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ATH COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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Hainaut

​Belgium


GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.6285 Longitude: 3.7891

Location Information

The town of Ath is located east of the town of Tournai on the N7. From the motorway E42 turn off at junction 32 onto the N7 direction Barry/Ath. Follow the N7 through Gaurain-Ramecroix, Barry, Leuze-en-Hainaut and Ligne to Ath. Follow the road into the town centre and then follow the signs direction Maffle. The cemetery is located at the junction of rue de Soignies and rue de l'Egalite. The graves are located in plots 16 and 22 to the left of the centre path.

Historical Information

The 38 Commonwealth burials of the First World War in Ath Communal Cemetery date from November 1918 to March 1919, and are mainly those of men who died at No. 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station.

Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 35, India 3. Total 38.


Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
Ath Communal Cemetery
Ath Communal Cemetery
Ath Communal Cemetery
Ath Communal Cemetery
Ath Communal Cemetery
Ath Communal Cemetery

Some of the Individual Graves
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Ath Communal Cemetery
Ath Communal Cemetery
Ath Communal Cemetery
Ath Communal Cemetery
Ath Communal Cemetery
Ath Communal Cemetery
Ath Communal Cemetery
Ath Communal Cemetery
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26475 Private
Albert Henry Nicholls
10th (R. East Kent and West Kent Yeomanry) Bn. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
18th February 1919, aged 19.
Row A. 10.

Son of Mr. W. J. and Mrs. C. Nicholls, of 40, Black Griffin Lane, Canterbury, Kent.

His headstone bears the inscription "Till He Whose Home Is Ours Above Unite Us There"




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  • France
    • AISNE
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    • SEINE-ET-MARNE
    • SEINE-MARITIME
    • SOMME
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    • French Memorials
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