CREST CEMETERY
Fontaine-Notre Dame
Nord
France
Location Information
Fontaine-Notre Dame is a village approximately 3 kilometres south-west of Cambrai on the main road from Cambrai to Bapaume (N30). The Cemetery is signposted from the N30 in the village and is located on the right hand side of the road towards Raillencourt.
Historical Information
The village of Fontaine-Notre Dame was captured for a short time on 21 November 1917 by the 51st (Highland) Division, and again by the Guards Division on 27 November, but it then remained in German hands until the 3rd and 4th Canadian and 57th Divisions retook it on 27 September 1918.
Crest Cemetery contains 88 First World War burials, all but two of them are Canadian. All date from 27 September to 7 October 1918.
Total Burials: 88.
Identified Casualties: Canada 83, United Kingdom 2. Total 85.
The cemetery was designed by W C Von Berg.
Fontaine-Notre Dame is a village approximately 3 kilometres south-west of Cambrai on the main road from Cambrai to Bapaume (N30). The Cemetery is signposted from the N30 in the village and is located on the right hand side of the road towards Raillencourt.
Historical Information
The village of Fontaine-Notre Dame was captured for a short time on 21 November 1917 by the 51st (Highland) Division, and again by the Guards Division on 27 November, but it then remained in German hands until the 3rd and 4th Canadian and 57th Divisions retook it on 27 September 1918.
Crest Cemetery contains 88 First World War burials, all but two of them are Canadian. All date from 27 September to 7 October 1918.
Total Burials: 88.
Identified Casualties: Canada 83, United Kingdom 2. Total 85.
The cemetery was designed by W C Von Berg.
3320507 Private
Cecil William Bethune
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
28th September 1918, aged 28.
Row B. 4.
Son of Edward and Ellen Bethune, of Avonmore, Ontario.
Cecil William Bethune
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
28th September 1918, aged 28.
Row B. 4.
Son of Edward and Ellen Bethune, of Avonmore, Ontario.
802536 Private
Robert Anderson Charles Crowder
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
29th September 1918, aged 22.
Row A. 22.
Son of Robert Hedley Crowder and Julia Crowder.
Robert Anderson Charles Crowder
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
29th September 1918, aged 22.
Row A. 22.
Son of Robert Hedley Crowder and Julia Crowder.
Lieutenant
Wesley Williams Irvine
43rd Bn. Canadian Infantry
28th September 1918, aged 25.
Row B. 1.
Son of the Rev. S. O. and Mary J. Irvine (nee Cross), of Norwood Grove, Winnipeg. B.A. Manitoba University.
Wesley Williams Irvine
43rd Bn. Canadian Infantry
28th September 1918, aged 25.
Row B. 1.
Son of the Rev. S. O. and Mary J. Irvine (nee Cross), of Norwood Grove, Winnipeg. B.A. Manitoba University.
2115202 Private
Arthur Henry Scrimes
52nd Bn. Canadian Infantry
28th September 1918, aged 32.
Row A. 27.
Son of H. R. and Anne Scrimes, of 607, McMillan Avenue, Winnipeg.
Arthur Henry Scrimes
52nd Bn. Canadian Infantry
28th September 1918, aged 32.
Row A. 27.
Son of H. R. and Anne Scrimes, of 607, McMillan Avenue, Winnipeg.
2380863 Private
Ernest Edmund Staples
43rd Bn. Canadian Infantry
28th September 1918, aged 31.
Row B. 10.
Son of Samuel J. and Elizabeth R. Staples, of Carman, Manitoba. Native of Ontario.
Ernest Edmund Staples
43rd Bn. Canadian Infantry
28th September 1918, aged 31.
Row B. 10.
Son of Samuel J. and Elizabeth R. Staples, of Carman, Manitoba. Native of Ontario.
3233052 Private
Thomas St. John
43rd Bn. Canadian Infantry
28th September 1918, aged 32.
Row B. 7.
Native of Liverpool, England. Son of Thomas and Mary St. John, of Apartment, 20, Drummond St., Montreal.
Thomas St. John
43rd Bn. Canadian Infantry
28th September 1918, aged 32.
Row B. 7.
Native of Liverpool, England. Son of Thomas and Mary St. John, of Apartment, 20, Drummond St., Montreal.
An aerial photograph of part of the battle area from the British Front to Bourlon Wood where the British advance was halted. It shows the intact condition of the countryside in the wake of the British advance. © IWM (Q 47963)
