LA CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIÈRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.67317, Longitude: 2.91009
Image above © Werner Van Caneghem
Location Information
La Chapelle-d'Armentières is a village 1.5 kilometres to the west of Armentières, a large town in the north of France.
From the Marie in La Chapelle-d'Armentières turn left onto the main road. Continue to the roundabout and then turn left towards Houplines. The narrow road leading to the Communal Cemetery is found on the right after 400 metres. The Commonwealth plot is to the left of the entrance to the cemetery.
Historical Information
La Chapelle-d'Armentières village was in British hands from October 1914 until the fall of Armentières on the 10th April 1918, and it was retaken in the following October. During the British occupation it was very close to the front line, and the cemeteries which it contains are those made by fighting units and Field Ambulances in the earlier days of trench warfare.
There are 61 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-18 war commemorated in this site. The first grave is that of an Artilleryman buried in October 1914; the remaining graves were made in January-September 1915.
The Plot covers an area of 315 square metres.
The Communal plot was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Total Burials: 61.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 60, Canada 1.
Shot at Dawn
62971 Gunner William Jones, 43rd Bty, Royal Field Artillery, executed for desertion 20th April 1915. Row E. 1.
62971 Gunner William Jones, 43rd Bty, Royal Field Artillery, executed for desertion 20th April 1915. Row E. 1.
Picture © Geerhard Joos
Second Lieutenant
Herbert Arthur William Beausire
1st Bn. Royal Fusiliers
15th March 1915, aged 22.
Row E. 3.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Beausire, of 15, Addison Crescent, Kensington, London. His brother Second Lieut. C.E. Beausire also fell and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Blessed Are The Dead Which Die In The Lord" Rev.14.13 Sacred To His Memory."
Herbert Arthur William Beausire
1st Bn. Royal Fusiliers
15th March 1915, aged 22.
Row E. 3.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Beausire, of 15, Addison Crescent, Kensington, London. His brother Second Lieut. C.E. Beausire also fell and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Blessed Are The Dead Which Die In The Lord" Rev.14.13 Sacred To His Memory."
Captain
William Ford Coates
6th Bn. attached to 1st Bn. Royal Fusiliers
30th April 1915, aged 24.
Row B. 2.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Ford Coates, of Park Place, Sunderland and The Manor, Ireshope Burn, Co. Durham.
William Ford Coates
6th Bn. attached to 1st Bn. Royal Fusiliers
30th April 1915, aged 24.
Row B. 2.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Ford Coates, of Park Place, Sunderland and The Manor, Ireshope Burn, Co. Durham.
8251 Private
Alfred Pearson
2nd Bn. Canadian Infantry
21st February 1915, aged 20.
Row D. 6.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Till We Meet Again."
Alfred Pearson
2nd Bn. Canadian Infantry
21st February 1915, aged 20.
Row D. 6.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Till We Meet Again."
Captain
Cyril Henry Wickham
1st Bn. Royal Fusiliers
15th March 1915
Row A. 3.
Cyril Henry Wickham
1st Bn. Royal Fusiliers
15th March 1915
Row A. 3.
The Crown Prince Chateau, at Chapelle Armentieres, where the headquarters of the 10th Australian Infantry Brigade was located.
