BOIS-GUILLAUME COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Seine-Maritime
France
Location Information
Bois-Guillaume is a north-eastern suburb of Rouen, on the main road to Neufchatel.
A CWGC signpost is on the road (D928) to Neufchatel at the street corner near the Mairie (Town Hall). Turn left here, and then take the second left into the Rue de la Mare des Champs. The Cemetery is on the right hand side of the road. Locally, the Communal Cemetery is known as the Cimitere de la Mare des Champs.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The two plots in the communal cemetery, which were reserved for Commonwealth burials from September 1914 to March 1917, contain 160 double graves. These plots are on the south side of the central French monument, surrounded by civilian graves and raised above the level of the cemetery.
The burials took place, for the most part, from No.8 General Hospital, which was quartered at Bois-Guillaume in a large private house and grounds. Plot II also contains the graves of servicemen killed in a railway accident on the 14th February 1917. From March 1917, burials were made in the adjoining cemetery extension.
The communal cemetery contains 320 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. The extension contains a further 360 First World War graves and one from the Second World War.
Casualty Details: UK 302, Canada 6, Australia 10, South Africa 2, Total Burials: 320
Bois-Guillaume is a north-eastern suburb of Rouen, on the main road to Neufchatel.
A CWGC signpost is on the road (D928) to Neufchatel at the street corner near the Mairie (Town Hall). Turn left here, and then take the second left into the Rue de la Mare des Champs. The Cemetery is on the right hand side of the road. Locally, the Communal Cemetery is known as the Cimitere de la Mare des Champs.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The two plots in the communal cemetery, which were reserved for Commonwealth burials from September 1914 to March 1917, contain 160 double graves. These plots are on the south side of the central French monument, surrounded by civilian graves and raised above the level of the cemetery.
The burials took place, for the most part, from No.8 General Hospital, which was quartered at Bois-Guillaume in a large private house and grounds. Plot II also contains the graves of servicemen killed in a railway accident on the 14th February 1917. From March 1917, burials were made in the adjoining cemetery extension.
The communal cemetery contains 320 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. The extension contains a further 360 First World War graves and one from the Second World War.
Casualty Details: UK 302, Canada 6, Australia 10, South Africa 2, Total Burials: 320
T/30427 Driver
William John Lilley
Army Service Corps attd. 7th Field Amb. Royal Army Medical Corps
22nd September 1914, aged 25.
Plot I. A. 19A.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Lilley, of Derby; husband of Mrs. C. M. Lilley, of 10, River Street, River, Dover.
William John Lilley
Army Service Corps attd. 7th Field Amb. Royal Army Medical Corps
22nd September 1914, aged 25.
Plot I. A. 19A.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Lilley, of Derby; husband of Mrs. C. M. Lilley, of 10, River Street, River, Dover.
2093 Driver
Charles Maurice Mackie
1st Div. Ammunition Col. Australian Field Artillery
13th January 1917, aged 21.
Plot II. C. 7A.
Son of George William and Elizabeth Mackie, of Orangeville, via Camden, New South Wales.
Charles Maurice Mackie
1st Div. Ammunition Col. Australian Field Artillery
13th January 1917, aged 21.
Plot II. C. 7A.
Son of George William and Elizabeth Mackie, of Orangeville, via Camden, New South Wales.
1359 Corporal
Harold John Niven
19th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
14th February 1917, aged 23.
Plot II. D. 11A.
Son of Alexander and Jane Niven, of 16, Hawthorn Road, Caulfield, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
A 21 year old orchardist prior to enlistment on 2 April 1915, he embarked for overseas with the Transport Section from Sydney on 6 July 1915 aboard SS Hobart. While serving on the Western Front, he was promoted to Temporary Corporal on 6 January 1917 and then accidentally killed in a railway accident on 14 February 1917.
Harold John Niven
19th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
14th February 1917, aged 23.
Plot II. D. 11A.
Son of Alexander and Jane Niven, of 16, Hawthorn Road, Caulfield, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
A 21 year old orchardist prior to enlistment on 2 April 1915, he embarked for overseas with the Transport Section from Sydney on 6 July 1915 aboard SS Hobart. While serving on the Western Front, he was promoted to Temporary Corporal on 6 January 1917 and then accidentally killed in a railway accident on 14 February 1917.
Second Lieutenant
Alfred Frederick Joseph Sang
Intelligence Corps
2nd October 1914, aged 38.
Plot I. C. 1.
Son of Frederick J. and Caroline Jane Garth Sang; born in Paris; husband of Sara A. Sang, of 182, Park Street, Canandaigua, New York, U.S.A.
Alfred Frederick Joseph Sang
Intelligence Corps
2nd October 1914, aged 38.
Plot I. C. 1.
Son of Frederick J. and Caroline Jane Garth Sang; born in Paris; husband of Sara A. Sang, of 182, Park Street, Canandaigua, New York, U.S.A.
