BOUSSU COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Hainaut
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.43092 Longitude: 3.79176
Location Information
The village of Boussu is located west of the town of Mons off the N51. From the motorway E19/E42 turn off at junction 25 onto the N547 direction Boussu/Hornu. Follow the N547 to the junction with the N51 and turn right, follow through the village of Hornu towards Boussu. In the Grand Place of Boussu the road turns sharp left, after this turn take the second turning right and at the junction turn left, the cemetery is on the right. The graves are located in two different plots, a map is available in the cemetery folder.
Boussu Communal Cemetery contains five Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
No. of Identified Casualties: 5.
Pictures in gallery below © Joël Deudon
The village of Boussu is located west of the town of Mons off the N51. From the motorway E19/E42 turn off at junction 25 onto the N547 direction Boussu/Hornu. Follow the N547 to the junction with the N51 and turn right, follow through the village of Hornu towards Boussu. In the Grand Place of Boussu the road turns sharp left, after this turn take the second turning right and at the junction turn left, the cemetery is on the right. The graves are located in two different plots, a map is available in the cemetery folder.
Boussu Communal Cemetery contains five Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
No. of Identified Casualties: 5.
Pictures in gallery below © Joël Deudon
Pictures in gallery below © Werner Van Caneghem
49819 Private
Raymund Collins
4th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
8th February 1919, aged 19.
Son of Robert and Jane Collins, of Prospect House, Felixstowe, Suffolk.
His headstone bears the inscription "Deeply Mourned"
Raymund Collins
4th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
8th February 1919, aged 19.
Son of Robert and Jane Collins, of Prospect House, Felixstowe, Suffolk.
His headstone bears the inscription "Deeply Mourned"
817868 Private
Frederick White Fullarton
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
8th November 1918.
Frederick White Fullarton
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
8th November 1918.
Other Burial Details
265670 Private Andrew McFarlane Campbell, 7th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), died 26th March 1918, aged 25. Son of Alexander and Jessie Kayor Campbell, of Kippen, Stirlingshire.
12/617 Private William Henry Clark, 1st/4th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment, died 27th October 1918, aged 25. Son of Joseph Henry and Lydia Clark; husband of Winifred Clark, of 85, Argyle Rd., Meersbrook, Sheffield.
Lieutenant Derek Errol Webb, 107th Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 9th October 1918, aged 19. Son of Harolde and Florence Webb, of 12, Pallas Terrace, Eltham, Kent.
265670 Private Andrew McFarlane Campbell, 7th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), died 26th March 1918, aged 25. Son of Alexander and Jessie Kayor Campbell, of Kippen, Stirlingshire.
12/617 Private William Henry Clark, 1st/4th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment, died 27th October 1918, aged 25. Son of Joseph Henry and Lydia Clark; husband of Winifred Clark, of 85, Argyle Rd., Meersbrook, Sheffield.
Lieutenant Derek Errol Webb, 107th Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 9th October 1918, aged 19. Son of Harolde and Florence Webb, of 12, Pallas Terrace, Eltham, Kent.
