AMERVAL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Nord
France
Location Information
Amerval is a small village 5 Kms north of Le Cateau on the D955, Solesmes to Le Cateau road.
Take the D98, in the direction of Croix Caluyauer, to Amerval and the Communal Cemetery will be found on the eastern side of the village on the south side of the road to Forest-en Cambresis. The extension is situated on the West side of the communal cemetery.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
Amerval Communal Cemetery Extension was made after the 51st Brigade (17th Division) had captured Amerval on the 20th October, 1918; and it was enlarged after the Armistice by the concentration of 61 graves from CONTOUR BRITISH CEMETERY, SOLESMES.
There are now over 150, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified.
The cemetery covers an area of 308 square metres and is enclosed by a stone rubble wall.
Casualty Details: UK 151, Total Burials: 151.
Amerval is a small village 5 Kms north of Le Cateau on the D955, Solesmes to Le Cateau road.
Take the D98, in the direction of Croix Caluyauer, to Amerval and the Communal Cemetery will be found on the eastern side of the village on the south side of the road to Forest-en Cambresis. The extension is situated on the West side of the communal cemetery.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
Amerval Communal Cemetery Extension was made after the 51st Brigade (17th Division) had captured Amerval on the 20th October, 1918; and it was enlarged after the Armistice by the concentration of 61 graves from CONTOUR BRITISH CEMETERY, SOLESMES.
There are now over 150, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified.
The cemetery covers an area of 308 square metres and is enclosed by a stone rubble wall.
Casualty Details: UK 151, Total Burials: 151.
117472 Private
Leonard Hewitt
10th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
20th October 1918
Row A. 26.
Leonard Hewitt
10th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
20th October 1918
Row A. 26.
Captain
Noel Martin Saunders
7th (West. and Cumb. Yeomanry) Bn. Border Regiment
20th October 1918, aged 35.
Row A. 9.
Son of the Rev. C. M. Saunders and Mrs. Saunders; husband of Norah Saunders, "Jorepokri," Wetheral, Carlisle, Cumberland. Native of Bournemouth.
Noel Martin Saunders
7th (West. and Cumb. Yeomanry) Bn. Border Regiment
20th October 1918, aged 35.
Row A. 9.
Son of the Rev. C. M. Saunders and Mrs. Saunders; husband of Norah Saunders, "Jorepokri," Wetheral, Carlisle, Cumberland. Native of Bournemouth.
