ATH COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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.
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.
Images in gallery below © Werner Van Caneghem
72785 Corporal
Frederick Eves
8th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
25th March 1919, aged 24.
Row A. 1.
Son of Charles and Anna Eves, of Eastmoor, Stoke Ferry, Norfolk.
His headstone bears rthe inscription "Sadly Missed From His Home"
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Frederick Eves
8th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
25th March 1919, aged 24.
Row A. 1.
Son of Charles and Anna Eves, of Eastmoor, Stoke Ferry, Norfolk.
His headstone bears rthe inscription "Sadly Missed From His Home"
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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"
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"
Captain
Harry Young, M. C.
61st Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
4th March 1919, aged 29.
Row B. 5.
Son of John and Margaret Young, of Wick, Caithness; husband of Annie Hannah Young, of Ballantrae, Ayrshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "Your Love Was Generous As The Love Of Heaven"
Harry Young, M. C.
61st Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
4th March 1919, aged 29.
Row B. 5.
Son of John and Margaret Young, of Wick, Caithness; husband of Annie Hannah Young, of Ballantrae, Ayrshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "Your Love Was Generous As The Love Of Heaven"
