BOUGNIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Hainaut
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.39077 Longitude: 3.94467
Location Information
The village of Bougnies is located south-west of the town of Mons off the N6.
From the E19/E42 motorway turn off at junction 24a in the direction of Maubeuge/Frameries/Jemappes onto the R5. Follow the R5, and after 8km take the exit for Asquilles, when you reach the junction with the N6, turn right in the direction of Maubeuge. Travel on the N6 for 1.5kms and turn right at the crossroads/traffic lights in the direction of Paturages.Travel for 1.1km and turn left onto Rue de Bougnies in the direction of Bougnies. Proceed for 700m until you reach a small Communal cemetery on the left.
The CWGC graves are located on the left against a boundary wall as you enter this cemetery.
Historical Information
Bougnies Communal Cemetery contains nine Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Burial Details
65429 Private Ernest Adams, 7th Bn. Royal Fusiliers, died 9th November 1918, aged 26. Son of Mrs. Jane Adams; husband of Amy Adams, of 1, Alpha Rd., Ponders End, Middlesex.
16636 Private A. Andrews, 2nd Bn. Royal Irish Regiment, died 11th November 1918.
25480 Private H. Brown, 4th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment, died 9th November 1918.
41274 Rifleman John James Docherty, Rifle Brigade posted to 1st/28th London Regiment (Artists Rifles), died 8th November 1918.
43509 Private Edward Dyson, 4th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment, died 9th November 1918, aged 20. Son of Law and Hannah Dyson, of 2, Mona Terrace, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield.
156533 Gunner Harold Robert Fowler, "D" Battery, 282nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, died 2nd December 1918, aged 21. Son of Charles and Louisa Fowler, of Cottesbrooke, Northampton.
20675 Lance Corporal Harry Markham, 4th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment, died 9th November 1918, aged 22. Son of George and Jane Markham, of The Green, Milton Keynes, Newport Pagnell, Bucks.
69505 Private J. McIntyre, 7th Bn. Royal Fusilier's died 9th November 1918.
51288 Private John Charles Weller, 4th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment, died 9th November 1918, aged 19. Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Weller, of 175, Gloucester Rd., Croydon.
Cemetery pictures © Johan Pauwels
The village of Bougnies is located south-west of the town of Mons off the N6.
From the E19/E42 motorway turn off at junction 24a in the direction of Maubeuge/Frameries/Jemappes onto the R5. Follow the R5, and after 8km take the exit for Asquilles, when you reach the junction with the N6, turn right in the direction of Maubeuge. Travel on the N6 for 1.5kms and turn right at the crossroads/traffic lights in the direction of Paturages.Travel for 1.1km and turn left onto Rue de Bougnies in the direction of Bougnies. Proceed for 700m until you reach a small Communal cemetery on the left.
The CWGC graves are located on the left against a boundary wall as you enter this cemetery.
Historical Information
Bougnies Communal Cemetery contains nine Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Burial Details
65429 Private Ernest Adams, 7th Bn. Royal Fusiliers, died 9th November 1918, aged 26. Son of Mrs. Jane Adams; husband of Amy Adams, of 1, Alpha Rd., Ponders End, Middlesex.
16636 Private A. Andrews, 2nd Bn. Royal Irish Regiment, died 11th November 1918.
25480 Private H. Brown, 4th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment, died 9th November 1918.
41274 Rifleman John James Docherty, Rifle Brigade posted to 1st/28th London Regiment (Artists Rifles), died 8th November 1918.
43509 Private Edward Dyson, 4th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment, died 9th November 1918, aged 20. Son of Law and Hannah Dyson, of 2, Mona Terrace, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield.
156533 Gunner Harold Robert Fowler, "D" Battery, 282nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, died 2nd December 1918, aged 21. Son of Charles and Louisa Fowler, of Cottesbrooke, Northampton.
20675 Lance Corporal Harry Markham, 4th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment, died 9th November 1918, aged 22. Son of George and Jane Markham, of The Green, Milton Keynes, Newport Pagnell, Bucks.
69505 Private J. McIntyre, 7th Bn. Royal Fusilier's died 9th November 1918.
51288 Private John Charles Weller, 4th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment, died 9th November 1918, aged 19. Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Weller, of 175, Gloucester Rd., Croydon.
Cemetery pictures © Johan Pauwels
