FRESNOY-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Aisne
France
Location Information
Fresnoy-le-Grand is a small town in the Department of the Aisne, 14 kilometres north-east of St Quentin on the D8 and 6 kilometres south west of Bohain, also on the D8.
The Cemetery is signposted from the town's main road junction where the D70, D8 and ED311 meet. From this point the Cemetery is 200 metres to the left, further along the D311 direction Boukincamp. The British Cemetery lies at the back of the Communal Cemetery within a walled area.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site make wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
Fresnoy-Le-Grand was evacuated by the enemy on the 9th October 1918, and occupied by the 46th (North Midland) and 6th Divisions. The Extension was made and used by the 46th Division in October 1918.
There are now over 60, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.
The Extension covers an area of 240 square metres.
Casualty Details: UK 64, Germany 5, Total Burials: 69
Fresnoy-le-Grand is a small town in the Department of the Aisne, 14 kilometres north-east of St Quentin on the D8 and 6 kilometres south west of Bohain, also on the D8.
The Cemetery is signposted from the town's main road junction where the D70, D8 and ED311 meet. From this point the Cemetery is 200 metres to the left, further along the D311 direction Boukincamp. The British Cemetery lies at the back of the Communal Cemetery within a walled area.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site make wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
Fresnoy-Le-Grand was evacuated by the enemy on the 9th October 1918, and occupied by the 46th (North Midland) and 6th Divisions. The Extension was made and used by the 46th Division in October 1918.
There are now over 60, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.
The Extension covers an area of 240 square metres.
Casualty Details: UK 64, Germany 5, Total Burials: 69
Second Lieutenant
Cyril Stuart Embrey, M. C., Twice Mentioned in Despatches
1st/6th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
12th October 1918, aged 20.
Row A. 17.
Son of Mr. H. P. and Mrs. M. Embrey, of Rough Close, Stoke-on-Trent.
Cyril Stuart Embrey, M. C., Twice Mentioned in Despatches
1st/6th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
12th October 1918, aged 20.
Row A. 17.
Son of Mr. H. P. and Mrs. M. Embrey, of Rough Close, Stoke-on-Trent.
Second Lieutenant
Robert Sydney Plant
5th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
17th October 1918, aged 25.
Row B. 12.
Son of John R. and Emily I. Plant, of 49, Domine Cross Rd., Retford, Notts.
Robert Sydney Plant
5th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
17th October 1918, aged 25.
Row B. 12.
Son of John R. and Emily I. Plant, of 49, Domine Cross Rd., Retford, Notts.
A quarry at Fresnoy on the 20th Division front, showing entrances to the very extensive passages excavated in the chalk by the Germans, 15 October 1918. © IWM (Q 9570)
