BLAUGIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Hainaut
Belgium
Location Information
The village of Blaugies is located south-west of the town of Mons off the N549. From the motorway E42 turn off at junction 26 onto the N552 direction Bavay. Follow the N552 to the junction with the N549 then follow the N549 direction Bavay (France). On entering the village of Athis turn left at the junction with the N555 direction Blaugies. In the village take the first turning right into rue de la Frontiere and the communal cemetery is along on the right. The graves are located in plots 2 and 3 in the rear left corner.
Historical Information
Blaugies Communal Cemetery contains five Commonwealth burials of the First World War, all dating from November 1918.
Burial Details
2404 Sergeant J. E. Hilton, 1st/7th Bn. Middlesex Regt. 8th November 1918, aged 41. Son of William and Mary Hilton; husband of Beatrice Hilton of 10 Treverton Street, North Kensington, London
6452 Private Thomas Hyde, 1st/8th Bn. Middlesex Regt. 8th November 1918, aged 27. Son of William and Mary Hyde of Leighton Buzzard; husband of Margaret L. Hyde of 28 East Street, Leighton Buzzard,
Bedfordshire
Lieutenant Francis Sumsion, 62nd Sqdn. Royal Air Force and Welsh Regt. 4th November 1918, aged 25. Son of Daniel and Sarah Sumsion of 6 Cerdin Avenue, Pontyclun, Glamorgan
Captain William Geoffrey Walford, 62nd Sqdn. Royal Air Force, Royal Engineers and Royal Monmouthshire Regt. 4th November 1918, aged 23. Son of Capt. William Walford and Laura C. Walford of Glanmonnow, Garway, Hereford
203451 Private Charles John Ward, 1st/7th Bn. Middlesex Regt. 8th November 1918, aged 20. Son of George Ward of 17 Colin Road, Willesden, London. Native of Marylebone, London
Pictures in gallery © Johan Pauwels
The village of Blaugies is located south-west of the town of Mons off the N549. From the motorway E42 turn off at junction 26 onto the N552 direction Bavay. Follow the N552 to the junction with the N549 then follow the N549 direction Bavay (France). On entering the village of Athis turn left at the junction with the N555 direction Blaugies. In the village take the first turning right into rue de la Frontiere and the communal cemetery is along on the right. The graves are located in plots 2 and 3 in the rear left corner.
Historical Information
Blaugies Communal Cemetery contains five Commonwealth burials of the First World War, all dating from November 1918.
Burial Details
2404 Sergeant J. E. Hilton, 1st/7th Bn. Middlesex Regt. 8th November 1918, aged 41. Son of William and Mary Hilton; husband of Beatrice Hilton of 10 Treverton Street, North Kensington, London
6452 Private Thomas Hyde, 1st/8th Bn. Middlesex Regt. 8th November 1918, aged 27. Son of William and Mary Hyde of Leighton Buzzard; husband of Margaret L. Hyde of 28 East Street, Leighton Buzzard,
Bedfordshire
Lieutenant Francis Sumsion, 62nd Sqdn. Royal Air Force and Welsh Regt. 4th November 1918, aged 25. Son of Daniel and Sarah Sumsion of 6 Cerdin Avenue, Pontyclun, Glamorgan
Captain William Geoffrey Walford, 62nd Sqdn. Royal Air Force, Royal Engineers and Royal Monmouthshire Regt. 4th November 1918, aged 23. Son of Capt. William Walford and Laura C. Walford of Glanmonnow, Garway, Hereford
203451 Private Charles John Ward, 1st/7th Bn. Middlesex Regt. 8th November 1918, aged 20. Son of George Ward of 17 Colin Road, Willesden, London. Native of Marylebone, London
Pictures in gallery © Johan Pauwels
