CONDÉ-SUR-L'ESCAUT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord
France
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.
GPS CO-Ordinates
Longitude: 3.59018
Latitude: 50.45447
Historical Information
Conde-sur-l'Escaut Communal Cemetery contains the graves of 90 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.
Casualty Details: UK 95, Canada 3, New Zealand 1, France 3, Total Burials: 102
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.
GPS CO-Ordinates
Longitude: 3.59018
Latitude: 50.45447
Historical Information
Conde-sur-l'Escaut Communal Cemetery contains the graves of 90 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.
Casualty Details: UK 95, Canada 3, New Zealand 1, France 3, Total Burials: 102
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)
Pictures in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
