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BEAUVOIS-EN-CAMBRÉSIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY 
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History Information

The girls' school in Beauvois-en-Cambrésis was used by the Germans to accommodate British wounded in August, 1914. The village was occupied by the New Zealand Division on the 9th-10th October, 1918. There are now 10, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.

Burial Details


50312 Private W. H. Allcock, 1st/5th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers, died 17th October 1918.

6178 Rifleman Sylvester Carey, 1st Bn. Rifle Brigade, died 26th August 1914, aged 50. Son of John J. and Catherine Carey, of St. Helens, Lancs; husband of Jane Carey, of Sandy Lane, Lambeg, Co. Antrim. Served in the South African campaign.

Lieutenant Douglas Collier Chapman, 429th Field Company, Royal Engineers, died 20th October 1918, aged 23. Son of Alice Maude Chapman, of 24, Midhurst Rd., West Ealing, London, and the late Ernest Ashton Chapman, C.E.

38160 Private James Hobbs, 1st Bn. Wellington Regiment, N. Z. E. F. Died 13th October 1918.

2/2880 Bombardier David Henderson McCathie, New Zealand Artillery, died 20th October 1918.

705447 Driver J. Parkington, "C" Battery, 210th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, died 10th October 1918.


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      • SEINE-ET-MARNE
      • SEINE-MARITIME
      • SOMME
      • OTHER FRENCH DEPARTMENTS
    • FRENCH CEMETERIES WORLDWIDE
    • French Memorials
  • Gallipoli
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