Kingdom, known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of nine soldiers and two airmen from the United Kingdom, buried in other cemeteries, whose graves were destroyed by shell fire. The cemetery covers an area of 2,655 square metres and is enclosed by a stone rubble wall. The following were among the burial grounds from which British graves were brought to Assevillers New British Cemetery:- BARLEUX GERMAN CEMETERY, about 365 metres North-East of Barleux, in which ten Australian soldiers were buried by their comrades in August and September, 1918. BOUCHAVESNES (or PERONNE ROAD) GERMAN CEMETERY, between Marrieres Wood and Bouchavesnes, in which seven South African soldiers and three from the United Kingdom were buried by the enemy in March, 1918. It was at Marrieres Wood that the South African Brigade was annihilated on the 24th March, 1918. ESTREES-DENIECOURT GERMAN CEMETERY, between Estrees and Fay, where two Australian soldiers were buried by the enemy. FOUCAUCOURT FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY, at the South-West corner of the village, where four soldiers from the United Kingdom were buried in 1915 and 1917. HIGHWAY CEMETERY, CAPPY, a French Military Cemetery midway between Cappy and Herbecourt, where six men of the R.H.A. and one Australian soldier were buried in August and September, 1918. HYENCOURT-LE-GRAND GERMAN CEMETERY, made by the 61st Infantry Regiment on the Chaulnes-Marchelepot road, where two R.A.F. officers were buried in May, 1918. KIBOKO WOOD CEMETERY, BIACHES, by a small copse between Biaches and Flaucourt, where 30 United Kingdom soldiers were buried by the 40th Division in February and March, 1917. All but one belonged to the Royal Warwicks, and twenty of these to the 1st/6th Battalion. MISERY CHATEAU GERMAN CEMETERY, where 16 soldiers from the United Kingdom were buried by a German Field Hospital in March, 1918. P.C. HEDEVAUX FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY, 548 metres South of Belloy-en-Santerre, where ten soldiers from the United Kingdom were buried by their comrades in February and March, 1917. (P.C. means Poste de Commandement.) PLANTATION CEMETERY, a French Military Cemetery in the large Orchard 914 metres East of Cappy, where one United Kingdom soldier was buried in February, 1917, and four Australian in August and September, 1918. VAUVILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY, in which four soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in March, 1918, were reburied. VERMANDOVILLERS FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY, at the West end of the village, where two United Kingdom soldiers were buried in March, 1917, by their comrades. There are 3 South African unknowns that still need to be photographed and PLOTTED in this cemetery. If attempting these unknowns ask for the plotting of the others first. NORFOLK CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT - Somme Becordel-Becourt is a village 2.5 kilometres east of Albert on the D938 (Albert-Peronne) road. Follow the C1 north to Becourt, pass under a bridge and Norfolk Cemetery will be found 700 metres along on the east side of the road. The cemetery was begun by the 1st Norfolks in August 1915 and used by other units (including the 8th Norfolks) until August 1916. After the Armistice it was nearly doubled in size when graves were brought in from the battlefields near by. Norfolk Cemetery contains 548 First World War burials. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker. There are 3 South African Unknowns to be photographed and PLOTTED in this cemetery. 2 unknowns have been photographed, one is at I.D. 58 and the other is at II.B.64 SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No. 2 - Somme The village of Serre is 11 kilometres north-north-east of Albert. Using the D919 from Arras to Amiens you will drive through the villages of Bucquoy, Puisieux then Serre Les Puisieux (approximately 20 kilometres south of Arras). On leaving Serre Les Puisieux, 1.3 kilometres further along the D919, Serre Road No.2 Cemetery can be found on the left hand side. In June 1916, the road out of Mailly-Maillet to Serre and Puisieux entered No Man's Land about 1,300 metres south-west of Serre. On 1 July 1916, the 31st and 4th Divisions attacked north and south of this road and although parties of the 31st Division reached Serre, the attack failed. The 3rd and 31st Divisions attacked once more on the 11 November, but again without success. Early in 1917, the Germans fell back to the Hindenburg Line and on 25 February, Serre was occupied by the 22nd Manchesters. The village changed hands once more in March 1918 and remained under German occupation until they withdrew in August. In the spring of 1917, the battlefields of the Somme and Ancre were cleared by V Corps and a number of new cemeteries were made, three of which are now named from the Serre Road. Serre Road Cemetery No 2 was begun in May 1917 with the burials in Plots I and II, but was greatly enlarged after the Armistice. There are now 7,126 Commonwealth burials of the First World War in the cemetery, mostly dating from 1916. Of these, 4,943 are unidentified. The cemetery, which was not completed until 1934, was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. There are 29 South Africa Unknowns to be photographed and PLOTTED in this cemetery. There are 3 Unknowns that still need to be plotted. Please ask for listing of known unknowns before attemting remaining. THIEPVAL MEMORIAL - Somme The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929). Each year a major ceremony is held at the memorial on 1 July. On 1 July 1916, supported by a French attack to the south, thirteen divisions of Commonwealth forces launched an offensive on a line from north of Gommecourt to Maricourt. Despite a preliminary bombardment lasting seven days, the German defences were barely touched and the attack met unexpectedly fierce resistance. Losses were catastrophic and with only minimal advances on the southern flank, the initial attack was a failure. In the following weeks, huge resources of manpower and equipment were deployed in an attempt to exploit the modest successes of the first day. However, the German Army resisted tenaciously and repeated attacks and counter attacks meant a major battle for every village, copse and farmhouse gained. At the end of September, Thiepval was finally captured. The village had been an original objective of 1 July. Attacks north and east continued throughout October and into November in increasingly difficult weather conditions. The Battle of the Somme finally ended on 18 November with the onset of winter. In the spring of 1917, the German forces fell back to their newly prepared defences, the Hindenburg Line, and there were no further significant engagements in the Somme sector until the Germans mounted their major offensive in March 1918. The Thiepval Memorial, the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the Somme sector before 20 March 1918 and have no known grave. Over 90% of those commemorated died between July and November 1916. The memorial also serves as an Anglo-French Battle Memorial in recognition of the joint nature of the 1916 offensive and a small cemetery containing equal numbers of Commonwealth and French graves lies at the foot of the memorial. The memorial, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, was built between 1928 and 1932 and unveiled by the Prince of Wales, in the presence of the President of France, on 31 July 1932. The dead of other Commonwealth countries who died on the Somme and have no known graves are commemorated on national memorials elsewhere. Non-South African Units & Rhodesians By panel Addenda Panel – yet to be added by CWGC Name: HUNT, WILLIAM GEORGE Name: LAING, ALEXANDER Name: POTTERILL, HAROLD
Villeneuve-St Georges is a town 18 kilometres south-east of the centre of Paris and on the Paris-Melun road. The old and new communal cemeteries are about 800 metres south-east of the town, on a by-road leading to the neighbouring village of Crosne. They are separated by a road, the old cemetery being west of the new one. Within the Old Communal Cemetery are buried 18 United Kingdom soldiers of the 1914-1918 War as well as 48 servicemen from the 1939-1945 War. In the west corner of the New Communal Cemetery are the war graves of 20 soldiers and airmen from the United Kingdom, one of whom is unidentified, and 1 South African soldier. There are now over 20, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. FUTHANE, Private, J, N/13159. Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. 14th April 1945. Plot 10. Row 1. Grave 6 VILLENEUVE-ST. GEORGES OLD COMMUNAL CEMETERY - Val de Marne Villeneuve-St Georges is a town 18 kilometres south-east of the centre of Paris and on the Paris-Melun road. The old and new communal cemeteries are about 800 metres south-east of the town, on a by-road leading to the neighbouring village of Crosne. They are separated by a road, the old cemetery being west of the new one. Within the Old Communal Cemetery are buried 18 United Kingdom soldiers of the 1914-1918 War as well as 48 servicemen from the 1939-1945 War. In the west corner of the New Communal Cemetery are the war graves of 20 soldiers and airmen from the United Kingdom, one of whom is unidentified, and 1 South African soldier. There are now over 10, 1914-18 and nearly 50, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. The majority from the 1914-18 War died in 1914, when the railway station was on the British lines of communication and a British ambulance was posted there. MAKIN, Captain, WILLIAM JAMES, Daily Sketch. War Correspondent. 26th August 1944. Age 48. Son of James and Elsie Makin; husband of Norline Makin, of Kenilworth, Cape Province, South Africa. F.R.G.S., F.R.S.A. Grave 113 PLAISIR COMMUNAL CEMETERY - Yvelines Plaisir is a village and commune 14 kilometres west of Versailles. There are two adjoining cemeteries, the communal and the hospital cemetery, the communal cemetery being the one on the west. They are situated north of the village between the road leading to Les Petits Pres and a by-road leading to the Clayes-Les Petits Pres road. The British airman's grave is west of the monument in the centre of the cemetery. DUNK, Flying Officer, THOMAS WILLIAM, 160014. 15 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 8th June 1944. Age 32. Son of Charles Henry Dunk, and of Minnie Priscilla Dunk, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. Unknown French Cemetery MacDONALD I C M I C MINA Nursing Sister South African Military Nursing Service attd. French unit 21-Feb-19 0 Died at Palavas, Montpelier of pneumonia From Natal |
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