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GUISE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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Aisne

​France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.8988, Longitude: 3.633

Location Information

Guise is a small town in the Department of the Aisne, 27 kilometres north-east of St Quentin. The War Graves are in the north-eastern part of the Communal Cemetery.


Historical Information

Guise has given its name to the battle of the 29th-30th August 1914, between the French Fifth Army and Germans. It was retaken by the French troops on the 4th November 1918. 

There are now 12, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated here, in the North-East of the cemetery.
When the British army retreated in 1914, some soldiers were left behind and were hidden by the French, but when captured, eleven were shot as spies by the enemy at a nearby Château on 25th February, 1915.


Pictures in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Guise Communal Cemetery
Guise Communal Cemetery
Guise Communal Cemetery
Guise Communal Cemetery
Guise Communal Cemetery
Guise Communal Cemetery
Guise Communal Cemetery
Guise Communal Cemetery
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7845 Private
Frederick Innocent
2nd Bn. Royal Munster Fusiliers
​25th February 1915.

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6594 Private
 
John Walsh
2nd Bn. Connaught Rangers
25th February 1915, aged 33.

​Son of Mrs. Mary Walsh of Barrack Street, Tullamore, Offaly.

Other Burial Details: 

6240 Private Denis Buckley, 2nd Bn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, died 25th February 1915.

9852 Private Daniel Horgan, 2nd Bn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, died25th February 1915.

9381 Private George Howard, 2nd Bn. Connaught Rangers, died 25th February 1915.

7925 Lance Corporal James Moffatt, "D" Company, 2nd Bn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, 25th February 1915. Son of Matthew and Helen Moffatt of Birkenhead.

8713 Private Terence Murphy, 2nd Bn. Connaught Rangers, 25th February 1915.

10084 Private John Nash, 2nd Bn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, 25th February 1915, aged 21. Son of James and Bridget Nash of Rossmore, Tahilla, Kenmare, Co. Kerry.

6943 Lance Corporal John William Stent, 15th (The King's) Hussars. 25th February 1915.

9472 Private William Thompson, 2nd Bn. Connaught Rangers, 25th February 1915, aged 24. Son of Mr. W. Thompson of 45 Dutton Road, Owlerton, Sheffield.

7010 Private Matthew Wilson, 2nd Bn. Connaught Rangers, 25th February 1915.

75612 Driver J. W. Yarnell, 47th Battery, Royal Field Artillery. 25th August 1914.

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GUISE (LA DÉSOLATION) FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY
VADENCOURT-ET-BOHÉRIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
NEUVILLETTE CHURCHYARD

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