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AVESNES-LE-SEC COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
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Nord

​France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.24918, Longitude: 3.36884

Avesnes-le-Sec Communal Cemetery Extension

​Location Information

Avesnes-le-Sec is a village in the Department of the Nord, between Valenciennes and Cambrai. The Communal Cemetery is on the western edge of the village and the Extension is on the west side of the Communal Cemetery, about 75 metres back from the road.


Visiting Information

The location or design of this site makes wheelchair access impossible.



Historical Information

The extension was made by the 51st (Highland) Division Burial Officer in November 1918. At the Armistice, it contained 100 burials dating from the period 12-26 October 1918, 46 of which were Seaforth Highlanders and 41 Gordon Highlanders. In 1928, a further 14 graves were brought in from St. Hilaire-sur-Helpe Churchyard and Louvignies-les-Quesnoy Churchyard.

Avesnes-le-Sec Communal Cemetery Extension now contains 114 First World War burials.

Total Burials: 114.

Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 108, South Africa 2. Total 110.

Unidentified Casualties: 4.

The extension was designed by
W H Cowlishaw
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Avesnes-le-Sec Communal Cemetery Extension
Avesnes-le-Sec Communal Cemetery Extension
Avesnes-le-Sec Communal Cemetery Extension
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S/43645 Private
Percy Charles Banks
1st/5th Bn. 
Seaforth Highlanders
13th October 1918.
Row A. 25.

Husband of Mrs. Lily M. Banks, of 6, Albert Place, St. Pauls Cray, Kent.



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200721 Private
George Albert Alexander Bentley
1st/5th Bn. 
Seaforth Highlanders
12th October 1918, aged 22.
Row C. 22.

Only son of the late Alexander and Elizabeth A. Bentley, of Burnage Lane, Levenshulme, Manchester. Enlisted Jan., 1915. Previously wounded at Cambrai (1917), and when in hospital voluntarily gave his blood for transfusion.


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31106 Private
Frederick Bridgement
5th Bn. 
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
8th November 1918.
​Row D. 16.




Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Avesnes-le-Sec Communal Cemetery Extension
Avesnes-le-Sec Communal Cemetery Extension
Avesnes-le-Sec Communal Cemetery Extension
Avesnes-le-Sec Communal Cemetery Extension
Avesnes-le-Sec Communal Cemetery Extension
Avesnes-le-Sec Communal Cemetery Extension
Avesnes-le-Sec Communal Cemetery Extension
Avesnes-le-Sec Communal Cemetery Extension
Avesnes-le-Sec Communal Cemetery Extension
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2959 Corporal
Thomas George Victor Fardo
10th Bn. 
ShipThe King's (Liverpool Regiment) transferred to 6th/7th Bn. Gordon Highlanders
12th October 1918, aged 22.
Row C. 2.

Son of Thomas Charles and Sarah Jane Fardo, of 15, Schomberg St., Liverpool.

His headstone bears the inscription "Tis As A Soldier He Will Stand Before The Great White Throne"


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Second Lieutenant
Archibald Donald MacKInnon
51st Bn. 
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
13th October 1918, aged 28.
Row A. 17.

Son of Donald and Margaret Mackinnon, of Tiree, Argyll.




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S/43681 Private
John White
1st/5th Bn. 
Seaforth Highlanders
13th October 1918, aged 36.
Row A. 5.

Son of Mrs. Emma White; husband of Mary Isidore White, of 24, Regent Mount, Starbeck, Harrogate.

His headstone bears the inscription "Rest On Dear Husband Till We Meet Again"




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