FONTAINE-VALMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Hainaut
Belgium
Location Information
The village of Fontaine-Valmont is located south-west of Charleroi off the N561. From the E42 motorway turn off at junction 18 and onto the N59 direction Anderlues. Follow the N59 to the junction with the N54, turn right along the N54/59 and at the next junction turn left back onto the N59. Follow the N59 to the junction with the N559 and fork right onto the N559. Continue along the N559 to the junction with the N561, turn right onto the N561 direction Fontaine-Valmont. Continue along the N561 past Fontaine-Valmont to a turning on the right called route de Thuin, turn right here and first right again into rue de la Rochelle heading back to Fontaine-Valmont. The cemetery is along this road on the left next to the railway. The graves are located through the gate and to the right next to the wall.
Historical Information
Fontaine-Valmont Communal Cemetery contains one Commonwealth burial of the First World War.
Burial Details
70282 Gunner H. E. Hewitt, 13th Heavy Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery, died 2nd January 1919, aged 34. Son of James Coultas Hewitt and Martha Hewitt, of Yeadon; husband of Sophia Hewitt, of Harper Terrace, Yeadon, Leeds.
Cemetery pictures used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The village of Fontaine-Valmont is located south-west of Charleroi off the N561. From the E42 motorway turn off at junction 18 and onto the N59 direction Anderlues. Follow the N59 to the junction with the N54, turn right along the N54/59 and at the next junction turn left back onto the N59. Follow the N59 to the junction with the N559 and fork right onto the N559. Continue along the N559 to the junction with the N561, turn right onto the N561 direction Fontaine-Valmont. Continue along the N561 past Fontaine-Valmont to a turning on the right called route de Thuin, turn right here and first right again into rue de la Rochelle heading back to Fontaine-Valmont. The cemetery is along this road on the left next to the railway. The graves are located through the gate and to the right next to the wall.
Historical Information
Fontaine-Valmont Communal Cemetery contains one Commonwealth burial of the First World War.
Burial Details
70282 Gunner H. E. Hewitt, 13th Heavy Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery, died 2nd January 1919, aged 34. Son of James Coultas Hewitt and Martha Hewitt, of Yeadon; husband of Sophia Hewitt, of Harper Terrace, Yeadon, Leeds.
Cemetery pictures used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
