LA GORGUE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.63438, Longitude: 2.71062
Image above © Werner Van Caneghem
Location Information
Estaires and La Gorgue are adjacent villages about 10 kilometres south-west of Armentieres and 15 kilometres north-north-east of Bethune. The Cemetery is south of the village of La Gorgue and a little east of the road from that village to Lestrem.
Visiting Information
Opening hours
from 1 April to September open from 08.00 hrs to 19.00 hrs
from 2 November to 31 March open from 08.00 hrs to 18.00 hrs.
Historical Information
La Gorgue was for some years an Allied railhead and a field ambulance station. From 10 April to the middle of September 1918 it was in German hands.
La Gorgue Communal Cemetery was used for burials from October 1914 to December 1917, and again in September and October 1918.
The cemetery contains 144 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, one of which is unidentified. There are also seven burials from the Second World War (one of them unidentified) and three German graves.
Total Burials: 147.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 138, India 5, Germany 3. Total 146.
World War One Unidentified Casualty: United Kingdom 1.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 6.
World War Two Unidentified Casualty: 1.
The Commonwealth plot was designed by Noel Ackroyd Rew
Estaires and La Gorgue are adjacent villages about 10 kilometres south-west of Armentieres and 15 kilometres north-north-east of Bethune. The Cemetery is south of the village of La Gorgue and a little east of the road from that village to Lestrem.
Visiting Information
Opening hours
from 1 April to September open from 08.00 hrs to 19.00 hrs
from 2 November to 31 March open from 08.00 hrs to 18.00 hrs.
Historical Information
La Gorgue was for some years an Allied railhead and a field ambulance station. From 10 April to the middle of September 1918 it was in German hands.
La Gorgue Communal Cemetery was used for burials from October 1914 to December 1917, and again in September and October 1918.
The cemetery contains 144 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, one of which is unidentified. There are also seven burials from the Second World War (one of them unidentified) and three German graves.
Total Burials: 147.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 138, India 5, Germany 3. Total 146.
World War One Unidentified Casualty: United Kingdom 1.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 6.
World War Two Unidentified Casualty: 1.
The Commonwealth plot was designed by Noel Ackroyd Rew
Images in gallery below © Werner Van Caneghem
3950 Drummer
Ernest Albert Gale
2nd/4th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
16th June 1916, aged 21.
Plot II. B. 15.
Son of Arthur and Selina Gale, of 18, Tilehurst Rd., Reading.
His headstone bears the inscription; "He Died That We Might Live."
Ernest Albert Gale
2nd/4th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
16th June 1916, aged 21.
Plot II. B. 15.
Son of Arthur and Selina Gale, of 18, Tilehurst Rd., Reading.
His headstone bears the inscription; "He Died That We Might Live."
2011 Lance Corporal
H. Goulden
1st Bn. Manchester Regiment
9th June 1915, aged 22.
Plot I. E. 2.
Son of John and Mary Ann Goulden, of Manchester.
His headstone bears the inscription; "May His Soul Through The Mercy Of God Rest In Peace."
H. Goulden
1st Bn. Manchester Regiment
9th June 1915, aged 22.
Plot I. E. 2.
Son of John and Mary Ann Goulden, of Manchester.
His headstone bears the inscription; "May His Soul Through The Mercy Of God Rest In Peace."
Second Lieutenant
Cedric Leopold Gunnery
46th Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps
22nd May 1917, aged 19.
Plot III. B. 7.
Son of Leo H. and Lily A. Gunnery, of Glengarry, Thames Ditton, Surrey.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Grant Him Eternal Rest And May Everlasting Light Shine Upon Him."
Cedric Leopold Gunnery
46th Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps
22nd May 1917, aged 19.
Plot III. B. 7.
Son of Leo H. and Lily A. Gunnery, of Glengarry, Thames Ditton, Surrey.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Grant Him Eternal Rest And May Everlasting Light Shine Upon Him."
139208 Sapper
Frederick Stephen D. Land
250th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers
17th October 1918, aged 32.
Plot I. B. 1C.
Frederick known as Fred, was a hawker and only son of Mary Land. He married Ethel Louisa Perrott in 1905 and they lived at 29 Shails Road, Trowbridge, Wiltshire. He volunteered for service with the Wiltshire Regiment in January 1915 and was sent to France on 23rd June 1915. He transferred to the 250th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers in October 1915 and was killed while removing a German mine on Thursday 17th October, 1918.
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Image and additional text provided by Lawrence Lamond (Great Nephew)
Frederick Stephen D. Land
250th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers
17th October 1918, aged 32.
Plot I. B. 1C.
Frederick known as Fred, was a hawker and only son of Mary Land. He married Ethel Louisa Perrott in 1905 and they lived at 29 Shails Road, Trowbridge, Wiltshire. He volunteered for service with the Wiltshire Regiment in January 1915 and was sent to France on 23rd June 1915. He transferred to the 250th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers in October 1915 and was killed while removing a German mine on Thursday 17th October, 1918.
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Image and additional text provided by Lawrence Lamond (Great Nephew)
Major
Lionel Stuart Logan
Supply and Transport Corps
2nd November 1914, aged 40.
Plot III. C. 10.
Son of Maj. Gen. A. G. D. Logan (M.S.C. Ret.).
Lionel Stuart Logan
Supply and Transport Corps
2nd November 1914, aged 40.
Plot III. C. 10.
Son of Maj. Gen. A. G. D. Logan (M.S.C. Ret.).
Second Lieutenant
Vincent Sladen Wing
65th Bty. 28th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
10th August 1917, aged 19.
Plot III. A. 10.
Son of John Sladen Wing and Evelyn Beatrix Dundas Wing, of 21, Cheyne Gardens, Chelsea, London.
His headstone bears the inscription; "I Thank My God On Every Remembrance Of You."
Vincent Sladen Wing
65th Bty. 28th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
10th August 1917, aged 19.
Plot III. A. 10.
Son of John Sladen Wing and Evelyn Beatrix Dundas Wing, of 21, Cheyne Gardens, Chelsea, London.
His headstone bears the inscription; "I Thank My God On Every Remembrance Of You."
12th April 1918; Plotting reference: 36A L 34. Key feature: La Gorgue. © IWM (BOX 356-189-18JC-36A-1918)
2nd East Lancs. December 1914. Machine Gun Section with Maxims. Captured from trenches near Neuve Chapelle, 8th Division, 24th Brigade. © IWM (Q 51751)
