ERQUELINNES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Hainaut
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.31243 Longitude: 4.13201
Location Information
Erquelinnes is located 21 kilometres south east of Mons on a road leading from the N40 chaussee de Beaumont, which connects Mons to the village of Erquelinnes.
On reaching the village the cemetery is located 50 metres along the rue Madame.
Visiting Information
Visitors should note that this site is restricted to normal cemetery opening hours.
Wheelchair access possible via main entrance.
Historical Information
Erquelinnes Communal Cemetery contains 67 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, all of which were made by the Germans in October and November 1918. Three casualties whose graves could not be precisely located are commemorated by special memorial. The cemetery also contains 16 war graves of other nationalities.
Total Burials: 83.
Commonwealth Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 65, South Africa 1. Total 66.
Commonwealth Unidentified Casualty: 1.
Other Nationalities: 16.
Commonwealth designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Erquelinnes is located 21 kilometres south east of Mons on a road leading from the N40 chaussee de Beaumont, which connects Mons to the village of Erquelinnes.
On reaching the village the cemetery is located 50 metres along the rue Madame.
Visiting Information
Visitors should note that this site is restricted to normal cemetery opening hours.
Wheelchair access possible via main entrance.
Historical Information
Erquelinnes Communal Cemetery contains 67 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, all of which were made by the Germans in October and November 1918. Three casualties whose graves could not be precisely located are commemorated by special memorial. The cemetery also contains 16 war graves of other nationalities.
Total Burials: 83.
Commonwealth Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 65, South Africa 1. Total 66.
Commonwealth Unidentified Casualty: 1.
Other Nationalities: 16.
Commonwealth designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
202296 Private
Arthur Atkinson
2nd/5th Manchester Regiment
14th October 1918, aged 20.
Special Memorial 2.
Son of William and Sarah Ellen Atkinson, of 35, Addison Rd., Irlam, Manchester.
His headstone bears the inscription "Sweetest Of Memories Are All That Are Left"
Arthur Atkinson
2nd/5th Manchester Regiment
14th October 1918, aged 20.
Special Memorial 2.
Son of William and Sarah Ellen Atkinson, of 35, Addison Rd., Irlam, Manchester.
His headstone bears the inscription "Sweetest Of Memories Are All That Are Left"
Captain
Claud Harry Stokes, D. F. C.
57th Squadron, Royal Air Force
7th November 1918, aged 34.
Plot 148.
Born at Blackheath. Son of Henry and Harriet Stokes, of 24, Granville Park, Lewisham, London; husband of Philippa Ridell Stokes.
Claud Harry Stokes, D. F. C.
57th Squadron, Royal Air Force
7th November 1918, aged 34.
Plot 148.
Born at Blackheath. Son of Henry and Harriet Stokes, of 24, Granville Park, Lewisham, London; husband of Philippa Ridell Stokes.
35201 Private
Frank Upward
6th (Wiltshire Yeomanry) Bn. Wiltshire Regiment
28th October 1918, aged 19.
Plot 132.
Son of Emily A. Upward, of 18, Library Rd., Upper Parkstone, Dorset, and the late Frank Upward.
His headstone bears the inscription "The Lord Shall Give Thee Rest Mother"
Frank Upward
6th (Wiltshire Yeomanry) Bn. Wiltshire Regiment
28th October 1918, aged 19.
Plot 132.
Son of Emily A. Upward, of 18, Library Rd., Upper Parkstone, Dorset, and the late Frank Upward.
His headstone bears the inscription "The Lord Shall Give Thee Rest Mother"
Images in this gallery © Johan Pauwels
Grand Place, Mons - 22nd August, 1914
22nd August 1914; Troops of "A" Company, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (7th Brigade, 3rd Division) resting in the Grand Place, Mons. On the following day the Battalion won two Victoria Crosses (Lieutenant Maurice Dease and Private Sidney Godley) on the canal bridge at Nimy, two miles north of Mons. © IWM Q 70071
Grand Place, Mons - 11th November, 1918
Members of the 42nd Canadian Battalion rest in the Grand Place, Mons, on the morning of 11 November 1918. Belgian civilians welcomed the Canadians as liberators. The flags of the Allied nations are in the background, including those of Japan and the United States. © Canadian War Museum
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
A group of Irish Guardsmen at Maubeuge, 12 November 1918. © IWM (Q 3360)
Men of the Irish Guards man a slit trench near Maubeuge, 11 November 1918. © IWM (Q 3344)
