JEMAPPES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Hainaut
Belgium
Location Information
The village of Jemappes is located south-west of Mons off the R5 ring. From the E19 motorway turn off at junction 24a and onto the ring R5. Follow the ring to the junction with the N51, turn left onto the N51 direction Jemappes. Follow the N51 into Jemappes and turn left into rue des Trois Hurees, then left into rue de l'Argilliere and the cemetery is along on the left. The graves are located along the centre path behind a hedge past the centre island.
Historical Information
Jemappes Communal Cemetery contains 18 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, nine of which are unidentified. All date from August 1914 or November 1918, and in most cases they were brought into the cemetery after the Armistice.
Burial Details
132890 Private Alexander Burnside, 42nd Bn. Canadian Inf. (Quebec Regt.) 10th November 1918, aged 35. Born Glasgow, Scotland. Son of Alexander & Jane Burnside of 5 Ernest Avenue, Toronto, Canada.
255456 Private E. Gretton, 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers, 10th November 1918
Lieutenant Frederick John Longworth, M. C., 9th Bde. Canadian Field Artillery. 10th November 1918, aged 25. Son of Louise C. Longworth of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and the late John A. Longworth
7905 Private P. S. F. Marshall, 1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regt. 24th August 1914, aged 23. Son of Mrs. Lucy Jane Marshall
132904 Private Arthur Mills Stanley, "C" Coy. 42nd Bn. Canadian Inf. (Quebec Regt.) 10th November 1918, aged 29. Husband of Mary S. Stanley of 2658 Waverley St., Montreal, Canada
L/6601 Private G. R. Stevens, 4th Bn. Royal Fusiliers. 29th September 1914, aged 33. Husband of Elizabeth Stevens of 24 Lismore Road, Philip Lane, Tottenham, London
2265502 Private E. W. Thackray, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Inf., Eastern Ontario Regt. 9th November 1918, aged 29. Son of the Rev. W. W. Thackray; husband of Cora A. Thackray of 251 North Street, Rochester, New York, U.S.A.
255230 Private W. S. Welsh, 3rd Canadian Machine Gun Corps. 10th November 1918, aged 39. Son of Robert Welsh; husband of Mrs. R. Breimon (formerly Welsh) of Kinistino, Saskatchewan, Canada
Lieutenant W. H. Williams, 326th Seige Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery. 9th Nov. 1918.
Note. S/43486 Private Leonard Harry LOCKLEY, King's Royal Rifle Corps, died 30th October 1918, was originally buried in this cemetery but was later removed to Langemark German Military Cemetery where there is also another United Kingdom burial.
Pictures in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
The village of Jemappes is located south-west of Mons off the R5 ring. From the E19 motorway turn off at junction 24a and onto the ring R5. Follow the ring to the junction with the N51, turn left onto the N51 direction Jemappes. Follow the N51 into Jemappes and turn left into rue des Trois Hurees, then left into rue de l'Argilliere and the cemetery is along on the left. The graves are located along the centre path behind a hedge past the centre island.
Historical Information
Jemappes Communal Cemetery contains 18 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, nine of which are unidentified. All date from August 1914 or November 1918, and in most cases they were brought into the cemetery after the Armistice.
Burial Details
132890 Private Alexander Burnside, 42nd Bn. Canadian Inf. (Quebec Regt.) 10th November 1918, aged 35. Born Glasgow, Scotland. Son of Alexander & Jane Burnside of 5 Ernest Avenue, Toronto, Canada.
255456 Private E. Gretton, 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers, 10th November 1918
Lieutenant Frederick John Longworth, M. C., 9th Bde. Canadian Field Artillery. 10th November 1918, aged 25. Son of Louise C. Longworth of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and the late John A. Longworth
7905 Private P. S. F. Marshall, 1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regt. 24th August 1914, aged 23. Son of Mrs. Lucy Jane Marshall
132904 Private Arthur Mills Stanley, "C" Coy. 42nd Bn. Canadian Inf. (Quebec Regt.) 10th November 1918, aged 29. Husband of Mary S. Stanley of 2658 Waverley St., Montreal, Canada
L/6601 Private G. R. Stevens, 4th Bn. Royal Fusiliers. 29th September 1914, aged 33. Husband of Elizabeth Stevens of 24 Lismore Road, Philip Lane, Tottenham, London
2265502 Private E. W. Thackray, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Inf., Eastern Ontario Regt. 9th November 1918, aged 29. Son of the Rev. W. W. Thackray; husband of Cora A. Thackray of 251 North Street, Rochester, New York, U.S.A.
255230 Private W. S. Welsh, 3rd Canadian Machine Gun Corps. 10th November 1918, aged 39. Son of Robert Welsh; husband of Mrs. R. Breimon (formerly Welsh) of Kinistino, Saskatchewan, Canada
Lieutenant W. H. Williams, 326th Seige Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery. 9th Nov. 1918.
Note. S/43486 Private Leonard Harry LOCKLEY, King's Royal Rifle Corps, died 30th October 1918, was originally buried in this cemetery but was later removed to Langemark German Military Cemetery where there is also another United Kingdom burial.
Pictures in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
Pictures in gallery below © Werner Van Caneghem
Pictures below © Barry Cuttell
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