WW1 Cemeteries.com - A photographic guide to over 4000 military cemeteries and memorials
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Belgium
    • Commonwealth Cemeteries in Belgium in Alphabetical Order
    • Commonwealth Cemeteries in Belgium >
      • HAINAUT
      • WEST-VLAANDEREN
      • OTHER BELGIAN DEPARTMENTS
    • BELGIAN MILITARY CEMETERIES
    • BELGIAN MEMORIALS
  • France
    • Commonwealth Cemeteries in France in Alphabetical Order
    • Commonwealth Cemeteries in France >
      • AISNE
      • MARNE
      • NORD
      • OISE
      • PAS DE CALAIS
      • SEINE-ET-MARNE
      • SEINE-MARITIME
      • SOMME
      • OTHER FRENCH DEPARTMENTS
    • FRENCH CEMETERIES WORLDWIDE
    • French Memorials
  • Gallipoli
  • Other CWGC Countries
  • GERMAN CEMETERIES
  • OTHER WAR AND MILITARY CEMETERIES
  • Architects
  • Shot at Dawn
  • Victoria Cross
  • Miscellaneous
  • Regimental Badges
  • "Silent Cities" Revisited

FORESTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY 
​​​
Aisne

​France


GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.80523, Longitude: 3.0989

Foreste Communal Cemetery

​Location Information

Foreste is a village in the Department of the Aisne, situated approximately 14 kilometres west of St. Quentin and approximately 9 kilometres north of Ham. Foreste Communal Cemetery is situated to the south of the village on the D34.


Historical Information

Foreste Communal Cemetery was used by the 92nd Field Ambulance in April 1917 and later by the 61st (South Midland) Division. The village fell into German hands in the summer of 1918. 

The cemetery contains 117 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 22 of the burials are unidentified and special memorials are erected to 23 casualties buried by the Germans whose grave cannot be traced.

Total Burials: 117.

Identified Casualties: 95.
​

Images in this gallery © Johan Pauwels

Foreste Communal Cemetery
Foreste Communal Cemetery
Foreste Communal Cemetery
Foreste Communal Cemetery
Foreste Communal Cemetery
Foreste Communal Cemetery
Foreste Communal Cemetery
Foreste Communal Cemetery
Foreste Communal Cemetery
Foreste Communal Cemetery
Foreste Communal Cemetery
Foreste Communal Cemetery
Picture
A/204548 Rifleman
Herbert Handscomb
14th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
2nd April 1918, aged 33.
Sp. Mem. 12.

Son of J. Handscomb, of Bishops Stortford, Herts.


Picture
Captain
Stanley James Linzell, M. C.
Royal Army Medical Corps
3rd April 1917
Plot I. A. 19.

Croix de Guerre (France). Son of Mr. H. J. and Mrs. J. Linzell, of The Lodge, Trimley St. Mary, Suffolk.

His headstone bears the inscription: "He Being Made Perfect. In A Short Time Fulfilled A Long Time."


Picture
Lieutenant
Frederick William Campion Sawyer

218th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
4th April 1917, aged 29.
Plot I. A. 18.


Picture
One of a number of German prisoners captured at the Battle of St. Quentin is offered a flask of water by a British soldier, part of the Rifle Brigade escort from the 20th Division, during the march along the Roye-Ham road, 22 March 1918. © IWM (Q 10773)
Foreste Communal Cemetery
Foreste Communal Cemetery
Foreste Communal Cemetery
Foreste Communal Cemetery
Foreste Communal Cemetery
Foreste Communal Cemetery
Foreste Communal Cemetery

NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
​

SAVY BRITISH CEMETERY
UGNY-L'ÉQUIPÉE CHURCHYARD
HAM BRITISH CEMETERY

World War Two Cemeteries
​

Please ask permission if you wish to use any of our images by using the contact tab above
​

Picture
Commonwealth War Graves
​Commission
Picture
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Picture
Australian War Memorial
Picture
New Zealand Online Cenotaph

​© COPYRIGHT TERENCE HEARD AND BRENT WHITTAM
​ 2005-2023 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
.​
Disclaimer 

The casualty numbers for each cemetery and G. P. S. Coordinates are taken from the C. W. G. C. site. We are aware that there can be discrepancies in the burial numbers quoted due to rededication burials.

  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Belgium
    • Commonwealth Cemeteries in Belgium in Alphabetical Order
    • Commonwealth Cemeteries in Belgium >
      • HAINAUT
      • WEST-VLAANDEREN
      • OTHER BELGIAN DEPARTMENTS
    • BELGIAN MILITARY CEMETERIES
    • BELGIAN MEMORIALS
  • France
    • Commonwealth Cemeteries in France in Alphabetical Order
    • Commonwealth Cemeteries in France >
      • AISNE
      • MARNE
      • NORD
      • OISE
      • PAS DE CALAIS
      • SEINE-ET-MARNE
      • SEINE-MARITIME
      • SOMME
      • OTHER FRENCH DEPARTMENTS
    • FRENCH CEMETERIES WORLDWIDE
    • French Memorials
  • Gallipoli
  • Other CWGC Countries
  • GERMAN CEMETERIES
  • OTHER WAR AND MILITARY CEMETERIES
  • Architects
  • Shot at Dawn
  • Victoria Cross
  • Miscellaneous
  • Regimental Badges
  • "Silent Cities" Revisited