FORENVILLE MILITARY CEMETERY
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 50.13511, Longitude: 3.28076
© Johan Pauwels
Location Information
Forenville is a small village 5 kilometres south-east of Cambrai. The Cemetery is south of the village and opposite the communal cemetery.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
Forenville village was captured on 8 October 1918 and two cemeteries were made nearby: La Targette British Cemetery and Forenville Military Cemetery (at first Forenville Communal Cemetery Extension).
La Targette British Cemetery was made by the 3rd Division on 15 and 24 October 1918, close to a German Cemetery. It contained 49 graves, mostly of 8 October. It was removed to Forenville Military Cemetery after the Armistice.
Forenville Military Cemetery was made by the Guards and 2nd Divisions between 10 and 20 October 1918 and it contained originally 52 graves (of which 19 belonged to the 1st Royal Berks). The site was chosen in continuation of a German Cemetery, now removed.
Forenville Military Cemetery contains 101 First World War burials. The cemetery also contains the graves of six Second World War airmen.
Total Burials: 107.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 96, New Zealand 2. Total 98.
World War Two Identified Casualties: Canada 4, United Kingdom 2. Total 6.
Forenville is a small village 5 kilometres south-east of Cambrai. The Cemetery is south of the village and opposite the communal cemetery.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
Forenville village was captured on 8 October 1918 and two cemeteries were made nearby: La Targette British Cemetery and Forenville Military Cemetery (at first Forenville Communal Cemetery Extension).
La Targette British Cemetery was made by the 3rd Division on 15 and 24 October 1918, close to a German Cemetery. It contained 49 graves, mostly of 8 October. It was removed to Forenville Military Cemetery after the Armistice.
Forenville Military Cemetery was made by the Guards and 2nd Divisions between 10 and 20 October 1918 and it contained originally 52 graves (of which 19 belonged to the 1st Royal Berks). The site was chosen in continuation of a German Cemetery, now removed.
Forenville Military Cemetery contains 101 First World War burials. The cemetery also contains the graves of six Second World War airmen.
Total Burials: 107.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 96, New Zealand 2. Total 98.
World War Two Identified Casualties: Canada 4, United Kingdom 2. Total 6.
4783 Private
Percy Bealey
1st Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
8th October 1918, aged 19.
Plot A. 10.
Son of William Bealey, of 66, Tamworth Rd., Two Gates, Tamworth.
Percy Bealey
1st Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
8th October 1918, aged 19.
Plot A. 10.
Son of William Bealey, of 66, Tamworth Rd., Two Gates, Tamworth.
5/751 Driver
Thomas Burt
No. 3 Coy. Div. Train New Zealand Army Service Corps
9th October 1918, aged 25.
Row C. 3.
Son of Thomas and Mary Burt, of Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
Thomas Burt
No. 3 Coy. Div. Train New Zealand Army Service Corps
9th October 1918, aged 25.
Row C. 3.
Son of Thomas and Mary Burt, of Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
23/726 Rifleman
Victor Dawson
1st Bn. 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
9th October 1918
Row C. 7.
Victor Dawson
1st Bn. 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
9th October 1918
Row C. 7.
World War Two Graves
Headstone Images © Johan Pauwels
J/85342 Pilot Officer (Air Gunner)
Robert Duncan Ochsner
408 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force
13th June 1944, aged 25.
Row H. 1A. (Collective grave)
Son of Ernest Robert and Alice Louisa Ochsner, of Bittern Lake, Alberta, Canada; husband of Roberta Ochsner.
His headstone bears the inscription; "He Giveth His Beloved Sleep."
Aircraft crashed on operations over Cambrai with the loss of 6 crew.
Robert Duncan Ochsner
408 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force
13th June 1944, aged 25.
Row H. 1A. (Collective grave)
Son of Ernest Robert and Alice Louisa Ochsner, of Bittern Lake, Alberta, Canada; husband of Roberta Ochsner.
His headstone bears the inscription; "He Giveth His Beloved Sleep."
Aircraft crashed on operations over Cambrai with the loss of 6 crew.
J/15486 Squadron Leader (Pilot)
William Benjamin Stewart
408 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force
13th June 1944, aged 22.
Row H. 1A. (Collective grave)
Son of W. M. and Anabella Stewart, of New Richmond Station, Province of Quebec, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Come Unto Me... And I Will Give You Rest."
Aircraft crashed on operations over Cambrai with the loss of 6 crew.
William Benjamin Stewart
408 Sqdn. Royal Canadian Air Force
13th June 1944, aged 22.
Row H. 1A. (Collective grave)
Son of W. M. and Anabella Stewart, of New Richmond Station, Province of Quebec, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Come Unto Me... And I Will Give You Rest."
Aircraft crashed on operations over Cambrai with the loss of 6 crew.
Capture of Cambrai by the British 57th Division. Soldiers of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment on return from a patrol in Cambrai, 9 October 1918. (IWM Q11366)
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)
