CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIÈRES NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.67302, Longitude: 2.9026
Location Information
La Chapelle-d'Armentières is a village 1.5 kilometres to the west of Armentieres, a large town in the north of France.
From the Mairie in La Chapelle-d'Armentières turn left onto the main road. The Old Military Cemetery will be found 500 metres along on the left and the New Military Cemetery lies in the middle of the field behind the Old Military Cemetery.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The village of La Chapelle-d'Armentières was in British hands from October 1914 until the fall of Armentieres on the 10th April 1918, and it was retaken in the following October. During the British occupation it was very close to the front line, and the burials which it contains are those made by fighting units and Field Ambulances in the earlier days of trench warfare.
Chapelle-d'Armentières New Military Cemetery was begun in October 1915, when the Old Cemetery was closed, and it was used for three months. One grave in Row C was brought in from Roubaix Communal Cemetery in 1927.
There are 73, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 1 is unidentified.
The Cemetery covers an area of 507 square metres and is enclosed by a rubble wall.
The cemetery was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Total Burials: 73.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 72.
Unidentified Casualty: 1.
Cemetery images below © Johan Pauwels
Lieutenant
Norman Ayris
98th Field Company, ShipRoyal Engineers
31st December 1915, aged 24.
Row C. 8.
Son of Henry Crowquill Ayris and Fanny Ayris, of 1, St. John's Terrace, Great Yarmouth.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory"
Norman Ayris
98th Field Company, ShipRoyal Engineers
31st December 1915, aged 24.
Row C. 8.
Son of Henry Crowquill Ayris and Fanny Ayris, of 1, St. John's Terrace, Great Yarmouth.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory"
1073 Private
Leopold Charles Le Bas
"A" Sqdn. South Irish Horse
22nd December 1915, aged 19.
Row E. 12.
Son of Albert Le Bas, of 1, Le Bas Terrace, Leinster Rd. West, Rathmines, Dublin.
His headstone bears the inscription "Gone But Not Forgotten"
Leopold Charles Le Bas
"A" Sqdn. South Irish Horse
22nd December 1915, aged 19.
Row E. 12.
Son of Albert Le Bas, of 1, Le Bas Terrace, Leinster Rd. West, Rathmines, Dublin.
His headstone bears the inscription "Gone But Not Forgotten"
Images in gallery below Werner Van Caneghem
7424 Private
George Mitchell
4th Bn. Middlesex Regiment
15th December 1915, aged 21.
Row E. 2.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Mitchell, of 4, Lyme Terrace, Burbage, Buxton.
His headstone bears the inscription "There Is A Link Death Cannot Sever Love And Remembrance Last For Ever"
George Mitchell
4th Bn. Middlesex Regiment
15th December 1915, aged 21.
Row E. 2.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Mitchell, of 4, Lyme Terrace, Burbage, Buxton.
His headstone bears the inscription "There Is A Link Death Cannot Sever Love And Remembrance Last For Ever"
Lieutenant
Eyre Spenser Wilkinson
1st Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps and 1st Bn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
12th January 1916, aged 25.
Row B. 3.
Son of Henry Spenser Wilkinson and Victoria A. E. Wilkinson; husband of Elizabeth Wilkinson, of 29, Stanley Gardens, Notting Hill Gate, London.
His headstone bears the inscription "A Very Perfect Gentle Knight" Per Ardua Ad Astra"
Eyre Spenser Wilkinson
1st Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps and 1st Bn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
12th January 1916, aged 25.
Row B. 3.
Son of Henry Spenser Wilkinson and Victoria A. E. Wilkinson; husband of Elizabeth Wilkinson, of 29, Stanley Gardens, Notting Hill Gate, London.
His headstone bears the inscription "A Very Perfect Gentle Knight" Per Ardua Ad Astra"
The Crown Prince Chateau, at Chapelle Armentieres, where the headquarters of the 10th Australian Infantry Brigade was located.
