HERCHIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Hainaut
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.53183 Longitude: 3.85934
Location Information
The village of Herchies is located north-west of the town of Mons off the N56. From the motorway E19/E42 turn off at junction 23 onto the N56 direction Ath. Follow the N56 to the town of Jurbise and then turn left in the town towards Erbaut along rue Anglais. Follow the main road through Erbaut and along to Herchies, in the village take the first main turning right along rue Valerie Bernard, then at the church bear right along Route de Lens. The communal cemetery is along here on the right.
Historical Information
Herchies Communal Cemetery contains eight Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Pictures in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
The village of Herchies is located north-west of the town of Mons off the N56. From the motorway E19/E42 turn off at junction 23 onto the N56 direction Ath. Follow the N56 to the town of Jurbise and then turn left in the town towards Erbaut along rue Anglais. Follow the main road through Erbaut and along to Herchies, in the village take the first main turning right along rue Valerie Bernard, then at the church bear right along Route de Lens. The communal cemetery is along here on the right.
Historical Information
Herchies Communal Cemetery contains eight Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Pictures in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
Click on Individual Headstone for Details
Pictures in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
Pictures in gallery below © Werner Van Caneghem
2830 Driver
John Arthur Baron
"A" Battery, 56th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
10th November 1918, aged 20.
Son of Joseph Augustine Baron and Sarah Baron, of 9, Linton St., Preston.
His headstone bears the inscription "Jesus Mercy, Mary Help On Whose Soul Sweet Jesus Have Mercy R. I. P"
John Arthur Baron
"A" Battery, 56th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
10th November 1918, aged 20.
Son of Joseph Augustine Baron and Sarah Baron, of 9, Linton St., Preston.
His headstone bears the inscription "Jesus Mercy, Mary Help On Whose Soul Sweet Jesus Have Mercy R. I. P"
