CUESMES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Hainaut
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.43432 Longitude: 3.92127
Location Information
Cuesmes Communal Cemetery is located 2 km west of Mons.
From the R50 Mons ring road the N6 leads southwards towards Maubeuge. 700 metres along the N6 Avenue General De Gaulle lies the right hand turning onto the N544 chaussee de Cuesmes. 2 km along the N544 lies the village of Cuesmes.
On reaching the village the cemetery is located 300 metres beyond the village square on the right hand side of the rue de Frameries.
Visiting Information
Visitors should note that this site is restricted to normal cemetery opening hours.
Wheelchair access possible via main entrance.
Historical Information
Cuesmes Communal Cemetery contains 47 Commonwealth burials of the First Wordl War, 38 of which are unidentified. They date from August 1914 and October-December 1918, and in most cases they were brought into the cemetery after the Armistice.
Total Burials: 47.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 6, Canada 3. Total 9.
Unidentified Casualties: 38.
Burial Details
27303 Lance Corporal Delbert Bean, M. M. 1st Canadian Division, Cyclist Company, died 9th November 1918, aged 21.Son of Eugene and Nina Bean, of North Hatley, P.Q., Canada; husband of Ethel Bean (Nee Smith), of 808, East 14th St., Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
7399 Private J. Burns, 2nd Bn. South Lancashire Regiment, died 26th August 1914.
A/10970 Corporal Percy Wainwright Carleton, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment), died 10th November 1918, aged 26. Son of William Carleton, M.D., and Charlotte M. Carleton, of 377, Mance St., Montreal, Canada. Native of Ireland.
8543 Corporal J. Hayes, 2nd Bn. South Lancashire Regiment, died 24th August 1914.
9939 Private William Percy Holliday, 2nd Bn. South Lancashire Regiment, died 24th August 1914.
10009 Lance Corporal Ernest Holt, 2nd Bn. South Lancashire Regiment, died 28th August 1914, aged 26. Son of the late Tom and Margaret Amanda Holt.
10157 Private James Price, 2nd Bn. South Lancashire Regiment, died 24th August 1914, aged 16. Son of William and Elinor Price, of 60, Glyn Gwyn St., Miskin, Mountain Ash, Glam.
2182 Sergeant P. Quinn, D. C. M. Canadian Division, Cyclist Company, died 9th November 1918.
8341 Private Peter Henry Smith, 2nd Bn. South Lancashire Regiment, died 24th August 1914, aged 25.
Commonwealth plot designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Cuesmes Communal Cemetery is located 2 km west of Mons.
From the R50 Mons ring road the N6 leads southwards towards Maubeuge. 700 metres along the N6 Avenue General De Gaulle lies the right hand turning onto the N544 chaussee de Cuesmes. 2 km along the N544 lies the village of Cuesmes.
On reaching the village the cemetery is located 300 metres beyond the village square on the right hand side of the rue de Frameries.
Visiting Information
Visitors should note that this site is restricted to normal cemetery opening hours.
Wheelchair access possible via main entrance.
Historical Information
Cuesmes Communal Cemetery contains 47 Commonwealth burials of the First Wordl War, 38 of which are unidentified. They date from August 1914 and October-December 1918, and in most cases they were brought into the cemetery after the Armistice.
Total Burials: 47.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 6, Canada 3. Total 9.
Unidentified Casualties: 38.
Burial Details
27303 Lance Corporal Delbert Bean, M. M. 1st Canadian Division, Cyclist Company, died 9th November 1918, aged 21.Son of Eugene and Nina Bean, of North Hatley, P.Q., Canada; husband of Ethel Bean (Nee Smith), of 808, East 14th St., Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
7399 Private J. Burns, 2nd Bn. South Lancashire Regiment, died 26th August 1914.
A/10970 Corporal Percy Wainwright Carleton, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment), died 10th November 1918, aged 26. Son of William Carleton, M.D., and Charlotte M. Carleton, of 377, Mance St., Montreal, Canada. Native of Ireland.
8543 Corporal J. Hayes, 2nd Bn. South Lancashire Regiment, died 24th August 1914.
9939 Private William Percy Holliday, 2nd Bn. South Lancashire Regiment, died 24th August 1914.
10009 Lance Corporal Ernest Holt, 2nd Bn. South Lancashire Regiment, died 28th August 1914, aged 26. Son of the late Tom and Margaret Amanda Holt.
10157 Private James Price, 2nd Bn. South Lancashire Regiment, died 24th August 1914, aged 16. Son of William and Elinor Price, of 60, Glyn Gwyn St., Miskin, Mountain Ash, Glam.
2182 Sergeant P. Quinn, D. C. M. Canadian Division, Cyclist Company, died 9th November 1918.
8341 Private Peter Henry Smith, 2nd Bn. South Lancashire Regiment, died 24th August 1914, aged 25.
Commonwealth plot designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem
22nd August 1914; Men of the 1st Gordon Highlanders and 2nd Royal Irish Regiment at Mons, 22 August 1914. © IWM Q 83058
Grand Place, Mons - 22nd August, 1914
Grand Place, Mons - 11th November, 1918
Led by a Highland band, likely from the 42nd Battalion, Canadians march through the streets of Mons on 11 November 1918 having fought their way into the city. © Canadian War Museum
Some of the Individual Headstones in the Cemetery
Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
"L" Battery, R.H.A. Retreat from Mons. This British Horse artillery unit made a heroic stand against advancing German troops during the retreat from Mons, Belgium on 1 September 1914. Mons stayed in German hands until liberated by Canadian troops on the last day of the war, 11 November 1918. © Canadian War Museum
24th August 1914; German troops of the 18th Division, IXth Corps, in the Grand Place, Mons after the capture of the city. © IWM Q 70072
