HAUTRAGE MILITARY CEMETERY
Hainaut
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.4728 Longitude: 3.78334
Location Information
The cemetery is located 15 Kms west of Mons on the N547, a road leading from the N50 Route de Wallonie connecting Mons to Tournai. 15 Kms along the N50 immediately before the village of Hautrage lies the left hand turning onto the N547 Grande Route de Mons. The cemetery is located 800 metres along the N547 on the right hand side of the road.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access possible via main entrance.
Historical Information
The village of Hautrage was in German hands during almost the whole of the First World War.
The military cemetery was begun by the Germans in August and September 1914, and in the summer of 1918 they brought into it a large number of British graves of 1914, mostly of the 2nd Cavalry and 5th Infantry Divisions, from the surrounding battlefields and local cemeteries. After the Armistice 24 British graves were brought in from COUVIN, MARCHE, MARIEMBOURG and THUIN GERMAN CEMETERIES and from COLLARMONT GERMAN CEMETERY, CARNIERES. 85 German graves were brought in from the country South-West of Mons.
There are now 235 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War in the cemetery. 60 of the burials are unidentified and there are special memorials to five soldiers known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials commemorate casualties buried in Marche German Cemetery (Belgian Luxembourg), whose graves could not be found on concentration. The cemetery also contains 537 German war graves.
Total Burials: 772.
Identified Casualties: Germany 186, United Kingdom 175. Total 361.
The cemetery was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
The cemetery is located 15 Kms west of Mons on the N547, a road leading from the N50 Route de Wallonie connecting Mons to Tournai. 15 Kms along the N50 immediately before the village of Hautrage lies the left hand turning onto the N547 Grande Route de Mons. The cemetery is located 800 metres along the N547 on the right hand side of the road.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access possible via main entrance.
Historical Information
The village of Hautrage was in German hands during almost the whole of the First World War.
The military cemetery was begun by the Germans in August and September 1914, and in the summer of 1918 they brought into it a large number of British graves of 1914, mostly of the 2nd Cavalry and 5th Infantry Divisions, from the surrounding battlefields and local cemeteries. After the Armistice 24 British graves were brought in from COUVIN, MARCHE, MARIEMBOURG and THUIN GERMAN CEMETERIES and from COLLARMONT GERMAN CEMETERY, CARNIERES. 85 German graves were brought in from the country South-West of Mons.
There are now 235 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War in the cemetery. 60 of the burials are unidentified and there are special memorials to five soldiers known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials commemorate casualties buried in Marche German Cemetery (Belgian Luxembourg), whose graves could not be found on concentration. The cemetery also contains 537 German war graves.
Total Burials: 772.
Identified Casualties: Germany 186, United Kingdom 175. Total 361.
The cemetery was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Lieutenant
Colin Knox Anderson
3rd Bn. attd. "A" Coy. 1st Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
23rd August 1914, aged 26.
Plot I. D. 17.
Son of George Knox Anderson, D.L., J.P., and Mrs. Anderson, of Bridge Hill House, Canterbury, Kent. Educated at Malvern College.
Colin Knox Anderson
3rd Bn. attd. "A" Coy. 1st Bn., Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
23rd August 1914, aged 26.
Plot I. D. 17.
Son of George Knox Anderson, D.L., J.P., and Mrs. Anderson, of Bridge Hill House, Canterbury, Kent. Educated at Malvern College.
Captain
John Penrice Benson
1st Bn. East Surrey Regiment
23rd August 1914, aged 36.
Plot I. B. 5.
Son of Judge William Denman Benson and Jane Benson; husband of Laura Annette Benson.
John Penrice Benson
1st Bn. East Surrey Regiment
23rd August 1914, aged 36.
Plot I. B. 5.
Son of Judge William Denman Benson and Jane Benson; husband of Laura Annette Benson.
Second Lieutenant
Maximilian Francis Broadwood
"B" Coy. 1st Bn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
24th August 1914, aged 21.
Plot I. E. 18.
Son of Francis and Mary S. C. Broadwood, of Hever Court, Singlewell, Gravesend.
Maximilian Francis Broadwood
"B" Coy. 1st Bn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
24th August 1914, aged 21.
Plot I. E. 18.
Son of Francis and Mary S. C. Broadwood, of Hever Court, Singlewell, Gravesend.
"L" Battery, R.H.A. Retreat from Mons. This British Horse artillery unit made a heroic stand against advancing German troops during the retreat from Mons, Belgium on 1 September 1914. Mons stayed in German hands until liberated by Canadian troops on the last day of the war, 11 November 1918. © Canadian War Museum
Images in this gallery © Geerhard Joos
Grand Place, Mons - 22nd August, 1914
22nd August 1914; Troops of "A" Company, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (7th Brigade, 3rd Division) resting in the Grand Place, Mons. On the following day the Battalion won two Victoria Crosses (Lieutenant Maurice Dease and Private Sidney Godley) on the canal bridge at Nimy, two miles north of Mons. © IWM Q 70071
Grand Place, Mons - 11th November, 1918
Members of the 42nd Canadian Battalion rest in the Grand Place, Mons, on the morning of 11 November 1918. Belgian civilians welcomed the Canadians as liberators. The flags of the Allied nations are in the background, including those of Japan and the United States. © Canadian War Museum
Captain
Cyril Oswald Denman-Jubb, Mentioned in Despatches
2nd Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
24th August 1914, aged 38.
Plot I. A. 4.
Son of the Rev. Henry Denman-Jubb; husband of Marjorie Denman-Jubb. Served in the South African War.
Cyril Oswald Denman-Jubb, Mentioned in Despatches
2nd Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
24th August 1914, aged 38.
Plot I. A. 4.
Son of the Rev. Henry Denman-Jubb; husband of Marjorie Denman-Jubb. Served in the South African War.
Lieutenant
Harold Martin Soames
20th Hussars
23rd August 1914, aged 23.
Plot IV. A. 6.
Son of the late William Aldwin Soames, of Moor Park, Farnham, Surrey; husband of Colleen Ruth Soames.
Harold Martin Soames
20th Hussars
23rd August 1914, aged 23.
Plot IV. A. 6.
Son of the late William Aldwin Soames, of Moor Park, Farnham, Surrey; husband of Colleen Ruth Soames.
Canadian Corps commander Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Currie and other Canadian officers taking the salute in the Grand Place, Mons, Belgium on 11 November 1918. © Canadian War Museum
Images in this gallery Werner Van Caneghem
24th August 1914; German troops of the 18th Division, IXth Corps, in the Grand Place, Mons after the capture of the city. © IWM Q 70072
Led by a Highland band, likely from the 42nd Battalion, Canadians march through the streets of Mons on 11 November 1918 having fought their way into the city. © Canadian War Museum
