FLESQUIÈRES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 50.12513, Longitude: 3.12463
Location Information
Flesquieres is a village at the junction of the D92 and D89 roads, about 5 kilometres south-west of the main road from Cambrai to Bapaume. The Cemetery lies a little east of the village on the south (right) side of the D92 road to Cantaing.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site makes wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
Flesquieres village was attacked by the 51st (Highland) Division, with tanks, on the 20th November 1917, in the Battle of Cambrai, but held for a time by a German officer with a few men; it was captured on the 21st. It was lost in the later stages of the battle, and retaken on the 27th September 1918, by the 3rd Division.
Flesquieres Hill Cemetery was originally made by the 2nd Division, in 1918, behind a German cemetery ("Flesquieres Soldiers' Cemetery No.2"); but the German graves were removed after the Armistice to FLESQUIERES COMMUNAL CEMETERY GERMAN EXTENSION (which in its turn was removed, with 583 graves, in 1924). Plots III-VIII were created on the site of the German cemetery and in them were reburied 688 British soldiers from the battlefields of Havrincourt, Flesquieres, Marcoing and Masnieres and from a few other burial grounds, including:-
ABANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY GERMAN EXTENSION (Nord), in which 38 British soldiers and four men of the Chinese Labour Corps were buried in 1917-18. (The four Chinese burials were re-buried in Ayette Indian and Chinese Cemetery).
HAVRINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY, from which four British soldiers were taken to Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension and three to Flesquieres.
HAYNECOURT GERMAN CEMETERY, on the South side of the village, from which eight British graves were removed to Flesquieres and two to H.A.C. Cemetery, Ecoust-St. Mein, and 138 German to other cemeteries.
MASNIERES-CREVECOEUR ROAD CEMETERY, CREVECOEUR SUR-L'ESCAUT, where 13 New Zealand soldiers and seven of the Devons were buried in October, 1918.
MASNIERES GERMAN CEMETERY, South of Masnieres, used by the New Zealand Division for eleven burials in October, 1918.
RIBECOURT CHURCHYARD, in which four Canadian, one Australian and three British soldiers were buried in 1916-1917.
63RD DIVISION CEMETERY, between MARCOING and Villers-Plouich, made by the Royal Naval Division at the end of 1917, which contained 41 graves.
There are now over 900, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over one-third are unidentified and special memorials are erected to five officers and men from the United Kingdom and two from New Zealand, known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of three men of the R.N.D., buried at the end of 1917 in the 63rd Division Cemetery, Marcoing, whose graves were destroyed by shell fire.
The cemetery covers an area of 3,797 square metres.
Casualty Details: UK 822, Canada 32, Australia 2, New Zealand 65, Total Burials: 921
Dedications
Mersey Z/389 Able Seaman Thomas Nelson Graham, Nelson Bn. R. N. Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 30th December 1917.
Remembered by Robbie Roberts
Flesquieres is a village at the junction of the D92 and D89 roads, about 5 kilometres south-west of the main road from Cambrai to Bapaume. The Cemetery lies a little east of the village on the south (right) side of the D92 road to Cantaing.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site makes wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
Flesquieres village was attacked by the 51st (Highland) Division, with tanks, on the 20th November 1917, in the Battle of Cambrai, but held for a time by a German officer with a few men; it was captured on the 21st. It was lost in the later stages of the battle, and retaken on the 27th September 1918, by the 3rd Division.
Flesquieres Hill Cemetery was originally made by the 2nd Division, in 1918, behind a German cemetery ("Flesquieres Soldiers' Cemetery No.2"); but the German graves were removed after the Armistice to FLESQUIERES COMMUNAL CEMETERY GERMAN EXTENSION (which in its turn was removed, with 583 graves, in 1924). Plots III-VIII were created on the site of the German cemetery and in them were reburied 688 British soldiers from the battlefields of Havrincourt, Flesquieres, Marcoing and Masnieres and from a few other burial grounds, including:-
ABANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY GERMAN EXTENSION (Nord), in which 38 British soldiers and four men of the Chinese Labour Corps were buried in 1917-18. (The four Chinese burials were re-buried in Ayette Indian and Chinese Cemetery).
HAVRINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY, from which four British soldiers were taken to Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension and three to Flesquieres.
HAYNECOURT GERMAN CEMETERY, on the South side of the village, from which eight British graves were removed to Flesquieres and two to H.A.C. Cemetery, Ecoust-St. Mein, and 138 German to other cemeteries.
MASNIERES-CREVECOEUR ROAD CEMETERY, CREVECOEUR SUR-L'ESCAUT, where 13 New Zealand soldiers and seven of the Devons were buried in October, 1918.
MASNIERES GERMAN CEMETERY, South of Masnieres, used by the New Zealand Division for eleven burials in October, 1918.
RIBECOURT CHURCHYARD, in which four Canadian, one Australian and three British soldiers were buried in 1916-1917.
63RD DIVISION CEMETERY, between MARCOING and Villers-Plouich, made by the Royal Naval Division at the end of 1917, which contained 41 graves.
There are now over 900, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over one-third are unidentified and special memorials are erected to five officers and men from the United Kingdom and two from New Zealand, known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of three men of the R.N.D., buried at the end of 1917 in the 63rd Division Cemetery, Marcoing, whose graves were destroyed by shell fire.
The cemetery covers an area of 3,797 square metres.
Casualty Details: UK 822, Canada 32, Australia 2, New Zealand 65, Total Burials: 921
Dedications
Mersey Z/389 Able Seaman Thomas Nelson Graham, Nelson Bn. R. N. Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 30th December 1917.
Remembered by Robbie Roberts
March 1966 - ©CWGC
307712 Private
John Airey
15th Bn. Tank Corps
27th September 1918, aged 20.
Plot VIII. E. 7.
Son of John and Laura Airey, of 20, Barker St., Oldham. Brother to Charles, Thomas and Lucy. He was born on 26th September 1898 and died the day after his 20th birthday.
His headstone bears the inscription; "To Memory Ever Dear."
Remembered by John and Mark Airey (Nephew and Great Nephew to John)
John Airey
15th Bn. Tank Corps
27th September 1918, aged 20.
Plot VIII. E. 7.
Son of John and Laura Airey, of 20, Barker St., Oldham. Brother to Charles, Thomas and Lucy. He was born on 26th September 1898 and died the day after his 20th birthday.
His headstone bears the inscription; "To Memory Ever Dear."
Remembered by John and Mark Airey (Nephew and Great Nephew to John)
G/87403 Private
Stanley Albert Bathe
4th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
25th September 1918, aged 22.
Plot III. D. 9.
Son of George William and Evangeline Bathe, of 25, Champion Park, Lower Sydenham, London.
The inscription on his headstone reads; "In Heaven We Hope To Greet Thee."
Stanley Albert Bathe
4th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
25th September 1918, aged 22.
Plot III. D. 9.
Son of George William and Evangeline Bathe, of 25, Champion Park, Lower Sydenham, London.
The inscription on his headstone reads; "In Heaven We Hope To Greet Thee."
70079 Private
Albert Leonard Boler
1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
1st October 1918, aged 33.
Plot V. A. 24.
Son of Samuel and Mary Boler, of Tauhoa, Auckland, New Zealand.
Albert Leonard Boler
1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
1st October 1918, aged 33.
Plot V. A. 24.
Son of Samuel and Mary Boler, of Tauhoa, Auckland, New Zealand.
31881 Private
David Booth
1st Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
1st December 1917, aged 30.
Plot VI. B. 22.
Husband of Martha J. Booth, of 1, Townley St., Macclesfield, Cheshire.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Too Dearly Loved To Be Forgotten."
David Booth
1st Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
1st December 1917, aged 30.
Plot VI. B. 22.
Husband of Martha J. Booth, of 1, Townley St., Macclesfield, Cheshire.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Too Dearly Loved To Be Forgotten."
194 Private
Robert Frederick Burns
19th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
8th May 1917, aged 19.
Plot IV. D. 1.
Son of Thomas and Theresa Burns.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Gone but Not Forgotten."
Pte Burns enlisted on 10 February 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ceramic on 25 June 1915. On 27 July 1916 he was wounded in action, receiving a gun shot wound to the left leg and also suffered from shell shock. Pte Burns was a prisoner of war (POW) in Germany and died on 8 May 1917, aged 19 years. He is buried in France.
Robert Frederick Burns
19th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
8th May 1917, aged 19.
Plot IV. D. 1.
Son of Thomas and Theresa Burns.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Gone but Not Forgotten."
Pte Burns enlisted on 10 February 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ceramic on 25 June 1915. On 27 July 1916 he was wounded in action, receiving a gun shot wound to the left leg and also suffered from shell shock. Pte Burns was a prisoner of war (POW) in Germany and died on 8 May 1917, aged 19 years. He is buried in France.
Captain
Duncan M. C. Campbell
Fort Garry Horse
20th November 1917.
Plot VI. B. 16.
Duncan M. C. Campbell
Fort Garry Horse
20th November 1917.
Plot VI. B. 16.
C.1919; Flesquieres Hill British Cemetery. Courtesy of Magnet Galleries Melbourne Inc.
12/1190 Major
Geoffrey De Bohun Devereux, M. C.
1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
1st October 1918, aged 28.
Plot V. A. 11.
Son of the Hon. H. De B. and Mrs. Devereux, of 72, Market Rd., One Tree Hill, Auckland. New Zealand.
Geoffrey De Bohun Devereux, M. C.
1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
1st October 1918, aged 28.
Plot V. A. 11.
Son of the Hon. H. De B. and Mrs. Devereux, of 72, Market Rd., One Tree Hill, Auckland. New Zealand.
Second Lieutenant
Ronald Percy Cowen Freemantle
9th Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps.
30th April 1917.
Plot III. D. 8.
Ronald Percy Cowen Freemantle
9th Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps.
30th April 1917.
Plot III. D. 8.
652259 Lance Corporal
Harry Herbert Hall
21st Bn. London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)
9th December 1917.
Plot VIII. F. 2.
Harry Herbert Hall
21st Bn. London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)
9th December 1917.
Plot VIII. F. 2.
63871 Private
Martin Hennessy
1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
1st October 1918, aged 35.
Plot V. A. 2.
Son of Philip and Mary Hennessy, of Kilnafinch, Latteragh, Thurles, Ireland.
Martin Hennessy
1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
1st October 1918, aged 35.
Plot V. A. 2.
Son of Philip and Mary Hennessy, of Kilnafinch, Latteragh, Thurles, Ireland.
4824 Private
Leonard Charles King
15th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
4th February 1917, aged 28.
Plot IV. C. 15.
Son of William John and Mary Eleanor King, of Ohaeawai, New Zealand. Born at Waimate North, New Zealand.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Ever Remembered."
Leonard King was taken prisoner by the Germans after he received a gun shot wound to the chest. He died at Feldlaz 135, Ribecourt on 4th February 1917 and was buried in the soldiers' cemetery at Ribecourt in grave number 3. After the war he was re-interred at Flesquieres Hill British Cemetery. Feldlaz is the abbreviated version of Feldlazarett (Field Hospital in German)
Leonard Charles King
15th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
4th February 1917, aged 28.
Plot IV. C. 15.
Son of William John and Mary Eleanor King, of Ohaeawai, New Zealand. Born at Waimate North, New Zealand.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Ever Remembered."
Leonard King was taken prisoner by the Germans after he received a gun shot wound to the chest. He died at Feldlaz 135, Ribecourt on 4th February 1917 and was buried in the soldiers' cemetery at Ribecourt in grave number 3. After the war he was re-interred at Flesquieres Hill British Cemetery. Feldlaz is the abbreviated version of Feldlazarett (Field Hospital in German)
23rd November 1917; An immobilised British Mark IV tank stands at the lip of a captured German trench at Flesquieres, in the bottom of which lie four dead German soldiers. © IWM (Q 7851)
Captain
Richard Aveline Maybery, M. C. and Bar,
56th Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps, formerly 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers
19th December 1917, aged 22.
Plot IV. B. 19.
Son of Aveline and Lucy Maybery, of The Priory, Brecon.
His headstone bears the inscription; "56th Sqdn. R.F.C., Dulce et Decorum est Pro Patria Mori."
Richard Aveline Maybery, M. C. and Bar,
56th Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps, formerly 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers
19th December 1917, aged 22.
Plot IV. B. 19.
Son of Aveline and Lucy Maybery, of The Priory, Brecon.
His headstone bears the inscription; "56th Sqdn. R.F.C., Dulce et Decorum est Pro Patria Mori."
Lieutenant Colonel
Reginald Selby Walker, D. S. O.
VI Corps H.Q. Royal Engineers
30th September 1918, aged 46.
Plot I. D. 1.
Son of the late Lt. Col. John Selby Walker (Black Watch) and Mrs. J. Selby Walker; husband of Ethel Bridget Walker, of 7, The Grove, Sunderland. Served in France Aug., 1914-1918.
His headstone bears the inscription; "The Path Of Duty Is The Way To Glory."
Reginald Selby Walker, D. S. O.
VI Corps H.Q. Royal Engineers
30th September 1918, aged 46.
Plot I. D. 1.
Son of the late Lt. Col. John Selby Walker (Black Watch) and Mrs. J. Selby Walker; husband of Ethel Bridget Walker, of 7, The Grove, Sunderland. Served in France Aug., 1914-1918.
His headstone bears the inscription; "The Path Of Duty Is The Way To Glory."
March 1966 - ©CWGC
