HINGES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.56152, Longitude: 2.62085
Location Information
Hinges is a village and commune in the Pas-de-Calais, some 5 kilometres north-west of Béthune. The Military Cemetery is on the southern side of the village adjoining the Communal Cemetery. From the church in Hinges head south-west on the Rue de Bethune. The Military Cemetery is 400 metres from the church on the left hand side.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The chateau at Hinges was the headquarters of the Indian, I, XI and other Corps. The village was used for rest billets until April 1918, when the German advance was stopped on the canal, a little to the east.
The cemetery was begun in May 1915, and used (mainly by field ambulances) until the following August. It was used again for one burial in April 1918 and after the Armistice, graves of April-August 1918, were brought in from the battlefields immediately east of the village.
Hinges Military Cemetery now contains 105 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 20 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to four casualties believed to be buried among them.
Total Burials: 105.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 59, Canada 26. Total 85.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 20.
The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw.
Hinges is a village and commune in the Pas-de-Calais, some 5 kilometres north-west of Béthune. The Military Cemetery is on the southern side of the village adjoining the Communal Cemetery. From the church in Hinges head south-west on the Rue de Bethune. The Military Cemetery is 400 metres from the church on the left hand side.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The chateau at Hinges was the headquarters of the Indian, I, XI and other Corps. The village was used for rest billets until April 1918, when the German advance was stopped on the canal, a little to the east.
The cemetery was begun in May 1915, and used (mainly by field ambulances) until the following August. It was used again for one burial in April 1918 and after the Armistice, graves of April-August 1918, were brought in from the battlefields immediately east of the village.
Hinges Military Cemetery now contains 105 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 20 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to four casualties believed to be buried among them.
Total Burials: 105.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 59, Canada 26. Total 85.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 20.
The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw.
81105 Private
Edward Brown
8th Bn. Canadian Infantry
23rd May 1915
Row A. 10.
Edward Brown
8th Bn. Canadian Infantry
23rd May 1915
Row A. 10.
Second Lieutenant
Henry MacKay Drake
8th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
17th June 1915
In front of Row A, North corner of Cem.
Henry MacKay Drake
8th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
17th June 1915
In front of Row A, North corner of Cem.
33326 Private
Judson Harold Ellis
3rd Field Amb. Canadian Army Medical Corps
21st May 1915, aged 24.
Row A. 1.
Son of William Sandford Ellis and Elizabeth Ellis, of Alliston, Ontario.
Judson Harold Ellis
3rd Field Amb. Canadian Army Medical Corps
21st May 1915, aged 24.
Row A. 1.
Son of William Sandford Ellis and Elizabeth Ellis, of Alliston, Ontario.
12019 Private
John Thomas Hazel
5th Bn. Canadian Infantry
26th May 1915.
Row A. 19.
John Thomas Hazel
5th Bn. Canadian Infantry
26th May 1915.
Row A. 19.
Second Lieutenant
John Francis Logan
1st Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
12th April 1918, aged 34.
Row C. 6.
Son of James and Frances Logan, of Restalrig, Bearsden, Dumbartonshire; husband of Jessie W. Brown Logan, of "Glenside," Shields Rd., Motherwell, Lanarkshire.
John Francis Logan
1st Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
12th April 1918, aged 34.
Row C. 6.
Son of James and Frances Logan, of Restalrig, Bearsden, Dumbartonshire; husband of Jessie W. Brown Logan, of "Glenside," Shields Rd., Motherwell, Lanarkshire.
28052 Private
Norman Bruce Lothian
"H" Coy. 15th Bn. Canadian Infantry
21st May 1915, aged 26.
Row A. 8.
Son of Alexander James and Mary Begbie Lothian, of Loanstone House, Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland. Born at Melrose, Roxburghshire.
Norman Bruce Lothian
"H" Coy. 15th Bn. Canadian Infantry
21st May 1915, aged 26.
Row A. 8.
Son of Alexander James and Mary Begbie Lothian, of Loanstone House, Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland. Born at Melrose, Roxburghshire.
10th April 1918; Battle of the Lys: Wounded British and Portuguese troops entering a hospital train at Hinges. © IWM (Q 345)
9155 Sergeant
Le Roy Launcelot Seeley
3rd Bn. Canadian Infantry
25th May 1915, aged 25.
Row A. 15.
Son of Thomas H. and Susan J. Seeley; husband of Olive Hudson Seeley, of 924A, Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario.
His headstone bears the inscription; "We Who Knew The Splendour Of His Soul Will Not Forget."
Le Roy Launcelot Seeley
3rd Bn. Canadian Infantry
25th May 1915, aged 25.
Row A. 15.
Son of Thomas H. and Susan J. Seeley; husband of Olive Hudson Seeley, of 924A, Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario.
His headstone bears the inscription; "We Who Knew The Splendour Of His Soul Will Not Forget."
Lieutenant
John Alexander Hay Smith
11th Bn. Royal Scots
14th August 1915, aged 24.
Row B. 1.
Son of William and Isabella Seath Mair Smith, of 14, Greenhill Place, Edinburgh.
John Alexander Hay Smith
11th Bn. Royal Scots
14th August 1915, aged 24.
Row B. 1.
Son of William and Isabella Seath Mair Smith, of 14, Greenhill Place, Edinburgh.
9377 Private
Cyril Monsarrat Thompson
3rd Bn. Canadian Infantry
28th May 1915, aged 24.
Row A. 21.
Son of Fred W. and Ida Thompson, of 3A, Jennings Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Until The Day Dawns And The Shadows Flee Away."
Cyril Monsarrat Thompson
3rd Bn. Canadian Infantry
28th May 1915, aged 24.
Row A. 21.
Son of Fred W. and Ida Thompson, of 3A, Jennings Avenue, Toronto, Ontario.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Until The Day Dawns And The Shadows Flee Away."
Major
Gordon Brooks Wright, D. S. O., Mentioned in Despatches
3rd Field Coy. Canadian Engineers
21st May 1915
Row A. 12.
Gordon Brooks Wright, D. S. O., Mentioned in Despatches
3rd Field Coy. Canadian Engineers
21st May 1915
Row A. 12.
10th April 1918; Battle of the Lys: British light wounded outside a dressing station near Hinges. © IWM (Q 343)
10th April 1918; Defence of Hinges Ridge. Men of 51st (Highland) Infantry Division in a shell-hole near Locon which they have made into a rifle pit, 10 April 1918. © IWM (Q 6500)
