CONDÉ-SUR-L'ESCAUT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.45447, Longitude: 3.59018
Picture © Werner Van Caneghem
Location Information
Condé-sur-l'Escaut is a small fortified town in the Department of the Nord, north of Valenciennes towards Belgium.
The Communal Cemetery, "Conde Centre", is located on the road to Bon Secours (D935), and the Commonwealth plot consists of two rows of war graves against the west end of the north wall.
Historical Information
Condé-sur-l'Escaut Communal Cemetery contains the graves of 99 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War, all of whom died in German hands between June 1917 and October 1918. The cemetery also contains three French war graves.
The commonwealth plot was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Total Burials: 102
Casualty Details: United Kingdom 95, Canada 3, France 3, New Zealand 1.
Condé-sur-l'Escaut is a small fortified town in the Department of the Nord, north of Valenciennes towards Belgium.
The Communal Cemetery, "Conde Centre", is located on the road to Bon Secours (D935), and the Commonwealth plot consists of two rows of war graves against the west end of the north wall.
Historical Information
Condé-sur-l'Escaut Communal Cemetery contains the graves of 99 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War, all of whom died in German hands between June 1917 and October 1918. The cemetery also contains three French war graves.
The commonwealth plot was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Total Burials: 102
Casualty Details: United Kingdom 95, Canada 3, France 3, New Zealand 1.
Images in gallery below © Werner Van Caneghem
177772 Private
Raymond Frederick John Averns
6th Bn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
30th July 1918, aged 22.
Row A. 78.
Son of Raymond Herbert and Laura Dean Averns, of 12, Lydgate Rd., Coventry.
His headstone bears the inscription "Jesus Said "I Am The Resurrection And The Life"
Raymond Frederick John Averns
6th Bn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
30th July 1918, aged 22.
Row A. 78.
Son of Raymond Herbert and Laura Dean Averns, of 12, Lydgate Rd., Coventry.
His headstone bears the inscription "Jesus Said "I Am The Resurrection And The Life"
42116 Private
Stanley Bowskill
2nd/5th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
23rd June 1918.
Row A. 49.
Stanley Bowskill
2nd/5th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
23rd June 1918.
Row A. 49.
40785 Private
William Johnson
2nd Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
31st July 1918
Row A. 80.
William Johnson
2nd Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
31st July 1918
Row A. 80.
25/809 Private
William John Rau
2nd Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
31st August 1917
Row A. 5.
William John Rau
2nd Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
31st August 1917
Row A. 5.
British troops in the Rue de Paris, bedecked with Allied flags, at Valenciennes, 2 November 1918. © IWM (Q 78804)
24793 Private
Turner Thorpe
1st/7th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
16th July 1918, aged 29.
Row A. 72.
Husband of Edith Thorpe, of Yew Tree, Holmfirth, Huddersfield.
Turner Thorpe
1st/7th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
16th July 1918, aged 29.
Row A. 72.
Husband of Edith Thorpe, of Yew Tree, Holmfirth, Huddersfield.
33124 Lance Corporal
Victor George Ward
83rd Field Company, Royal Engineers
18th May 1918.
Row A. 42.
Victor George Ward
83rd Field Company, Royal Engineers
18th May 1918.
Row A. 42.
