CHAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY
Holnon
Aisne
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.86336, Longitude: 3.2151
Location Information
Holnon is a village 6 kilometres west of St Quentin and south of the main road to Vermand and Amiens.
From Peronne take the D44 towards St Quentin. Travel for approximately 11 kilometres when you will come to a main road, the N23. Go towards St Quentin. Holnon is approximately 3 kilometres from St Quentin and the cemetery will be found on the right on entering Holnon.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access with some difficulty.
Historical Information
Holnon village and wood were the scene of heavy fighting between the 6th Division and the enemy on the 14th-19th September, 1918.
Chapelle British Cemetery, named from a wayside shrine, was made after the Armistice, by the concentration of graves of 1917-18 from the battlefields West of St. Quentin and from HOLNON COMMUNAL and FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERIES.
There are now 622, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 262 are unidentified and special memorials are erected to 17 soldiers, known or believed to be buried here. Other special memorials record the names of four United Kingdom soldiers, buried in Holnon Communal Cemetery, whose graves were destroyed by shell fire.
The cemetery covers an area of 2,063 square metres and is enclosed by a low rubble wall.
The cemetery was designed by Charles Henry Holden and Noel Ackroyd Rew
Total Burials: 622.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 360. Total 360.
Unidentified Casualties: 262. Total 262.
13111 Private
George Henry Bassford
1st Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
18th September 1918
Plot II. D. 18.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Bassford, of 13, Mill St., Loughborough.
George Henry Bassford
1st Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
18th September 1918
Plot II. D. 18.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Bassford, of 13, Mill St., Loughborough.
Lieutenant
Charles Emil Gunther
2nd Life Guards, attd. 2nd Bn. Guards Machine Gun Regiment
24th September 1918, aged 28.
Plot II. E. 15.
Son of Charles Eugene and Leonie Gunther, of 59, Princes Gate, South Kensington, London. His brother Norman Otto Frederick Gunther MC also fell and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
Charles Emil Gunther
2nd Life Guards, attd. 2nd Bn. Guards Machine Gun Regiment
24th September 1918, aged 28.
Plot II. E. 15.
Son of Charles Eugene and Leonie Gunther, of 59, Princes Gate, South Kensington, London. His brother Norman Otto Frederick Gunther MC also fell and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
57883 Private
Marmaduke Cecil Kirby
2nd Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
18th September 1918, aged 18.
Plot IV. B. 14.
Son of Marmaduke Constable Kirby, of 2, Wyndham Terrace Llanishen, Cardiff.
Marmaduke Cecil Kirby
2nd Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment
18th September 1918, aged 18.
Plot IV. B. 14.
Son of Marmaduke Constable Kirby, of 2, Wyndham Terrace Llanishen, Cardiff.
Captain
Lionel Robert McDougall, Mentioned in Despatches.
2nd Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Commanding 97th Trench Mortar Bty.
8th August 1917, aged 24.
Plot I. A. 11.
Son of Lionel John and Maud Catherine McDougall, of "Hawthorn," 25, The Grove, Coulsdon, Surrey.
Lionel Robert McDougall, Mentioned in Despatches.
2nd Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Commanding 97th Trench Mortar Bty.
8th August 1917, aged 24.
Plot I. A. 11.
Son of Lionel John and Maud Catherine McDougall, of "Hawthorn," 25, The Grove, Coulsdon, Surrey.
8116 Corporal
W. H. Selby
1st Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
2nd April 1917.
Plot III. B. 10.
Husband of Annie Louisa White (formerly Selby), of 5, Davis Row, Wareham, Dorset.
W. H. Selby
1st Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
2nd April 1917.
Plot III. B. 10.
Husband of Annie Louisa White (formerly Selby), of 5, Davis Row, Wareham, Dorset.
Lieutenant
Robert Claude Stone
King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), attd. 9th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
8th April 1917
Plot I. A. 14.
Son of Mrs. Stone, of Newton Park, Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire.
Robert Claude Stone
King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), attd. 9th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
8th April 1917
Plot I. A. 14.
Son of Mrs. Stone, of Newton Park, Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire.
30748 Private
Horace Underwood
2nd Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
19th September 1918
Plot II. B. 3.
Son of Mrs. E. Underwood, of 1, Park St., Worksop, Notts.
Horace Underwood
2nd Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
19th September 1918
Plot II. B. 3.
Son of Mrs. E. Underwood, of 1, Park St., Worksop, Notts.
204044 Private
Harry Wright
1st Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
24th September 1918 , between Allaines and the Somme.
Plot I. E. 10.
Picture courtesy of David Wright (Grandson)
Harry Wright
1st Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
24th September 1918 , between Allaines and the Somme.
Plot I. E. 10.
Picture courtesy of David Wright (Grandson)
A view along a railway track, which runs through a narrow man-made valley bordered by steep earth banks. British soldiers are gathered along the left bank, with men sitting on the ground amongst equipment and stacked rifles. (Artist - Geoffrey K. Rose) © IWM (Art.IWM ART 4880)
St Quentin, France. 13th October 1918; Extensive damage resulting from the German Army blowing up the street before it departed.
