HAZEBROUCK COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Hazebrouck
Nord
France
General Directions: Hazebrouck is a town lying about 56 kilometres south-east of Calais and is easily reached from Calais or Boulogne. The Communal Cemetery is on the south-western outskirts of the town. From the Grand Place in Hazebrouck follow the D916 Bethune road. Traverse the first set of traffic lights and the Communal Cemetery will be found 200 metres further along on the right hand side of the road, as indicated by a signpost. The War Graves Plot lies immediately inside the entrance to the cemetery.
From October 1914 to September 1917, casualty clearing stations were posted at Hazebrouck. The Germans shelled and bombed the town between September 1917 and September 1918 making it unsafe for hospitals, but in September and October 1918, No.9 British Red Cross Hospital was stationed there. Commonwealth burials began in the communal cemetery in October 1914 and continued until July 1918. At first, they were made among the civilian graves, but after the Armistice these earlier burials were moved into the main Commonwealth enclosure.
Shot at Dawn: Plot 1. A. 13. Driver B De Fehr, 1st Canadian Reserve Park (Canadian Army Service Corps) executed for murder on 25/08/1916.
Casualty Details: UK 726, Canada 59, Australia 50, New Zealand 30, India 12, France 1, Total Burials: 878
1009 Lance Corporal
John Dodgson
1st/5th King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
10/05/1915, aged 21.
Son of Jane Dodgson, of 13, Sandy Lane, Preesall, Fleetwood, and the late John Dodgson. Native of Pilling, Preston.
Plot II. E. 16.
Picture courtesy of Stephen Singleton
9716 Corporal
Andrew Hughes
8th Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment
05/10/1916
Plot I. B. 2.
Picture courtesy of Bernard Williams, Andrew Hughes was the best mate of his grandfather
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