CANTIMPRÉ CANADIAN CEMETERY
Sailly
Nord
France
GPS coordinates: Latitude: 50.20169, Longitude: 3.1816
Location Information
Sailly is a village in the Department of the Nord approximately 3 kilometres north-west of Cambrai just to the north of the main Arras to Cambrai road (D939). The Cemetery is signposted from the D939 at Raillencourt and is located 1 kilometre north of Sailly on the D140 on the left hand side of the road towards Sancourt.
Historical Information
The Allied advance in the Battle of Cambrai in 1917 did not reach this district and it was not until September 1918 that the villages of Haynecourt, Sailly and Cantimpre fell into Allied hands. The "Marcoing Line," one of the German defence systems before Cambrai, ran from Marcoing northward through Sailly, to the west of Cantimpre and the east of Haynecourt. On 27 September 1918, the 1st Canadian and 11th Divisions took Haynecourt; and on the next day Sailly was taken. Two cemeteries were made by units which took part in the advance.
Cantimpre Canadian Cemetery (originally called Marcoing Line British Cemetery) contains 225 First World War burials, 20 of them unidentified. All but two of the burials are of Canadian soldiers, largely of the 54th, 75th and 87th Infantry Battalions.
Total Burials: 225.
Identified Casualties: Canada 203, United Kingdom 2. Total 205.
Unidentified Casualties: 20.
The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
2393468 Private
Charles Frederick Aisthorpe
75th Bn. Canadian Infantry
30th September 1918, aged 47.
Row B. 19.
Brother of John W. Aisthorpe, of Port Hope, Ontario. Native of Port Hope.
Charles Frederick Aisthorpe
75th Bn. Canadian Infantry
30th September 1918, aged 47.
Row B. 19.
Brother of John W. Aisthorpe, of Port Hope, Ontario. Native of Port Hope.
651824 Private
Duncan Earl Campbell
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion.
2nd October 1918, aged 22.
Row F. 10.
Son of Duncan and Caroline Campbell, of Lion's Head, Ontario.
Duncan Earl Campbell
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion.
2nd October 1918, aged 22.
Row F. 10.
Son of Duncan and Caroline Campbell, of Lion's Head, Ontario.
238204 Private
Kenneth Ashton Copeland
4th Canadian Machine Gun Corps
30th September 1918, aged 28.
Row D. 18.
Husband of Mary E. Copeland, of Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
Kenneth Ashton Copeland
4th Canadian Machine Gun Corps
30th September 1918, aged 28.
Row D. 18.
Husband of Mary E. Copeland, of Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
489811 Private
Oswald Gilbert Darling
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
28th September 1918, aged 24.
Row F. 21.
Youngest son of the Rev. Charles Darling, Rector of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Toronto, and of Mrs. Darling. Previously wounded at Vimy Ridge, 10th April, 1917.
Oswald Gilbert Darling
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
28th September 1918, aged 24.
Row F. 21.
Youngest son of the Rev. Charles Darling, Rector of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Toronto, and of Mrs. Darling. Previously wounded at Vimy Ridge, 10th April, 1917.
177351 Private
Aladin Dextras
87th Bn. Canadian Infantry
30th September 1918, aged 19.
Row C. 23.
Son of Zenon Dextras, of 1264, New March St., Verdun, Montreal.
Aladin Dextras
87th Bn. Canadian Infantry
30th September 1918, aged 19.
Row C. 23.
Son of Zenon Dextras, of 1264, New March St., Verdun, Montreal.
193449 Lance Corporal
Gordon Douse
42nd Bn. Canadian Infantry
29th September 1918, aged 26.
Row E. 24.
Son of Mr. J. G. Douse, of Lefroy, Ontario. Brother of Henry Christopher Douse (see entry below.) Another brother, John Harrison Douse was also killed and is commemorated on the Canadian (Vimy) Memorial.
Gordon Douse
42nd Bn. Canadian Infantry
29th September 1918, aged 26.
Row E. 24.
Son of Mr. J. G. Douse, of Lefroy, Ontario. Brother of Henry Christopher Douse (see entry below.) Another brother, John Harrison Douse was also killed and is commemorated on the Canadian (Vimy) Memorial.
1096011 Private
Henry Christopher Douse
"C" Coy. 42nd Bn. Canadian Infantry
29th September 1918, aged 21.
Row E. 27.
Son of Mr. J. G. Douse, of Lefroy, Ontario. Brother of Gordon Douse (see entry above.) Another brother, John Harrison Douse was also killed and is commemorated on the Canadian (Vimy) Memorial.
Henry Christopher Douse
"C" Coy. 42nd Bn. Canadian Infantry
29th September 1918, aged 21.
Row E. 27.
Son of Mr. J. G. Douse, of Lefroy, Ontario. Brother of Gordon Douse (see entry above.) Another brother, John Harrison Douse was also killed and is commemorated on the Canadian (Vimy) Memorial.
3106485 Private
Robinson Stanley Lyon
87th Bn. Canadian Infantry
30th September 198, aged 32.
Row C. 12.
Son of Albert Arthur and Jane Lyon, of 713, Langside St., Winnipeg, Manitoba. Born at Richmond, Ontario.
Robinson Stanley Lyon
87th Bn. Canadian Infantry
30th September 198, aged 32.
Row C. 12.
Son of Albert Arthur and Jane Lyon, of 713, Langside St., Winnipeg, Manitoba. Born at Richmond, Ontario.
117449 Lance Sergeant
Norman Harvey Noell
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
29th September 1918, aged 29.
Row F. 9.
Inscription "He Gave His Life For Those He Loved"
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Son of Simeon and E. E. Noell, of Hillands, East Marden, Chichester, Sussex, England.
Although Norman was English, he had immigrated to Canada shortly before the war and worked on Simon Valley Ranch near Calgary, where he joined the Canadian Mounted Rifles and went back to fight in the War. He saw action at the Somme, Ypres, Vimy and was killed a couple of weeks before the end of the war.
Picture courtesy of Dean Lenton (Nephew)
Norman Harvey Noell
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
29th September 1918, aged 29.
Row F. 9.
Inscription "He Gave His Life For Those He Loved"
Click on image to enlarge
Son of Simeon and E. E. Noell, of Hillands, East Marden, Chichester, Sussex, England.
Although Norman was English, he had immigrated to Canada shortly before the war and worked on Simon Valley Ranch near Calgary, where he joined the Canadian Mounted Rifles and went back to fight in the War. He saw action at the Somme, Ypres, Vimy and was killed a couple of weeks before the end of the war.
Picture courtesy of Dean Lenton (Nephew)
730545 Private
Alfred Viges
75th Bn. Canadian Infantry
30th September 1918, aged 25.
Row B. 7.
Son of James Viges, of Preston, Ontario.
Alfred Viges
75th Bn. Canadian Infantry
30th September 1918, aged 25.
Row B. 7.
Son of James Viges, of Preston, Ontario.
Cambrai area, November 1917: German prisoners tending to their dead comrade.
