CAPELLE-BEAUDIGNIES ROAD CEMETERY
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.23594, Longitude: 3.56659
Location Information
Capelle (or Capelle-sur-Ecaillon) is a small village in the Department of the Nord, 13 kilometres south of Valenciennes.
Capelle-Beaudignies Road Cemetery is 1.5 kilometres east of the village, on the south side of the road to Beaudignies (D109).
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access with some difficulty.
The register is available in the Mairie on Monday and Wednesday from 16.00 to 18.00 and Friday from 15.00 to 17.00
Historical Information
Capelle-Beaudignies Road Cemetery was made by the 3rd Division in October-November, 1918, after the capture of the place.
There are 55, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 2 are unidentified. Eleven German graves of the 31st October, 1918, have been removed.
The cemetery covers an area of 333 square metres and is enclosed by a low brick wall.
The cemetery was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Total Burials: 55.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 53.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 2.
Troops of the 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment resting in a front line trench at Molain, 17 October 1918. © IWM (Q 70745)
Image by Adrian Hill: in a battlefield landscape six soldiers, carrying various pieces of equipment, watch a shell bursting in the distance. A row of blasted tree trunks stand to the right of the soldiers. IWM ART 281
646269 Gunner
Alexander Black
"D" Battery, 211th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
4th November 1918.
Row C. 7.
Alexander Black
"D" Battery, 211th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
4th November 1918.
Row C. 7.
29371 Private
William Briggs
8th Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
23rd October 1918, aged 30.
Row A. 7.
Husband of Alice Briggs, of 18, Hayes Rd., Cadishead, Manchester.
His headstone bears the inscription "Safe In The Arms Of Jesus"
William Briggs
8th Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
23rd October 1918, aged 30.
Row A. 7.
Husband of Alice Briggs, of 18, Hayes Rd., Cadishead, Manchester.
His headstone bears the inscription "Safe In The Arms Of Jesus"
