CUINCHY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
Location Information
Cuinchy is a village situated 10 kilometres east of Bethune. The cemetery is situated in the civil cemetery about one kilometre from the railway station.
Cuinchy is a village situated 10 kilometres east of Bethune. The cemetery is situated in the civil cemetery about one kilometre from the railway station. From Bethune follow the D941 through Cambrin and then turn left along “Rue Emile Basly” for approximately 500 metres.
Historical Information
Cuinchy remained during almost the whole of the War within range of German guns, and the cemeteries in the Commune were made, so far as British troops are concerned, by fighting units and Field Ambulances.
There are now over 100, 1914-18 and a small number of 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Two graves from the 1914-18 War, destroyed by shell fire, are represented by special memorials.
The British plots cover an area of 314 square metres.
Casualty Details: UK 104, Total Burials: 104
Cuinchy is a village situated 10 kilometres east of Bethune. The cemetery is situated in the civil cemetery about one kilometre from the railway station.
Cuinchy is a village situated 10 kilometres east of Bethune. The cemetery is situated in the civil cemetery about one kilometre from the railway station. From Bethune follow the D941 through Cambrin and then turn left along “Rue Emile Basly” for approximately 500 metres.
Historical Information
Cuinchy remained during almost the whole of the War within range of German guns, and the cemeteries in the Commune were made, so far as British troops are concerned, by fighting units and Field Ambulances.
There are now over 100, 1914-18 and a small number of 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Two graves from the 1914-18 War, destroyed by shell fire, are represented by special memorials.
The British plots cover an area of 314 square metres.
Casualty Details: UK 104, Total Burials: 104
Second Lieutenant
Sidney Alfred Nathaniel Shafto Barthropp
3rd Bn. attd. 2nd Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment
29th January 1915, aged 22.
Plot II. D. 27.
Son of Major and Mrs. Alfred Shafto Barthropp, of Newport House, Essex.
Sidney Alfred Nathaniel Shafto Barthropp
3rd Bn. attd. 2nd Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment
29th January 1915, aged 22.
Plot II. D. 27.
Son of Major and Mrs. Alfred Shafto Barthropp, of Newport House, Essex.
Lieutenant
Kenneth Buist, Mentioned in Despatches
"B" Coy. 1st Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
25th January 1915, aged 20.
Plot II. B.25.
Son of Colonel F. B. Buist, of Swalcliffe Lea, Banbury, Oxon.
Kenneth Buist, Mentioned in Despatches
"B" Coy. 1st Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
25th January 1915, aged 20.
Plot II. B.25.
Son of Colonel F. B. Buist, of Swalcliffe Lea, Banbury, Oxon.
Captain
Robert Edgar Forrester
1st Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
16th June 1915
Plot II. B. 26.
Husband of Iola Forrester, of Cleeto, Cupar, Fife.
Robert Edgar Forrester
1st Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
16th June 1915
Plot II. B. 26.
Husband of Iola Forrester, of Cleeto, Cupar, Fife.
Second Lieutenant
Harold Vernon Hutt
2nd Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment
26th January 1915, aged 27.
Plot II. B. 24.
Son of Arthur William and Margaret Sarah Hutt, of Tudor House, West Malling, Kent.
Harold Vernon Hutt
2nd Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment
26th January 1915, aged 27.
Plot II. B. 24.
Son of Arthur William and Margaret Sarah Hutt, of Tudor House, West Malling, Kent.
Second Lieutenant
Lennox Cleland Lee Lee
1st Bn. Irish Guards
1st February 1915, aged 21.
Plot II. B. 31.
Son of Lennox Bertram Lee, of How Caple Court, Ross, Herefordshire. Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy Woolwich.
Lennox Cleland Lee Lee
1st Bn. Irish Guards
1st February 1915, aged 21.
Plot II. B. 31.
Son of Lennox Bertram Lee, of How Caple Court, Ross, Herefordshire. Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy Woolwich.
4738 Private
Charles McGonagle
1st Bn. Irish Guards
14th February 1915, aged 20.
Plot II. D. 8.
Son of Stephen and Annie McGonagle, of Londonderry.
Picture courtesy of Owen McGonagle
Charles McGonagle
1st Bn. Irish Guards
14th February 1915, aged 20.
Plot II. D. 8.
Son of Stephen and Annie McGonagle, of Londonderry.
Picture courtesy of Owen McGonagle
Second Lieutenant
Anson Lloyd Silvester
2nd Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment
31st December 1914, aged 26.
Plot II. B. 23.
Son of the Rev. James Silvester, M.A., and Constance Silvester, of The Vicarage, Great Clacton, Essex. Born at Bath.
Anson Lloyd Silvester
2nd Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment
31st December 1914, aged 26.
Plot II. B. 23.
Son of the Rev. James Silvester, M.A., and Constance Silvester, of The Vicarage, Great Clacton, Essex. Born at Bath.
The small cemetery at Cuinchy with destoyed buildings in the background. © IWM (Q 52982AA)
Aerial view of the Cuinchy Brickstacks (right upper corner) and La Bassee Canal. © IWM (Q 45785)
Original grave in Cuinchy Communal Cemetery of 2nd Lieutenant Thomas Allen, 1st Bn. Irish Guards, 26th February 1915, aged 27. Son of Thomas and Mary Cooke Allen, of Wayside, Kemerton, Tewkesbury, Glos. He is now buried in plot II. B. 34. © Jeremy Gordon-Smith
