HARVENG CHURCHYARD
Hainaut
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.39537 Longitude: 3.98743
Location Information
The village of Harveng is located south-west of the town of Mons on the N546. From the motorway E19/E42 turn off at junction 24a onto the R5 direction Nouvelles. Follow the R5 to the end and the junction with the N6. Turn right onto the N6 direction France. Follow the N6 through the village of Nouvelles to the junction with the N546 and turn left. Then take the first turn left towards Harveng along route Macadamisee. The church is in the Place d'Harveng which is at the end of Route Macadamisee. The 6 war graves are located in a group to the left of the church.
Historical Information
Harveng Churchyard contains six Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Burial Details
T2/16903 Driver A. Clarke, Army Service Corps attached to277th A.F.A. Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, died 20th November 1918, aged 49. Son of John and Mary Clarke.
Captain Benjamin Croft, 1st/28th Bn. attached to 10th Bn. Artists Rifles, London Regiment, died 10th November 1918.
763576 Serjeant Joseph Herbert Garbutt, 1st/28th Bn. Artists Rifles, London Regiment, died 10th November 1918, aged 22. Youngest son of George and Isabella Garbutt, of Langbaraugh, Fulford, York.
Second Lieutenant Hubert Weston King, 1st/28th Bn. attached to 10th Bn. London Regiment, died 10th November 1918, aged 21. Son of William Henry and Harriet Ann King, of 42, Village St., Old Normanton, Derby.
2034444 Private Albert Mitcham, 1st Bn. London Regiment, (Royal Fusiliers), died 10th November 1918, aged 22. Husband of Alice Mitcham, of 2, New Church Rd., Camberwell, London.
250940 Serjeant Frank Walter Roach, 1st/3rd Bn. London Regiment, (Royal Fusiliers), died 10th November 1918, aged 37. Husband of Mrs. Roach, of 47, Great College St., Camden Town, London.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
The village of Harveng is located south-west of the town of Mons on the N546. From the motorway E19/E42 turn off at junction 24a onto the R5 direction Nouvelles. Follow the R5 to the end and the junction with the N6. Turn right onto the N6 direction France. Follow the N6 through the village of Nouvelles to the junction with the N546 and turn left. Then take the first turn left towards Harveng along route Macadamisee. The church is in the Place d'Harveng which is at the end of Route Macadamisee. The 6 war graves are located in a group to the left of the church.
Historical Information
Harveng Churchyard contains six Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Burial Details
T2/16903 Driver A. Clarke, Army Service Corps attached to277th A.F.A. Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, died 20th November 1918, aged 49. Son of John and Mary Clarke.
Captain Benjamin Croft, 1st/28th Bn. attached to 10th Bn. Artists Rifles, London Regiment, died 10th November 1918.
763576 Serjeant Joseph Herbert Garbutt, 1st/28th Bn. Artists Rifles, London Regiment, died 10th November 1918, aged 22. Youngest son of George and Isabella Garbutt, of Langbaraugh, Fulford, York.
Second Lieutenant Hubert Weston King, 1st/28th Bn. attached to 10th Bn. London Regiment, died 10th November 1918, aged 21. Son of William Henry and Harriet Ann King, of 42, Village St., Old Normanton, Derby.
2034444 Private Albert Mitcham, 1st Bn. London Regiment, (Royal Fusiliers), died 10th November 1918, aged 22. Husband of Alice Mitcham, of 2, New Church Rd., Camberwell, London.
250940 Serjeant Frank Walter Roach, 1st/3rd Bn. London Regiment, (Royal Fusiliers), died 10th November 1918, aged 37. Husband of Mrs. Roach, of 47, Great College St., Camden Town, London.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
