JONCHERY-SUR-VESLE BRITISH CEMETERY
Marne
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.29064, Longitude: 3.80836
Location Information
Jonchery-sur-Vesle is a village and commune in the Department of the Marne, about 16 kilometres west of Reims, adjacent to the Reims to Soissons road (E46-N31).
Exit the motorways A4-E50 or A26-E17 at the Reims intersection "Tinqueux".
On leaving the motorway take the N31-E46 road that goes from Reims to Soissons. Follow this road towards Soissons for 11 kilometres, then take the right hand side road to Jonchery-sur-Vesle. Follow this road for a further 2 kilometres, going straight through the centre of the village. Turn right at the last junction (at the CWGC road sign) and go along the Rue de Sachs for about 200 metres. The Cemetery is beside the road on the left hand side.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to the cemetery is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
Jonchery-sur-Vesle British Cemetery was made after the Armistice, by the concentration of graves from the battlefields and other cemeteries, including:-
ECUEIL FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, where 13 British soldiers were buried in July, 1918, with 31 French and 25 Italian.
TRAMERY FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY, where four British soldiers were buried in May, 1918.
TRESLON CHURCHYARD and FRENCH EXTENSION, where two British soldiers and one man of the Friends' Ambulance Unit were buried.
There are 367, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 266 are unidentified and special memorials are erected to five soldiers from the United Kingdom, buried in other cemeteries, whose graves could not be found.
The cemetery covers an area of 1,376 square metres and is enclosed by a low flint rubble wall.
Total Burials: 367.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 100, Canada 1. Total 101.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 266.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens & John Reginald Truelove
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
Lieutenant
Archibald Campbell Brown
"A" Bty. 95th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
27th May 1918, aged 35.
Plot I. H. 14.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Brown, of Edinburgh.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Eldest Son Of Archibald George Brown W.S. Edinburgh."
Archibald Campbell Brown
"A" Bty. 95th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
27th May 1918, aged 35.
Plot I. H. 14.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Brown, of Edinburgh.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Eldest Son Of Archibald George Brown W.S. Edinburgh."
204284 Private
Henry M. Bull
10th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
18th June 1918, aged 33.
Plot I. H. 12.
His headstone bears the inscription; "All You Had Hoped For All You Had You Gave To Save Mankind."
Henry M. Bull
10th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
18th June 1918, aged 33.
Plot I. H. 12.
His headstone bears the inscription; "All You Had Hoped For All You Had You Gave To Save Mankind."
29792 Private
Edward Harold Crowther
2nd Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
27th May 1918, aged 20.
Plot I. D. 19.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Crowther, of 29, North Drive, St. Anne's-on-the-Sea, Lancs.
Edward Harold Crowther
2nd Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
27th May 1918, aged 20.
Plot I. D. 19.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Crowther, of 29, North Drive, St. Anne's-on-the-Sea, Lancs.
A convoy of French artillery on the march between Hermonville and Bouvancourt, 22 April 1917. © IWM (Q 78879)
Captain
John Hamon Massey, M. C., Mentioned in Despatches
45th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
27th May 1918, aged 24.
Plot I. H. 15.
Croix de Guerre with Palms (France). Son of Horatio Arthur and Mary Judith Massey. Born in New Zealand. B.A. (Cantab.). Mentioned, with his Bty., in General Berthelot's Ordre General No. 351 of 16th July, 1918; the Bty. also received the Croix de Guerre. His brother George Hocken Massey also fell and is buried at Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Great Was His Soul In Its Stay Greater Still In Its Going Away."
John Hamon Massey, M. C., Mentioned in Despatches
45th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
27th May 1918, aged 24.
Plot I. H. 15.
Croix de Guerre with Palms (France). Son of Horatio Arthur and Mary Judith Massey. Born in New Zealand. B.A. (Cantab.). Mentioned, with his Bty., in General Berthelot's Ordre General No. 351 of 16th July, 1918; the Bty. also received the Croix de Guerre. His brother George Hocken Massey also fell and is buried at Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Great Was His Soul In Its Stay Greater Still In Its Going Away."
Second Lieutenant
John Gilbert Pippet, M. M.
1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
29th May 1918, aged 23.
Plot I. F. 21.
Son of Mrs. Margaret Maude Pippet, of Hambleton Villa, Market Rasen, Lincs. Born at Everingham, Yorks.
His headstone bears the inscription; "R. I. P."
John Gilbert Pippet, M. M.
1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
29th May 1918, aged 23.
Plot I. F. 21.
Son of Mrs. Margaret Maude Pippet, of Hambleton Villa, Market Rasen, Lincs. Born at Everingham, Yorks.
His headstone bears the inscription; "R. I. P."
30994 Private
F. E. Preece
2nd Bn. Devonshire Regiment
27th May 1918
Plot I. F. 34.
F. E. Preece
2nd Bn. Devonshire Regiment
27th May 1918
Plot I. F. 34.
42193 Private
Sydney Frank Robinson
4th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
4th June 1918
Plot I. C. 15.
Sydney Frank Robinson
4th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
4th June 1918
Plot I. C. 15.
Officers of the 2nd Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 62nd Division, conferring with French and Italian officers in the Bois de Reims during the Battle of Tardenois, 24 July 1918. © IWM (Q 11113)
Battle of Tardenois. Men of the 1/5th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment (62nd Division) resting in the Bois de Reims, 24 July 1918. © IWM (Q 11096)
