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DRUMMOND CEMETERY

​Raillencourt
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Nord

​France


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​Location Information


Raillencourt is a village on the main Arras-Cambrai road, D939.

From the CWGC cemetery on this road, Raillencourt-St-Olle, follow the D939 for 1.6 kilometres to a left turn at its junction with the Rue du Tordoir, where the first CWGC sign is situated. Follow this road for approximately 900 metres, surface changing at 600 metres from tar to rough stone track, at the end of which lies the Cemetery.


Visiting Information

Wheelchair access with some difficulty.


Historical Information

Drummond Cemetery was made by the Canadian Corps in October 1918. The cemetery was named from Lieut. J R Drummond, R.A.F., who was the first to be buried in it.

The cemetery contains 88 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and three German graves.

Total Burials: 91.

Identified Casualties: Canada 78, United Kingdom 6, Germany 1. Total 85.

The cemetery was designed by W C Von Berg
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1944 Squadron Sergeant Major
George Taylor Aitken, M. M.
"D" Coy. "A" Sqdn. Canadian Light Horse
10th October 1918, aged 36.
Plot I. C. 7.

Russian Medal of St. George, 4th Class. Son of Mrs. M. A. I. Shannon (formerly Aitken), of 32, Gilford Rd., Sandymount, Co. Dublin, Ireland, and the late George Aitken (A.V.D., attd. 16th Lancers).


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901442 Private
Patrick Downey
42nd Bn. Canadian Infantry
29th September 1918
Plot I. B. 12.


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895336 Private
Thomas Edgar
49th Bn. Canadian Infantry
29th September 1918
Plot III. A. 17.


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228195 Private
George Arthur Hadden
116th Bn. Canadian Infantry
1st October 1918, aged 34.
Plot III. A. 20.

Son of Alfred E. and Elizabeth A. Hadden, of 28, Park Square, Newport, Mon., England.

His headstone bears the inscription; "Far from those who loved him best but in a hero's grave he lies."


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Lieutenant
Richard Henry Hocken
Canadian Light Horse
10th October 1918, aged 26.
Plot I. C. 8.

Son of H. C. Hocken, M.P., of 340, Palmerston Boulevard, Toronto, Canada.

The inscription on his headstone reads; "He was a very gallant gentleman."

Images in this gallery © Johan Pauwels

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15th September 1918; Plotting reference: 51B X 21. Key feature: Raillencourt. © IWM (BOX 785-754-18JF-51B-1918)
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Canadian troops on the move somewhere on the Western Front. Note a lorry on the side with Vickers machine guns at ready. © IWM (CO 3085)

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