FONTAINE-AU-PIRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord
France
Location Information
Fontaine-au-Pire is a large village in the Department of the Nord, about 11 kilometres south-east of Cambrai.
From Cambrai, take the N43 main road towards Le Cateau. After 11 kilometres, at Beauvois en Cambresis, turn right onto the D74 road towards Fontaine-au-Pire. After 1 kilometre, and at the boundary of Beauvois and Fontaine-au-Pire, turn right following signs to the Communal Cemetery. After 100 metres turn left into the 'Voie Serechal'. The Communal Cemetery is situated 400 metres down this road to the left.
Historical Information
The North-West end of the Communal Cemetery was used by the enemy after the Battle of Le Cateau, 1914, and the British wounded who died in the Mairie were buried there. Other British graves were made by the enemy during the War; and in October, 1918, the New Zealand Division, who took the village, buried three of their dead. The majority of the British burials are in one row, behind which is the terrace carrying the War Cross, but some are isolated in the ground South-East of the row.
There are now over 150, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over half are unidentified and a special memorial is erected to a United Kingdom soldier believed to be buried among them.
Plot I covers an area of 503 square metres.
Casualty Details: UK 168, New Zealand 3, Total Burials: 171
Fontaine-au-Pire is a large village in the Department of the Nord, about 11 kilometres south-east of Cambrai.
From Cambrai, take the N43 main road towards Le Cateau. After 11 kilometres, at Beauvois en Cambresis, turn right onto the D74 road towards Fontaine-au-Pire. After 1 kilometre, and at the boundary of Beauvois and Fontaine-au-Pire, turn right following signs to the Communal Cemetery. After 100 metres turn left into the 'Voie Serechal'. The Communal Cemetery is situated 400 metres down this road to the left.
Historical Information
The North-West end of the Communal Cemetery was used by the enemy after the Battle of Le Cateau, 1914, and the British wounded who died in the Mairie were buried there. Other British graves were made by the enemy during the War; and in October, 1918, the New Zealand Division, who took the village, buried three of their dead. The majority of the British burials are in one row, behind which is the terrace carrying the War Cross, but some are isolated in the ground South-East of the row.
There are now over 150, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over half are unidentified and a special memorial is erected to a United Kingdom soldier believed to be buried among them.
Plot I covers an area of 503 square metres.
Casualty Details: UK 168, New Zealand 3, Total Burials: 171
9111 Private
John Crilley
1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
26th August 1914
Plot I. A. 55.
John Crilley
1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
26th August 1914
Plot I. A. 55.
2/2822 Corporal
Robert Gordon Fordyce
1st Bty. New Zealand Field Artillery
19th October 1918, aged 23.
Plot III. 3.
Son of W. B. and C. Fordyce, of Marama Avenue, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand. Born at Mount Eden, Auckland.
Robert Gordon Fordyce
1st Bty. New Zealand Field Artillery
19th October 1918, aged 23.
Plot III. 3.
Son of W. B. and C. Fordyce, of Marama Avenue, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand. Born at Mount Eden, Auckland.
Lieutenant
Edward Montague Swayne Kent
1st Bn. Hampshire Regiment
26th August 1914, aged 23.
Plot I. B. 75.
Son of Colonel George Edward and Emma Perkins Kent of Normanhurst, Cavendish Road, Southsea.
Edward Montague Swayne Kent
1st Bn. Hampshire Regiment
26th August 1914, aged 23.
Plot I. B. 75.
Son of Colonel George Edward and Emma Perkins Kent of Normanhurst, Cavendish Road, Southsea.
Major
Stuart Hamilton Rickman, Twice Mentioned in Despatches
2nd Bn. attd. Cdg. 1st Bn. Rifle Brigade
27th August 1914, aged 42.
Plot II. 7.
Son of the late Lt. Col. A. D. Rickman, The Rifle Brigade, and of Mrs. Edward Dunn, of Childrey Manor, Wantage, Berks.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Cambrai, Le Cateau. Beloved Son Of The Late Col. A.D.Rickman, R.B. Mrs. Edward Dunn."
Stuart Hamilton Rickman, Twice Mentioned in Despatches
2nd Bn. attd. Cdg. 1st Bn. Rifle Brigade
27th August 1914, aged 42.
Plot II. 7.
Son of the late Lt. Col. A. D. Rickman, The Rifle Brigade, and of Mrs. Edward Dunn, of Childrey Manor, Wantage, Berks.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Cambrai, Le Cateau. Beloved Son Of The Late Col. A.D.Rickman, R.B. Mrs. Edward Dunn."
Capture of Cambrai by the British 57th Division. Soldiers of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment wearing pickelhaubes which they found whilst on patrol in Cambrai, 9 October 1918. © IWM (Q 11367)
