CANADA CEMETERY
Tilloy-Lez-Cambrai
Nord
France
Location Information
Tilloy-lez-Cambrai is a village on the north-western outskirts of the town of Cambrai and a little east of the road to Douai.
Follow the N30 (Cambrai Ring Road) from Cambrai to its junction with the Tilloy-lez-Cambrai road, the D49, just after the junction of the N30 and the N43 (Douai road). Follow the D49 for approximately 2.2 kilometres, crossing the bridge over the motorway, to a side road on the west-south-west (left) side. The Cemetery lies 200 metres away at the end of the side road.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access with some difficulty.
GPS CO-Ordinates
Longitude: 3.22143
Latitude: 50.20433
Historical Information
The village of Tilloy was captured by the Canadian Corps at the beginning of October 1918 in the face of strong opposition, and the cemetery was made by their burial officer on 13 October.
Canada Cemetery contains 265 First World war burials, 25 of them unidentified. Most of the burials are Canadian. Also buried in the cemetery are eight airmen of the Second World War.
Casualty Details: UK 6, Canada 255, Unidentified 4, Total Burials: 265
The cemetery was designed by Charles Holden and William Harrison Cowlishaw
Tilloy-lez-Cambrai is a village on the north-western outskirts of the town of Cambrai and a little east of the road to Douai.
Follow the N30 (Cambrai Ring Road) from Cambrai to its junction with the Tilloy-lez-Cambrai road, the D49, just after the junction of the N30 and the N43 (Douai road). Follow the D49 for approximately 2.2 kilometres, crossing the bridge over the motorway, to a side road on the west-south-west (left) side. The Cemetery lies 200 metres away at the end of the side road.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access with some difficulty.
GPS CO-Ordinates
Longitude: 3.22143
Latitude: 50.20433
Historical Information
The village of Tilloy was captured by the Canadian Corps at the beginning of October 1918 in the face of strong opposition, and the cemetery was made by their burial officer on 13 October.
Canada Cemetery contains 265 First World war burials, 25 of them unidentified. Most of the burials are Canadian. Also buried in the cemetery are eight airmen of the Second World War.
Casualty Details: UK 6, Canada 255, Unidentified 4, Total Burials: 265
The cemetery was designed by Charles Holden and William Harrison Cowlishaw
2476545 Private
Arthur Harry Akers
52nd Bn. Canadian Infantry
28th September 1918, aged 32.
Plot II. C. 36.
Son of Jane Akers, of Smethwick, Staffs, England.
Arthur Harry Akers
52nd Bn. Canadian Infantry
28th September 1918, aged 32.
Plot II. C. 36.
Son of Jane Akers, of Smethwick, Staffs, England.
669746 Private
Percival Brooks, M. M.
75th Bn. Canadian Infantry
30th September 1918, aged 23.
Plot II. E. 26.
Son of John T. and Isabella Brooks, of Islington, Ontario. Native of Dixie, Ontario.
Percival Brooks, M. M.
75th Bn. Canadian Infantry
30th September 1918, aged 23.
Plot II. E. 26.
Son of John T. and Isabella Brooks, of Islington, Ontario. Native of Dixie, Ontario.
J/22136 Flying Officer (Navigator)
Albert Glendenning
408 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force
13th June 1944, aged 30.
Coll. grave. Plot 2. Row G. Grave 5-7.
Son of James Thomas Glendenning and Olive Glendenning, of Islington, Ontario.
Albert Glendenning
408 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force
13th June 1944, aged 30.
Coll. grave. Plot 2. Row G. Grave 5-7.
Son of James Thomas Glendenning and Olive Glendenning, of Islington, Ontario.
Men of the the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) salvaging German rifles near Marcoing, 22 November 1917. © IWM (Q 6312)
Canadian troops playing with their dog mascots behind the lines. © IWM (CO 1307)
