FRAMERIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Hainaut
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.4129 Longitude: 3.90666
Picture © Werner Van Caneghem
Location Information
The village of Frameries is located south-west of Mons off the R5 ring. From the E19 motorway turn off at junction 24a and onto the ring R5. Follow the ring to the junction with the N544, turn right onto the N544 direction Frameries. Follow the N544 into Frameries and at the first turning on the left turn left into rue Sainte-Philomene. Take the first turning left into rue Donaire, cross the railway and the cemetery is along here on the left. The graves are located in the Belgian Military area in plots 9 and 39.
Historical Information
The 9th Infantry Brigade fought their way through the streets of Frameries on 24 August 1914. The village remained in German hands until retaken by the Canadian Corps at the end of the war.
The graves in the communal cemetery are largely those of soldiers who fell in August 1914, most of whom belonged to the 3rd Division and largely to the 1st Lincolns. These graves, with one exception, were brought into the cemetery after the Armistice.
The cemetery now contains 95 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 67 of which are unidentified.
Total Burials: 95.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 20, Canada 8. Total 28.
Unidentified Casualties: 67.
"L" Battery, R.H.A. Retreat from Mons. This British Horse artillery unit made a heroic stand against advancing German troops during the retreat from Mons, Belgium on 1 September 1914. Mons stayed in German hands until liberated by Canadian troops on the last day of the war, 11 November 1918. © Canadian War Museum
Images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem
Soldiers of the 4th Dragoon Guards take up defensive positions while waiting for the 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Note the civilians (left). © IWM Q 83057
71827 Gunner
William James Barnes
109th Battery, Royal Field Artillery
24th August 1914.
Plot I. A. 9.
William James Barnes
109th Battery, Royal Field Artillery
24th August 1914.
Plot I. A. 9.
3031460 Private
Alfred Simmonds Dawson
20th Bn. Canadian Infantry
10th November 1918, aged 29.
Plot II. A. 5.
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Son of Kate R. Dawson, of 124, Woolfrey Avenue, Toronto, and the late Thomas Dawson.
Alfred Simmonds Dawson
20th Bn. Canadian Infantry
10th November 1918, aged 29.
Plot II. A. 5.
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Son of Kate R. Dawson, of 124, Woolfrey Avenue, Toronto, and the late Thomas Dawson.
Captain
Cecil Crampton Holmes, Mentioned in Despatches
1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
26th August 1914, aged 26.
Plot III. A. 8.
Son of Capt. Harry William and Mrs. Anna Holmes, of Rockwood, Galway.
His headstone bears the inscription "Son Of Capt. H. W. Holmes Rockwood, Galway, Ireland Until The Day Dawn"
Cecil Crampton Holmes, Mentioned in Despatches
1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
26th August 1914, aged 26.
Plot III. A. 8.
Son of Capt. Harry William and Mrs. Anna Holmes, of Rockwood, Galway.
His headstone bears the inscription "Son Of Capt. H. W. Holmes Rockwood, Galway, Ireland Until The Day Dawn"
Captain
Malcolm Leckie, D. S. O., M. I. D.
Royal Army Medical Corps, attd. 1st Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
28th August 1914, aged 34.
Plot I. B. 1.
Son of James Blyth Leckie and Selina Leckie, of Monkstown, Crowborough, Sussex.
His headstone bears the inscription "Personne N'a Un Plus Grand Amour That Celui Qui Donne Sa Vie Pour Ses Amis St. Jean XV. 13"
Malcolm Leckie, D. S. O., M. I. D.
Royal Army Medical Corps, attd. 1st Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
28th August 1914, aged 34.
Plot I. B. 1.
Son of James Blyth Leckie and Selina Leckie, of Monkstown, Crowborough, Sussex.
His headstone bears the inscription "Personne N'a Un Plus Grand Amour That Celui Qui Donne Sa Vie Pour Ses Amis St. Jean XV. 13"
Lieutenant
Eric Llewelyn Welchman
1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
24th August 1914, aged 21.
Plot II. A. 10.
Son of The Venerable W. Welchman, Archdeacon of Bristol, of 24, Berkeley Square, Clifton, Bristol.
His headstone bears the inscription "Nil Separabit"
Eric Llewelyn Welchman
1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
24th August 1914, aged 21.
Plot II. A. 10.
Son of The Venerable W. Welchman, Archdeacon of Bristol, of 24, Berkeley Square, Clifton, Bristol.
His headstone bears the inscription "Nil Separabit"
Grand Place, Mons - 22nd August, 1914
22nd August 1914; Troops of "A" Company, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (7th Brigade, 3rd Division) resting in the Grand Place, Mons. On the following day the Battalion won two Victoria Crosses (Lieutenant Maurice Dease and Private Sidney Godley) on the canal bridge at Nimy, two miles north of Mons. © IWM Q 70071
Grand Place, Mons - 11th November, 1918
Members of the 42nd Canadian Battalion rest in the Grand Place, Mons, on the morning of 11 November 1918. Belgian civilians welcomed the Canadians as liberators. The flags of the Allied nations are in the background, including those of Japan and the United States. © Canadian War Museum
Images in this gallery © Johan Pauwels
Led by a Highland band, likely from the 42nd Battalion, Canadians march through the streets of Mons on 11 November 1918 having fought their way into the city. © Canadian War Museum
Canadian Corps commander Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Currie and other Canadian officers taking the salute in the Grand Place, Mons, Belgium on 11 November 1918. © Canadian War Museum
