ANNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.15972, Longitude: 3.12673
Location Information
Anneux is a village in the Department of the Nord, a little to the south of the main road from Cambrai to Bapaume.
The Cemetery is 200 metres from the junction of the N30 and D15
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to this cemetery is possible, but may be by alternative entrance.
Historical Information
Anneux, Havrincourt and Graincourt were captured by the 62nd (West Riding) Division on 20 and 21 November 1917. Anneux remained in Allied hands until the following 6 December. It was recaptured on 27 September 1918, by the 57th (West Lancashire) and 63rd (Royal Naval) Divisions, acting with the 52nd (Lowland) and the 1st and 4th Canadian Divisions. These six divisions, with the New Zealand Division (which carried on the advance in October 1918), are most largely represented in the cemetery.
The original cemetery was made by the 57th Division Burial Officer and by various units in October 1918. At the Armistice it contained 131 graves but was then greatly increased when graves were brought in from the surrounding battlefields and small cemeteries in the area, including:-
DELMADGE CEMETERY, FONTAINE-NOTRE DAME, 900 metres North-East of the railway station, contained the graves of Lieut. R.B. Delmadge and 23 other Canadian soldiers who fell in September and October, 1918.
FLOT FARM CEMETERY, MARCOING, on the South side of a farm nearly 1.6 Kms West of Rumilly village. Thirty-four soldiers of the 2nd O.B.L.I., who fell on the 1st October, were buried there in one grave.
Anneux British Cemetery now contains 1,013 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 459 of the burials are unidentified but special memorials commemorate seven casualties believed to be buried among them.
Total Burials: 1,012.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 390, New Zealand 85, Canada 79, Australia 1. Total 555.
Unidentified Casualties: 457.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and George Hartley Godsmith
Dedications
11358 Private James Moss, 2nd Bn. Irish Guards, 27th November 1917. Son of Patrick & Anne Moss,
Tullycar, Castlederg, County Tyrone. Ireland
Remembered by Great-nephew, Patrick Moss
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
PLY/18041 Private
John W. Cornell
1st R.M. Bn. R.N. Div. Royal Marine Light Infantry
27th September 1918.
Plot III. D. 37.
John W. Cornell
1st R.M. Bn. R.N. Div. Royal Marine Light Infantry
27th September 1918.
Plot III. D. 37.
Second Lieutenant
Robert Charles Drummond
2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards
28th november 1917, aged 21.
Plot I. D. 15.
Son of Charles and Caroline Drummond, of 49, Charing Cross, London.
Robert Charles Drummond
2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards
28th november 1917, aged 21.
Plot I. D. 15.
Son of Charles and Caroline Drummond, of 49, Charing Cross, London.
91881 Private
Bertie Widdowson Hopkinson.
No.5 Coy. "B" Bn. Tank Corps. Formerly 6571, Lincolnshire Regiment.
23rd November 1917.
Plot II. F. 21.
Son of Mrs. Hopkinson, of Eastthorpe Farm, Ruddington, Notts.
Picture courtesy of John Barker
Bertie Widdowson Hopkinson.
No.5 Coy. "B" Bn. Tank Corps. Formerly 6571, Lincolnshire Regiment.
23rd November 1917.
Plot II. F. 21.
Son of Mrs. Hopkinson, of Eastthorpe Farm, Ruddington, Notts.
Picture courtesy of John Barker
46949 Corporal
Peter Hutton
1st Bn. Otago Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
8th October 1918.
Plot IV. B. 23.
Son of Mrs. Ellen Hutton, of Grant St., Ravensbourne, Dunedin; husband of O. C. Hutton, of 82, Botting St., North East Valley, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Picture courtesy of Grant Hutton, Dunedin, NZ.
Peter Hutton
1st Bn. Otago Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
8th October 1918.
Plot IV. B. 23.
Son of Mrs. Ellen Hutton, of Grant St., Ravensbourne, Dunedin; husband of O. C. Hutton, of 82, Botting St., North East Valley, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Picture courtesy of Grant Hutton, Dunedin, NZ.
34838 Private
James Lyne
2nd Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
1st October 1918
Plot III. D. 18.
Picture courtesy of Arthur Heywood
James Lyne
2nd Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
1st October 1918
Plot III. D. 18.
Picture courtesy of Arthur Heywood
238112 Private
F. J. Stearn
1st Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment
9th October 1918.
Plot IV. C. 5.
F. J. Stearn
1st Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment
9th October 1918.
Plot IV. C. 5.
654115 Private
Charlie Clarence Victor Westcott (Clarence)
47th Bn. Canadian Infantry, (Western Ontario Regiment)
29th September 1918, aged 23.
Plot III. F. 86.
Son of William and Annie Westcott, of Seaforth, Ontario.
Picture courtesy of niece, Clare Westcott
Charlie Clarence Victor Westcott (Clarence)
47th Bn. Canadian Infantry, (Western Ontario Regiment)
29th September 1918, aged 23.
Plot III. F. 86.
Son of William and Annie Westcott, of Seaforth, Ontario.
Picture courtesy of niece, Clare Westcott
