HUY (LA SARTE) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Liège
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.5151 Longitude: 5.25406
Picture © Geerhard Joos
Location Information
Huy is a town in the Province of Liège, on the river Meuse, between Namur and Liege. The cemetery of La Sarte serves the hamlet of that name. It stands high up the hill on the south side of the town, commanding wide views of the Meuse valley. From the centre of Huy follow the N66 up the hill in the direction of Hamoir. Take the turning on the right signed to La Sarte (chemin De La Sauveniere) and the cemetery is along here on the right.
Historical Information
The 50th (Northumbrian) Casualty Clearing Station was posted to Huy from January to May 1919.
The Communal Cemetery contains a plot of 109 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and seven war graves of other nationalities.
Total Burials: 116.
Commonwealth Identified Casualties: Canada 55, United Kingdom 52. Total 107.
Commonwealth Unidentified Casualties: 2. Total 2.
Non Commonwealth Casualty Details. France 6, Russia 1. Total 7.
The commonwealth plot was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Huy is a town in the Province of Liège, on the river Meuse, between Namur and Liege. The cemetery of La Sarte serves the hamlet of that name. It stands high up the hill on the south side of the town, commanding wide views of the Meuse valley. From the centre of Huy follow the N66 up the hill in the direction of Hamoir. Take the turning on the right signed to La Sarte (chemin De La Sauveniere) and the cemetery is along here on the right.
Historical Information
The 50th (Northumbrian) Casualty Clearing Station was posted to Huy from January to May 1919.
The Communal Cemetery contains a plot of 109 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and seven war graves of other nationalities.
Total Burials: 116.
Commonwealth Identified Casualties: Canada 55, United Kingdom 52. Total 107.
Commonwealth Unidentified Casualties: 2. Total 2.
Non Commonwealth Casualty Details. France 6, Russia 1. Total 7.
The commonwealth plot was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Images in this gallery © Johan Pauwels
Second Lieutenant
William Vincent Clements
M. T. Royal Army Service Corps attached to 58th Siege Battery Ammunition Col.
20th February 1919, aged 34.
Plot II. A. 14.
Son of William King Clements and Emily Robinson Clements, of The Hermitage, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol; husband of Effie J. K. Clements, of "Montrose," 5, Brecon Rd., Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol.
His headstone bears the inscription "Rock Of Ages Cleft For Me"
William Vincent Clements
M. T. Royal Army Service Corps attached to 58th Siege Battery Ammunition Col.
20th February 1919, aged 34.
Plot II. A. 14.
Son of William King Clements and Emily Robinson Clements, of The Hermitage, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol; husband of Effie J. K. Clements, of "Montrose," 5, Brecon Rd., Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol.
His headstone bears the inscription "Rock Of Ages Cleft For Me"
455117 Private
John Kennedy
13th Bn, Canadian Infantry
20th February 1919, aged 39.
Plot II. A. 20.
Son of Michael and Anne Kennedy, of Tyendinaga; husband of Mary E. Kennedy, of 298, Coleman St., Belleville, Ontario.
John Kennedy
13th Bn, Canadian Infantry
20th February 1919, aged 39.
Plot II. A. 20.
Son of Michael and Anne Kennedy, of Tyendinaga; husband of Mary E. Kennedy, of 298, Coleman St., Belleville, Ontario.
Images in this gallery © Geerhard Joos
216750 Sapper
John McNiven Leckie
1st Field Company, Canadian Engineers
28th January 1919, aged 20.
Plot I. A. 2.
Son of John McNiven Leckie and Margaret Melvin Leckie, of 309, Parkview St., St. James, Manitoba.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done"
John McNiven Leckie
1st Field Company, Canadian Engineers
28th January 1919, aged 20.
Plot I. A. 2.
Son of John McNiven Leckie and Margaret Melvin Leckie, of 309, Parkview St., St. James, Manitoba.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done"
6119 Private
Douglas McLaren
1st Bn. Canadian Infantry
3rd March 1919, aged 22.
Plot II. A. 44.
Son of William S. and Edith M. Smith, of Mount Forest, Ontario.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Died For Liberty And Right"
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Douglas McLaren
1st Bn. Canadian Infantry
3rd March 1919, aged 22.
Plot II. A. 44.
Son of William S. and Edith M. Smith, of Mount Forest, Ontario.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Died For Liberty And Right"
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213683 Lance Corporal
Earl Bungey Sparks
1st Bn. Canadian Engineers
24th January 1919, aged 33.
Plot I. A. 8.
Son of William J. and Ellen Sparks; husband of Pauline Sparks, of 84, Brock St., Sandwich, Ontario.
Earl Bungey Sparks
1st Bn. Canadian Engineers
24th January 1919, aged 33.
Plot I. A. 8.
Son of William J. and Ellen Sparks; husband of Pauline Sparks, of 84, Brock St., Sandwich, Ontario.
Images in this gallery © Jean-Michel Dominque
German sentries at the entrance to Fort Loucin in the Fortress of Liege. © IWM Q 88049
Ruins of Fort Loucin in the Fortress of Liege, shot to pieces by a German 42 cm mortar. © IWM Q 45995
Ruins of Fort Loucin in the Fortress of Liege, shot to pieces by a German 42 cm mortar. © IWM Q 50967
