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BÉTHENCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY  
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Nord

​France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.13939, Longitude: 3.43441

Béthencourt Communal Cemetery

Location Information

Béthencourt is a village and commune in the Department of the Nord, a little north to Le Cateau. The Commonwealth Graves are in the north-east of the Communal Cemetery off the road from Caudry to Solesmes.


Visiting Information

Wheelchair access possible via main entrance. 

The register is available in the Mairie from Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 9.00 to 12.00 


Historical Information

A German hospital was posted in the village of Bethencourt in August and September, 1914.

There are now  81, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 6 are unidentified and nine graves which cannot now be traced, are represented by special memorials.

The plot covers an area of 326 square metres.

Total Burials: 81.

Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 74, New Zealand 1. Total 75.

Unidentified Casualties: 6.

The commonwealth plot was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw

Béthencourt Communal Cemetery
Béthencourt Communal Cemetery
Béthencourt Communal Cemetery
Béthencourt Communal Cemetery
Béthencourt Communal Cemetery
Béthencourt Communal Cemetery
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7/2093 Gunner
Alban Thomas Franklin 
15th Battery, 1st Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery
19th October 1918, aged 25.
Row D. 6.

Son of Thomas and Eliza Franklin, of Sandy Bay, Riwaka, Nelson, New Zealand; husband of Edith May Franklin, of 19, Merton Rd., Kensington, London, England.


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8788 Corporal
George H. Graham
2nd Bn. Royal Irish Regiment
26th August 1914.
​Row D. 4.



Images in this gallery © Johan Pauwels

Béthencourt Communal Cemetery
Béthencourt Communal Cemetery
Béthencourt Communal Cemetery
Béthencourt Communal Cemetery
Béthencourt Communal Cemetery
Béthencourt Communal Cemetery
Béthencourt Communal Cemetery
Béthencourt Communal Cemetery
Béthencourt Communal Cemetery
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5892 Company Quartermaster Sergeant
Herbert Joseph Kearley
2nd Bn. Royal Irish Regiment
26th August 1914, aged 32.
Special Memorial 9.


Son of Mark and Jane Kearley, of Ilsworth, Middx, husband of Hannah M. Kearley, of Glebe Rd., Passage West, Co, Cork.

His headstone bears the inscription "A Loving Husband True And Kind A Beautiful Memory Left Behind"


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13368 Private
Charles Omerod
1st Bn. Devonshire Regiment
20th October 1918, aged 33.
Row C. 29.

His headstone bears the inscription "A Tribute Of Love And Remembrance From Family"




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200923 Private
E. Smith
1st Bn. East Surrey Regiment
20th October 1918.
Row C. 23.



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