ESCAUFOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.05181, Longitude: 3.49981
Location Information
Escaufourt is a small village in the Department of the Nord, some 25 kilometers south-east of Cambrai. It is located just east of the D21 between Le Cateau-Cambrésis and Bohain-en-Vermandois on the D77. The Communal Cemetery is on the Rue de la Rochelle. There is a plot of 3 war graves to the rear of the cemetery and 2 other war graves plots to the right hand side from the entrance.
Total Burials: 9.
World War One Casualties: United Kingdom 8, Australia 1. Total 9.
Burial Details
213866 Gunner W. Atherton, 1st/1st North Midland Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, died 22nd October 1918.
Second Lieutenant T. Brown, 27 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 29th September 1918.
1684 Sergeant W. J. Gibson, 2nd (Queen's Bays) Dragoon Guards, died 26th August 1914.
45005 Private G. Irwin, 13th Bn. Durham Light Infantry, died 11th October 1918.
201322 Private David MacKenzie, 13th Bn. Durham Light Infantry, died 10th October 1918, aged 25. Son of Alexander and Margaret Mackenzie of Edinburgh.
7719 Private G. A. Medhurst, 1st Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, died 26th August 1914.
245230 Private David Norman Pattison, "D" Company, 13th Bn. Durham Light Infantry, 10th October 1918, aged 26. Son of John and Elizabeth Ann Pattison of 23A Beaconsfield Road, Low Fell, Gateshead-on-Tyne. His Headstone Bears The Inscription "Until We Meet Again"
Second Lieutenant Norman Claude Taylor, 10th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery, died 17th October 1918, aged 27. Son of William C. Taylor of Cox Street, Windsor, Queensland, Australia, and the late Lily Taylor. His Headstone Bears The Inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man"
Second Lieutenant Hugh Spencer Thomas, 27 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 29th September 1918, aged 19. Son of Mr. J. H. Thomas of 7 Spilman Road, Carmarthen. His headstone bears the inscription "I Have Finished My Course I Have Kept The Faith"
Escaufourt is a small village in the Department of the Nord, some 25 kilometers south-east of Cambrai. It is located just east of the D21 between Le Cateau-Cambrésis and Bohain-en-Vermandois on the D77. The Communal Cemetery is on the Rue de la Rochelle. There is a plot of 3 war graves to the rear of the cemetery and 2 other war graves plots to the right hand side from the entrance.
Total Burials: 9.
World War One Casualties: United Kingdom 8, Australia 1. Total 9.
Burial Details
213866 Gunner W. Atherton, 1st/1st North Midland Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, died 22nd October 1918.
Second Lieutenant T. Brown, 27 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 29th September 1918.
1684 Sergeant W. J. Gibson, 2nd (Queen's Bays) Dragoon Guards, died 26th August 1914.
45005 Private G. Irwin, 13th Bn. Durham Light Infantry, died 11th October 1918.
201322 Private David MacKenzie, 13th Bn. Durham Light Infantry, died 10th October 1918, aged 25. Son of Alexander and Margaret Mackenzie of Edinburgh.
7719 Private G. A. Medhurst, 1st Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, died 26th August 1914.
245230 Private David Norman Pattison, "D" Company, 13th Bn. Durham Light Infantry, 10th October 1918, aged 26. Son of John and Elizabeth Ann Pattison of 23A Beaconsfield Road, Low Fell, Gateshead-on-Tyne. His Headstone Bears The Inscription "Until We Meet Again"
Second Lieutenant Norman Claude Taylor, 10th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery, died 17th October 1918, aged 27. Son of William C. Taylor of Cox Street, Windsor, Queensland, Australia, and the late Lily Taylor. His Headstone Bears The Inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man"
Second Lieutenant Hugh Spencer Thomas, 27 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 29th September 1918, aged 19. Son of Mr. J. H. Thomas of 7 Spilman Road, Carmarthen. His headstone bears the inscription "I Have Finished My Course I Have Kept The Faith"
