GENTELLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.84555, Longitude: 2.44878
Location Information
Gentelles is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme. From Amiens take the N29 in the direction of Longeau and continue along the N29 in the direction of Villers Bretonneux. Just over 4 kilometres from Longeau, turn right immediately adjacent to the Boves road onto the Gentelles road. DO NOT take the road for Boves. The cemetery lies 3 kilometres along the Gentelles road on the left hand side.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access possible via main entrance.
Historical Information
Gentelles Communal cemetery contains 23 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. Two of the burials are unidentified and three graves destroyed by shell fire are represented by special memorials.
Total Burials: 23.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 18, Australia 3. Total 21.
Unidentified Casualties: 2.
Gentelles is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme. From Amiens take the N29 in the direction of Longeau and continue along the N29 in the direction of Villers Bretonneux. Just over 4 kilometres from Longeau, turn right immediately adjacent to the Boves road onto the Gentelles road. DO NOT take the road for Boves. The cemetery lies 3 kilometres along the Gentelles road on the left hand side.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access possible via main entrance.
Historical Information
Gentelles Communal cemetery contains 23 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. Two of the burials are unidentified and three graves destroyed by shell fire are represented by special memorials.
Total Burials: 23.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 18, Australia 3. Total 21.
Unidentified Casualties: 2.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
Major
Benjamin Douglas Jack
54th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
9th April 1918, aged 24.
Son of Benjamin James and Sarah Ann Jack, of McGregor Avenue, Black Rock, Victoria, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patri A Mori"
Benjamin Douglas Jack
54th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
9th April 1918, aged 24.
Son of Benjamin James and Sarah Ann Jack, of McGregor Avenue, Black Rock, Victoria, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patri A Mori"
Picture © Barry Cuttell
