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CANONNE FARM BRITISH CEMETERY

​Sommaing
​​​
Nord

​France


GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.2528, Longitude: 3.48704

Canonne Farm British Cemetery
Location Information

Sommaing is a village a little north of the Chaussee Brune-haut which runs from Cambrai to Villers Pol.

Ferme Canonne is on the north side of the Chaussee, where it crosses the road from Verchainto Haussy; and the British Cemetery is nearly 1 kilometre north-east of the farm, on the Haussy-Sommaing road. 


Visiting Information

The location or design of this site makes wheelchair access impossible. 



Historical Information

The graves in Canonne Farm British Cemetery all date from the period 22 October to 7 November 1918.

The cemetery contains 64 First World War burials, one of which is unidentified.

Total Burials: 64.

Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 63.

​The cemetery was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Canonne Farm British Cemetery
Canonne Farm British Cemetery
Canonne Farm British Cemetery

Images in this gallery © Johan Pauwels

Canonne Farm British Cemetery
Canonne Farm British Cemetery
Canonne Farm British Cemetery
Canonne Farm British Cemetery
Canonne Farm British Cemetery
Canonne Farm British Cemetery
Picture
26856 Lance Corporal
William Ernest Richardson
2nd/7th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
24th October 1918, aged 19.
Row A. 6.


Son of Mr. and Mrs. Richardson, of: 31, Edith Rd., Grandpont, Oxford.

His headstone bears the inscription "Death Divides But Love And Memory Cling Forever"



Picture
Troops of the 8th Scottish Motor Ambulance Convoy, Army Service Corps at Valenciennes, 17 November 1918.
Picture
Troops of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry in a German trench, which they have captured, 11th June 1917. They are wearing German helmets, caps and other souvenirs. © IWM (Q 2831)

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    • AISNE
    • MARNE
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    • PAS DE CALAIS
    • SEINE-ET-MARNE
    • SEINE-MARITIME
    • SOMME
    • OTHER FRENCH DEPARTMENTS
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    • French Memorials
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