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FAUQUISSART MILITARY CEMETERY

​Laventie 
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Pas De Calais

​France


Location Information

Fauquissart and Fleurbaix are hamlets of Laventie, a town near Armentieres in the Pas de Calais.

Fauquissart Military Cemetery is on the north-west side of the main D171 road (Rue du Bois) halfway between Fleurbaix and Neuve Chapelle.


Visiting Information

Wheelchair access with some difficulty.


Historical Information

Fauquissart Military Cemetery was begun in November 1914 by the 2nd Royal Berks and the 2nd Rifle Brigade, and used (mainly by the 8th Division) until June 1915.

The cemetery contains 105 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 19 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to three soldiers known to be buried among them.

Casualty Details: UK 105, Total Burials: 105

Fauquissart and the terrain around the village
​Looking towards Aubers and Fromelles

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7924 Corporal
Arthur Doe
2nd Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
1st January 1915, aged 28.
Row D. 11.

Son of Charles and Mary Doe, of Longdown, Sandhurst, Berks.
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His headstone has the inscription; "Thy Will Be Done"

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9681 Private
Isaac Lamb
2nd Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
27th November 1914, aged 23.
Row A. 1.

Son of Mrs. Helen Lamb, of Amen Corner, Binfield, Bracknell, Berks.


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4575 Private
Leonard Rycroft
2nd Bn. Rifle Brigade
15th February 1915, aged 19.
Row G. 7.

Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Morris (formerly Rycroft), of 19, Alma Terrace Silverhill, St. Leonards-on-Sea, and the late Herbert Rycroft.


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Captain
Harold Whitaker
2nd Bn. Rifle Brigade
30th November 1914, aged 29.
Row C. 10.


Son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Whitaker, of 52, Cadogan Square, London; husband of Madeleine Eleonore Willes (formerly Whitaker), of Hatch Hill House, Churt, Farnham, Surrey.

His headstone has the following inscription; "Requiescat In Pace"

Picture courtesy of great nephew, Anthony Whitaker

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Second Lieutenant
Thomas Wright
Special Reserve, attd. 2nd Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
1st May 1915, aged 25.
Row F. 1.

Son of Stephen and Agnes Wright, of Ruskington, Sleaford, Lincs.

​His headstone has the following inscription; "Eternal rest Give Unto Him O Lord."


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Portuguese troops holding a trench in the Fauquissart sector, near Laventie. Note graves in the back of the trench. © IWM (Q 60295)
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20th May 1918: Aerial image of Fauquissart and surrounding area. Plotting reference: 36M 17. Key feature: Fauquissart. © IWM (BOX 292-104-18JD-36M-1918)

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