BLARGIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Oise
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.67271, Longitude: 1.77122
Location Information
Blargies is a village and commune in the Department of the Oise. Travel south on the D316 and on entering the village of Blargies take the first left. The Communal Cemetery will be found 500 metres along this small road. The Cemetery Extension stands on the north-east side of the Communal Cemetery, in an old apple orchard.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access with some difficulty.
Historical Information
Blargies became in 1916 an important centre of British and native labour attached to the dumps and depots at Abancourt; and in the same year it was found necessary to open an Extension of the Communal Cemetery for the burial of men who died in the hospitals of the Camp. The Extension was used until 1920.
There are 239, 1914-18 and 5, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. The grave of a Bermudan soldier was brought in from the COMMUNAL CEMETERY after the 1918 Armistice; and those of twelve German prisoners, four Italian labourers and one American Y.M.C.A. worker were removed to other burial grounds.
The Extension covers an area of 1,998 square metres and is enclosed by a rubble wall on three sides.
The Extension was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Total Burials: 244.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 184, India 45, South Africa 7, Australia 1, New Zealand 1. Total 238
World War One Unidentified Casualty: India 1.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 4, Canada 1. Total 5.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
8188 Private
Julius Carson
2nd Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) transferred to (117919) 197th Coy Labour Corps
19th May 1918
Plot I. E. 1.
Husband of Mrs Carson, 3 Back Cambridge Street, Brierfield, Lancashire.
A time served man, he rejoined on 4th August 1914 and fought in the Mons retreat. In all he served 15 years.
Julius Carson
2nd Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) transferred to (117919) 197th Coy Labour Corps
19th May 1918
Plot I. E. 1.
Husband of Mrs Carson, 3 Back Cambridge Street, Brierfield, Lancashire.
A time served man, he rejoined on 4th August 1914 and fought in the Mons retreat. In all he served 15 years.
145474 2nd Corporal
Herbert Stanley Day
Establishment Engineers Services, Royal Engineers
27th May 1918, aged 29.
Plot I. D. 2.
Son of Joseph Thomas and Lucy Day, of Ipswich; husband of Ethel Mary C. Day, of 93, Derby Rd., Ipswich.
His headstone bears the inscription "God's Finger Touched Him And He Slept"
Herbert Stanley Day
Establishment Engineers Services, Royal Engineers
27th May 1918, aged 29.
Plot I. D. 2.
Son of Joseph Thomas and Lucy Day, of Ipswich; husband of Ethel Mary C. Day, of 93, Derby Rd., Ipswich.
His headstone bears the inscription "God's Finger Touched Him And He Slept"
Captain
William Linton Millar
Royal Army Medical Corps
23rd October 1918, aged 38.
Plot I. F. 4.
Son of William Linton Millar and Janet Millar; husband of Fenella Louise Linton Millar of 4, Sanquhar Rd., Forres, Morayshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory"
William Linton Millar
Royal Army Medical Corps
23rd October 1918, aged 38.
Plot I. F. 4.
Son of William Linton Millar and Janet Millar; husband of Fenella Louise Linton Millar of 4, Sanquhar Rd., Forres, Morayshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory"
Captain
Charles Frederick Reynard
3rd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
16th June 1918, aged 29.
Plot I. D. 8.
Son of Frederick and Edith Maria Graeme Reynard, of Sunderlandwick, Driffield, Yorks.
Charles Frederick Reynard
3rd Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
16th June 1918, aged 29.
Plot I. D. 8.
Son of Frederick and Edith Maria Graeme Reynard, of Sunderlandwick, Driffield, Yorks.
World War Two
R/102159 Warrant Officer Class II (Pilot)
Ronald Dunbar
403 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force
13th March 1943, aged 19.
Plot 6. A. 3.
Son of Alex and Janet A. Dunbar, of Mission City, British Columbia, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Lovingly Remembered By His Parents Alex And Janet Dunbar, Brothers And Sisters"
Ronald Dunbar
403 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force
13th March 1943, aged 19.
Plot 6. A. 3.
Son of Alex and Janet A. Dunbar, of Mission City, British Columbia, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Lovingly Remembered By His Parents Alex And Janet Dunbar, Brothers And Sisters"
