ENGLEFONTAINE BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.19765 Longitude: 3.64775
Location Information
Englefontaine is a town where the straight main road from Le Cateau (11 kilometres) to Bavay (16 kilometres) crosses the road from Le Quesnoy to Landrecies, on the western edge of the Foret de Mormal.
Englefontaine British Cemetery is north of the town, a short distance west of the road (D932) to Bavay.
Historical Information
Englefontaine was captured by the 18th and 33rd Divisions on the 26th October, 1918. It was later "adopted" by the Borough of Cheltenham.
Englefontaine British Cemetery was made by the Burial Officer of the 38th (Welsh) Division in November, 1918, and enlarged after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from the following cemetery:-
LES TUILERIES BRITISH CEMETERY, ENGLEFONTAINE, was behind the garden of a house, on the North side of the road to Salesches, at a hamlet called Les Tuileries. It was made by the 33rd and 38th Divisions in November, 1918, and contained the graves of 55 soldiers from the United Kingdom.
There are 179, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 9 are unidentified.
The cemetery covers an area of 586 square metres and is enclosed by a low rubble wall.
Total Burials: 179.
Identified Burials: United Kingdom 170.
Unidentified Casualties: 9.
The cemetery was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem
70281 Private
Fred Calder
17th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
28th October 1918.
Row C. 50.
Fred Calder
17th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
28th October 1918.
Row C. 50.
93924 Private
Albert John Coulson
16th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
4th November 1918, aged 19.
Row C. 24.
Albert was the son of Joseph and Ann Coulson of Hafodarthen Road, Llanhilleth, Monmouthshire.
His elder brother 17452 Private Charles Coulson, 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers was KIA on 25th September 1915 and is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial
Remembered by his great nieces and great nephew, Jennifer Price, Maureen Thompson and Glyn Coulson.
Picture courtesy of Hugh Price
Albert John Coulson
16th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
4th November 1918, aged 19.
Row C. 24.
Albert was the son of Joseph and Ann Coulson of Hafodarthen Road, Llanhilleth, Monmouthshire.
His elder brother 17452 Private Charles Coulson, 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers was KIA on 25th September 1915 and is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial
Remembered by his great nieces and great nephew, Jennifer Price, Maureen Thompson and Glyn Coulson.
Picture courtesy of Hugh Price
87136 Lance Corporal
Charles Hope
16th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
4th November 1918, aged 21.
Row C. 31.
Son of John and Mary Elizabeth Hope, of 11, Twenty Houses, Coedpoeth, Wrexham.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This."
Charles Hope
16th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
4th November 1918, aged 21.
Row C. 31.
Son of John and Mary Elizabeth Hope, of 11, Twenty Houses, Coedpoeth, Wrexham.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This."
91902 Private
Richard Dusgate Merritt
15th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
23rd October 1918, aged 23.
Row D. 30.
Son of William and Mrs. E. J. Merritt, of 19, Milton Rd., Birkenhead.
His headstone bears the inscription; "It Matters Little At What Hour O' The Day The Righteous Fall Asleep."
Richard Dusgate Merritt
15th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
23rd October 1918, aged 23.
Row D. 30.
Son of William and Mrs. E. J. Merritt, of 19, Milton Rd., Birkenhead.
His headstone bears the inscription; "It Matters Little At What Hour O' The Day The Righteous Fall Asleep."
48691 Private
Thomas Metcalfe
12th (Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry) Bn. Manchester Regiment
4th November 1918
Row A. 23.
Only son of Mr & Mrs Metcalfe, 154 Coal Clough Lane, Burnley.
Thomas Metcalfe
12th (Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry) Bn. Manchester Regiment
4th November 1918
Row A. 23.
Only son of Mr & Mrs Metcalfe, 154 Coal Clough Lane, Burnley.
74995 Private
William Henry Royle
16th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
4th November 1918, aged 19.
Row C. 43.
Son of Elijah and Ellen Royle, of 84, Ellesmere St., Patricroft, Manchester.
His headstone bears the inscription; "The Supreme Sacrifice, His Life. R. I. P."
William Henry Royle
16th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
4th November 1918, aged 19.
Row C. 43.
Son of Elijah and Ellen Royle, of 84, Ellesmere St., Patricroft, Manchester.
His headstone bears the inscription; "The Supreme Sacrifice, His Life. R. I. P."
260721 Private
Birkett Stuart
7th (West. and Cumb. Yeomanry) Bn. Border Regiment
4th November 1918.
Row A. 20.
Birkett Stuart
7th (West. and Cumb. Yeomanry) Bn. Border Regiment
4th November 1918.
Row A. 20.
Band of 33rd Battalion MGC passing through Locquignol, 4 November 1918 after clearing the Foret de Mormal.
Images in this gallery © Johan Pauwels
Troops of No. 1 Platoon, "A" Company, 10th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (DCLI) breakfasting on their way to the line. Near Le Quesnoy, 27 October 1918. © IWM (Q 7154)
King George V passing down a village street lined by cheering troops of the 21st Division. Photograph was taken near to Le Quesnoy, on 2 December 1918. © IWM (Q 9756)
