FRESNOY-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Aisne
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.94995, Longitude: 3.42044
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 69, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.
The Extension covers an area of 240 square metres.
Total Burials: 69.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 64, Germany 3. Total 67.
Unidentified Casualties: Germany 2. Total 2.
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 69, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.
The Extension covers an area of 240 square metres.
Total Burials: 69.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 64, Germany 3. Total 67.
Unidentified Casualties: Germany 2. Total 2.
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.
305137 Private
W. Godson
1st/8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
17th October 1918.
Row A. 23.
Husband of Mrs. N. Partridge (formerly Godson), of 44, Dalesforth St., Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottingham.
W. Godson
1st/8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
17th October 1918.
Row A. 23.
Husband of Mrs. N. Partridge (formerly Godson), of 44, Dalesforth St., Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottingham.
Captain
William Boyd Jack, M. C.
Royal Army Medical Corps attached to 1st/5th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
11th October 1918, aged 38.
Row A. 7.
Inscription "We Fall To Rise Are Baffled To Fight Better Sleep To Wake"
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Son of Alexander Hunter Jack and Elizabeth Bowman Jack; husband of Jean Garven Jack, of "Laurel Mount", Kendal. Medical practitioner at Kendal. Born at Harelaw, Musselburgh, Midlothian.
William Boyd Jack, M. C.
Royal Army Medical Corps attached to 1st/5th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
11th October 1918, aged 38.
Row A. 7.
Inscription "We Fall To Rise Are Baffled To Fight Better Sleep To Wake"
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Son of Alexander Hunter Jack and Elizabeth Bowman Jack; husband of Jean Garven Jack, of "Laurel Mount", Kendal. Medical practitioner at Kendal. Born at Harelaw, Musselburgh, Midlothian.
265495 Lance Corporal
W. E. Mumby
1st/5th Lincolnshire Regiment
17th October 1918.
Row B. 29.
Husband of Mrs V. Mumby, of 1 I, Mill Place, Market Place, Cleethorpes, Lincs.
W. E. Mumby
1st/5th Lincolnshire Regiment
17th October 1918.
Row B. 29.
Husband of Mrs V. Mumby, of 1 I, Mill Place, Market Place, Cleethorpes, Lincs.
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)
Images in this gallery © Johan Pauwels
Children found in Brancourt on its capture by the 30th American Division on 8 October 1918. Photograph taken on 9 October. IWM (Q7094)
