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GLAGEON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION 
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​France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.05354, Longitude: 4.06801

Glageon Communal Cemetery Extension

​Location Information

The village of Glageon is about 3 kilometres west of Trelon, 11 kilometres south-east of Avesnes and 56 kilometres east of Cambrai. The Communal Cemetery and Extension lie west of the village.


Historical Information

Glageon village was in German occupation during practically the whole of the War.

There are 303, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in the extension, of these, over 10 are unidentified.

The Extension covers an area of 2,202 square metres and was designed by George Hartley Goldsmith.


Total Burials: 303.

Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 286, South Africa 1. Total 287.


Images in this gallery © Johan Pauwels

Glageon Communal Cemetery Extension
Glageon Communal Cemetery Extension
Glageon Communal Cemetery Extension
Glageon Communal Cemetery Extension
Glageon Communal Cemetery Extension
Glageon Communal Cemetery Extension
Glageon Communal Cemetery Extension
Glageon Communal Cemetery Extension
Glageon Communal Cemetery Extension
Glageon Communal Cemetery Extension
Glageon Communal Cemetery Extension
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160988 Private
Cyril Haines
"X" 50th T.M. Bty.Royal Field Artillery
21st September 1918, aged 21.
Plot II. K. 5.

Youngest son of Police Sergeant Haines of Buckshaw Terrace, Simonstone, Lancashire. Died as a prisoner of War after being captured at Greon Hill in May 1917.


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R/9237 Rifleman
Cyril Harris
9th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
26th September 1918
Plot II. H. 6.




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Battle of the Lys, April 1918. A Portuguese prisoner being examined by a German Intelligence Officer at Fourmies prison camp. © IWM (Q 55260)
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690031 Gunner
William Hendrick Keral Kuypers
"F" Battery, 45th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
6th September 1918.
​Plot II. M. 2.



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98856 Gunner
James McArthur
119th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
17th September 1918, aged 36.
Plot I. K. 13.

Son of William and Margaret McArthur, of Johnstone; husband of Marion Edgar Watson McArthur, of Elm Bank, Johnstone, Renfrewshire.

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17145 Private
Frank William Wells
13th Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment
3rd October 1918, aged 21.
Plot II. F. 17.

Son of Frank W. and Alice Wells, of 64, Arden St., Earlsdon, Coventry.

His headstone bears the inscription "Be Thou Faithful Unto Death And I Will Give Thee A Crown Of Life"



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