ELOUGES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Hainaut
Belgium
Location Information
Elouges Communal Cemetery is located 17 km west of Mons. From Mons the N51 Route de Quievrain leads for 14 km to the left hand junction onto the N552 Rue D'Elouges. 2 km along the N552 lies the village of Elouges.
The cemetery is located 200 metres along the rue du Commerce, a road leading from the village square.
Visiting Information
Visitors should note that this site is restricted to normal cemetery opening hours.
Wheelchair access possible via main entrance.
Historical Information
Elouges village and commune was the scene of the Action of Elouges (24 August 1914), in which the Germans were held in check by units of the 2nd Cavalry and 15th Infantry Brigades. It was not retaken by Canadian troops until just before the Armistice.
The communal cemetery contains 55 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, three of them unidentified. The 1914 burials, in rows A and C, were mainly from the 5th Division; they are in trench graves, and the actual position of each body in the row is not known. There are also four war graves of other nationalities in the Commonwealth plot.
Casualty Details: UK 41; Canada 14; Germany 3; Total Burials: 58
Elouges Communal Cemetery is located 17 km west of Mons. From Mons the N51 Route de Quievrain leads for 14 km to the left hand junction onto the N552 Rue D'Elouges. 2 km along the N552 lies the village of Elouges.
The cemetery is located 200 metres along the rue du Commerce, a road leading from the village square.
Visiting Information
Visitors should note that this site is restricted to normal cemetery opening hours.
Wheelchair access possible via main entrance.
Historical Information
Elouges village and commune was the scene of the Action of Elouges (24 August 1914), in which the Germans were held in check by units of the 2nd Cavalry and 15th Infantry Brigades. It was not retaken by Canadian troops until just before the Armistice.
The communal cemetery contains 55 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, three of them unidentified. The 1914 burials, in rows A and C, were mainly from the 5th Division; they are in trench graves, and the actual position of each body in the row is not known. There are also four war graves of other nationalities in the Commonwealth plot.
Casualty Details: UK 41; Canada 14; Germany 3; Total Burials: 58
Captain
Ernest Felix Victor Briard
1st Bn. Norfolk Regiment
24th August 1914, aged 25.
Sp. Mem. C. 1.
Son of Ernest and Maud Briard, (nee de Gruchy), of Bulwark House, St Aubins, Jersey.
Ernest Felix Victor Briard
1st Bn. Norfolk Regiment
24th August 1914, aged 25.
Sp. Mem. C. 1.
Son of Ernest and Maud Briard, (nee de Gruchy), of Bulwark House, St Aubins, Jersey.
Pictures in gallery below © Werner Van Caneghem
