HENNUYÈRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Hainaut
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.63981 Longitude: 4.16752
Location Information
The village of Hennuyères is located north-east of the town of Soignies off the N6. From the motorway E19 turn off at junction 19 (Nivelles-sud) onto the R24 direction Ronquieres. Follow the R24 to the junction with the N533 and turn left direction Ronquieres. Follow the N533 to the junction with the N6 in Braine-le-Comte, turn right onto the N6 and follow to the first junction. Turn right here along rue de la Liberation towards Hennuyères. Enter the village and cross the railway, then follow the road to the market place. Turn left here into rue du Goutteux and the cemetery is along here on the left. The graves are located to the right of the main entrance.
Historical Information
Hennuyères Communal Cemetery contains three Commonwealth burials of the First World War, two of which are unidentified. All three were prisoners who died of influenza in October 1918.
Burial Details
PO/2426(S) Private Thomas Arthur Robbins, 2nd R.M. Bn. R.N. Div. Royal Marine Light Infantry, died 13th October 1918, aged 31. Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Jeffries; husband of Emily Scanlan (formerly Robbins), of 109, Broad St., Coventry.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
The village of Hennuyères is located north-east of the town of Soignies off the N6. From the motorway E19 turn off at junction 19 (Nivelles-sud) onto the R24 direction Ronquieres. Follow the R24 to the junction with the N533 and turn left direction Ronquieres. Follow the N533 to the junction with the N6 in Braine-le-Comte, turn right onto the N6 and follow to the first junction. Turn right here along rue de la Liberation towards Hennuyères. Enter the village and cross the railway, then follow the road to the market place. Turn left here into rue du Goutteux and the cemetery is along here on the left. The graves are located to the right of the main entrance.
Historical Information
Hennuyères Communal Cemetery contains three Commonwealth burials of the First World War, two of which are unidentified. All three were prisoners who died of influenza in October 1918.
Burial Details
PO/2426(S) Private Thomas Arthur Robbins, 2nd R.M. Bn. R.N. Div. Royal Marine Light Infantry, died 13th October 1918, aged 31. Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Jeffries; husband of Emily Scanlan (formerly Robbins), of 109, Broad St., Coventry.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
