HEM-LENGLET COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord
France
Location Information
Hem-Lenglet is a village in the department of the Nord, 10 kilometres due north of the town of Cambrai. From Cambrai, follow the D402 road towards Blecourt and Hem-Lenglet. In Hem-Lenglet at the junction of the D402 and D71, turn right towards Paillencourt and Hordain. Follow the road through the village and 200 metres past the church the road turns sharply to the right. At this point follow the lane that continues straight on, the Rue des Paturettes. The Cemetery is located 100 metres down this lane on the right, and the nine war graves are situated at the far end of the Cemetery, 1 of which is unidentified.
Total Burials: 9.
Identified Casualties: Australia 5, United Kingdom 3. Total 8.
Burial Details
5580 Private C. Down, 23rd Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F. Died 23rd March 1917.
2163 Private A. A. Grant, 48th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F. Died 13rd April 1917.
201919 Private J. Green, 2nd/5th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), died 6th May 1917.
2460 Corporal George Rowe Grimmond, 14th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F. Died 15th April 1917, aged 24. Son of David and Winifred Grimmond, of Blanch St., Wahgunyah, Victoria, Australia.
141213 Private Alex Heggie Hendry, 51st Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), died 25th March 1918, aged 21. Son of George and Christina Hendry, of Agatha Bank, Camus St., Carnoustie, Forfarshire.
632 Private Mervyn Hodgetts, 15th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F. Died 6th May 1917, aged 21. Son of William and Sarah Hodgetts. Born at Cressy, Tasmania.
Lieutenant George Kirkland, 4th Company, Australian Machine Gun Corps, died 13th April 1917, aged 27. Son of James and Frances Kirkland; husband of May Kirkland, of 248, Newtownards Rd., Belfast, Ireland.
Second Lieutenant William Richard Roe, 11th Bn. Royal Fusiliers, attached to Honourable Artillery Company, died 11th May 1917, aged 24. Son of George and Tamzin Roe.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
Hem-Lenglet is a village in the department of the Nord, 10 kilometres due north of the town of Cambrai. From Cambrai, follow the D402 road towards Blecourt and Hem-Lenglet. In Hem-Lenglet at the junction of the D402 and D71, turn right towards Paillencourt and Hordain. Follow the road through the village and 200 metres past the church the road turns sharply to the right. At this point follow the lane that continues straight on, the Rue des Paturettes. The Cemetery is located 100 metres down this lane on the right, and the nine war graves are situated at the far end of the Cemetery, 1 of which is unidentified.
Total Burials: 9.
Identified Casualties: Australia 5, United Kingdom 3. Total 8.
Burial Details
5580 Private C. Down, 23rd Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F. Died 23rd March 1917.
2163 Private A. A. Grant, 48th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F. Died 13rd April 1917.
201919 Private J. Green, 2nd/5th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), died 6th May 1917.
2460 Corporal George Rowe Grimmond, 14th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F. Died 15th April 1917, aged 24. Son of David and Winifred Grimmond, of Blanch St., Wahgunyah, Victoria, Australia.
141213 Private Alex Heggie Hendry, 51st Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), died 25th March 1918, aged 21. Son of George and Christina Hendry, of Agatha Bank, Camus St., Carnoustie, Forfarshire.
632 Private Mervyn Hodgetts, 15th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F. Died 6th May 1917, aged 21. Son of William and Sarah Hodgetts. Born at Cressy, Tasmania.
Lieutenant George Kirkland, 4th Company, Australian Machine Gun Corps, died 13th April 1917, aged 27. Son of James and Frances Kirkland; husband of May Kirkland, of 248, Newtownards Rd., Belfast, Ireland.
Second Lieutenant William Richard Roe, 11th Bn. Royal Fusiliers, attached to Honourable Artillery Company, died 11th May 1917, aged 24. Son of George and Tamzin Roe.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
