INCHY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Nord
France
Location Information
Inchy (or Inchy-Beaumont) is a village approximately 6 kilometres west of Le Cateau on the main road (N43) between Cambrai and Le Cateau.
Inchy Communal Cemetery Extension is within the Communal Cemetery, which is on the main road at the Le Cateau end of the village.
The register is available in the Mairie Monday to Friday from 8.30 to 12.00 and Friday from 8.30 to 12.00 and 15.00 to 17.30
Historical Information
Inchy was captured on the 3rd October 1918. The Communal Cemetery Extension was made by the 17th and 33rd Divisions.
There are now over 50, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. All fell in October, 1918.
The cemetery covers an area of 487 square metres and is enclosed by a low brick wall on three sides.
Casualty Details: UK 53, Germany 29, Total Burials: 82
Inchy (or Inchy-Beaumont) is a village approximately 6 kilometres west of Le Cateau on the main road (N43) between Cambrai and Le Cateau.
Inchy Communal Cemetery Extension is within the Communal Cemetery, which is on the main road at the Le Cateau end of the village.
The register is available in the Mairie Monday to Friday from 8.30 to 12.00 and Friday from 8.30 to 12.00 and 15.00 to 17.30
Historical Information
Inchy was captured on the 3rd October 1918. The Communal Cemetery Extension was made by the 17th and 33rd Divisions.
There are now over 50, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. All fell in October, 1918.
The cemetery covers an area of 487 square metres and is enclosed by a low brick wall on three sides.
Casualty Details: UK 53, Germany 29, Total Burials: 82
41922 Private
Ernest Carter
11th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
23rd October 1918, aged 31.
Row B. 41.
Son of Mr. H. Carter, of 44, Albion St., Ipswich.
Ernest Carter
11th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
23rd October 1918, aged 31.
Row B. 41.
Son of Mr. H. Carter, of 44, Albion St., Ipswich.
203287 Private
Thomas Shiel
1st Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
24th October 1918, aged 26.
Row B. 44.
Son of James and Isabella Shiel, of Innerleithen, Peebleshire; husband of the late Agnes Fairley Shiel.
His headstone bears the inscription; "To Memory Ever Dear."
Thomas Shiel
1st Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
24th October 1918, aged 26.
Row B. 44.
Son of James and Isabella Shiel, of Innerleithen, Peebleshire; husband of the late Agnes Fairley Shiel.
His headstone bears the inscription; "To Memory Ever Dear."
German prisoners taken by the 4th Canadian Division during its crossing of the Canal du Nord on 27 September 1918. The prisoners are near Inchy, which was just behind the Canadian sector of the front, to the west of the canal. © IWM (CO 3302)
Plotting reference: 57C E 1 2. Key feature: Inchy. © IWM (BOX 864-218-18JE-57C-1918)
