BLARGIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Oise
France
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 now nearly 250, 1914-18 and a small number of 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 laboureres 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.
Casualty Details: UK 184, Australia 1, New Zealand 1, South Africa 7, India 46, Total Burials: 239
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 now nearly 250, 1914-18 and a small number of 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 laboureres 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.
Casualty Details: UK 184, Australia 1, New Zealand 1, South Africa 7, India 46, Total Burials: 239
8188 Private
Julius Carson
2nd Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
transf. 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)
transf. 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.
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.
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.
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.
