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BEAURAIN BRITISH CEMETERY
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Nord

​France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.18099, Longitude: 3.55054

Beaurain British Cemetery

​Location Information

Beaurain (not to be confused with Beaurains near Arras) is a village in the Department of the Nord 19 kilometres south of Valenciennes and 4 kilometres from Solesmes railway station. The British Cemetery is at the end of a path, among meadows and orchards, a hundred yards north of the church.

From Solesmes follow the D43 to the junction with the D43A, where one can see a direction sign for Beaurain. Follow this winding but continuous road to Beaurain, approximately 2 kilometres, to the CWGC sign beside the church.


Visiting Information

Wheelchair access to this cemetery with some difficulty. 


Historical Information

Beaurain was captured by the 5th Division on the 23rd October, 1918. The British Cemetery was made in the fortnight after the capture of the village.

There are 56, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these,1is unidentified.

The cemetery covers an area of 465 square metres and is enclosed by a low stone rubble wall.

Total Burials: 57.

Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 56.

Unidentified Casualty: 1. 

The cemetery was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Beaurain British Cemetery
Beaurain British Cemetery
Beaurain British Cemetery

Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Beaurain British Cemetery
Beaurain British Cemetery
Beaurain British Cemetery
Beaurain British Cemetery
Beaurain British Cemetery
Beaurain British Cemetery
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Second Lieutenant
Ernest William Fleming
13th Bn. 
King's Royal Rifle Corps
4th November 1918, aged 22.
Row B. 3.

Son of Frederick W. and Eleanor Fleming; husband of Kathleen Ellen Fleming, of 380, Holdenhurst Rd., Bournemouth.



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Second Lieutenant
James Drysdale Meikle
13th Bn. 
King's Royal Rifle Corps, attached to 111th Trench Mortar Battery
4th November 1918, aged 30.
Row B. 3.

Son of John Thomson Meikle and Jane Ann Mailer Kelt Meikle, of Clementon Cottage, Scone, Perth. Born at Dumfermline, Fife.

His headstone bears the inscription "Safe In Jesu's Keeping"




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Lieutenant
Arthur Norman Usher, M. C. and Bar.
10th Bn. 
Royal Fusiliers
4th November 1918, aged 21.
Row A. 5.

Son of John Purcell Usher and Ethel Blanche Usher, of Regent St., Belize, British Honduras.



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