AUDREGNIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Hainaut
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.38067 Longitude: 3.71406
Picture © Werner Van Caneghem
Location Information
Audregnies Communal Cemetery is located 22 kilometres south west of Mons on a road leading from the N51 connecting Mons to Valenciennes in France. 19 kilometres along the N51 lies the left hand turning at Quievrain onto the rue des Wagons. 4 kilometres along the rue des Wagons, after passing through Baisieux, lies the village of Audregnies. On reaching the village the cemetery is located 800 metres along the rue la Ville, a road leading from Audregnies to Angre.
Historical Information
All of those buried in the Commonwealth plot in the communal cemetery died on 24 August 1914. They were originally buried on the battlefields and most belonged to the 1st Cheshire Regiment.
The cemetery contains 41 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 33 of which are unidentified. There is also one French war grave.
The commonwealth plot was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Total Burials: 41.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 8.
Unidentified Casualties: 33. Total 33.
Audregnies Communal Cemetery is located 22 kilometres south west of Mons on a road leading from the N51 connecting Mons to Valenciennes in France. 19 kilometres along the N51 lies the left hand turning at Quievrain onto the rue des Wagons. 4 kilometres along the rue des Wagons, after passing through Baisieux, lies the village of Audregnies. On reaching the village the cemetery is located 800 metres along the rue la Ville, a road leading from Audregnies to Angre.
Historical Information
All of those buried in the Commonwealth plot in the communal cemetery died on 24 August 1914. They were originally buried on the battlefields and most belonged to the 1st Cheshire Regiment.
The cemetery contains 41 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 33 of which are unidentified. There is also one French war grave.
The commonwealth plot was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Total Burials: 41.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 8.
Unidentified Casualties: 33. Total 33.
"L" Battery, R.H.A. Retreat from Mons. This British Horse artillery unit made a heroic stand against advancing German troops during the retreat from Mons, Belgium on 1 September 1914. Mons stayed in German hands until liberated by Canadian troops on the last day of the war, 11 November 1918. © Canadian War Museum
8649 Private
Ernest Lionel Lucas
1st Bn. Cheshire Regiment
24th August 1914.
Row B. 18.
Ernest Lionel Lucas
1st Bn. Cheshire Regiment
24th August 1914.
Row B. 18.
7317 Private
T. Mountford
1st Bn. Cheshire Regiment
24th August 1914.
Row A. 9.
T. Mountford
1st Bn. Cheshire Regiment
24th August 1914.
Row A. 9.
Images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem
The 8 Identified Headstones in the Cemetery and 1 of the 33 Unknown Burials
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(Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem)
Images in this gallery Johan Pauwels
Valenciennes - Mons Line. Land Pile driver at work on bridge over Honnelle River, Quievrain. November 1918. © IWM Q 47230
Mons; A patrol of the 18th Hussars attempting to obtain information from the local population, 21st August 1914. © IWM Q 83053
Mons; Soldiers of the 4th Dragoon Guards take up defensive positions while waiting for the 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Note the civilians (left). © IWM Q 83057
