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AUDREGNIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Hainaut

​Belgium


GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.38067 Longitude: 3.71406​

Audregnies Communal Cemetery
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

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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. 
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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
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"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
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8649 Private
​Ernest Lionel Lucas
1st Bn. Cheshire Regiment
24th August 1914.
Row B. 18.


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7317 Private
T. Mountford
1st Bn. Cheshire Regiment
24th August 1914.
Row A. 9.

Images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem

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Audregnies Communal Cemetery

The  8 Identified Headstones in the Cemetery and 1 of the 33 Unknown Burials

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(Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem)

Audregnies Communal Cemetery
Audregnies Communal Cemetery
Audregnies Communal Cemetery
Audregnies Communal Cemetery
Audregnies Communal Cemetery
Audregnies Communal Cemetery
Audregnies Communal Cemetery
Audregnies Communal Cemetery
Audregnies Communal Cemetery

Images in this gallery Johan Pauwels

Audregnies Communal Cemetery
Audregnies Communal Cemetery
Audregnies Communal Cemetery
Audregnies Communal Cemetery
Audregnies Communal Cemetery
Audregnies Communal Cemetery
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Valenciennes - Mons Line. Land Pile driver at work on bridge over Honnelle River, Quievrain. November 1918. © IWM Q 47230
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Mons; A patrol of the 18th Hussars attempting to obtain information from the local population, 21st August 1914. © IWM Q 83053
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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

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Angre Communal Cemetery
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