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LA VALLÉE-MULÂTRE  COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
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Aisne

​France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.02038, Longitude: 3.55672
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La Vallée-Mulâtre Communal Cemetery Extension

​Location Information

La Vallée-Mulâtre is a village about 11 kilometres south of Le Cateau, the Cemetery is on the south-western side of the village.


Visiting Information

Wheelchair access with some difficulty. 


Historical Information

The village was captured by the 1st Northants on the 17th October, 1918. 

The COMMUNAL CEMETERY is immediately West of the Church. In the North-West corner of it are the graves of three United Kingdom soldiers, and on the South boundary those of three others; one (a R.F.C. officer) fell in March, 1918, and the other two in October, 1918. 

The EXTENSION is on the South side of the Communal Cemetery. It was made by fighting units in October and November, 1918, and five British graves were brought in after the Armistice. It now contains the graves of 46 United Kingdom soldiers (mainly of the 1st Division) and four unknown German soldiers; and in addition one special memorial is erected to one United Kingdom soldier, known to be buried in the Cemetery.

​The extension was designed by George Hartley Goldsmith

Total Burials: 51.

Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 47.

Unidentified Casualties: Germany 4.
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Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

La Vallée-Mulâtre Communal Cemetery Extension
La Vallée-Mulâtre Communal Cemetery Extension
La Vallée-Mulâtre Communal Cemetery Extension
La Vallée-Mulâtre Communal Cemetery Extension
La Vallée-Mulâtre Communal Cemetery Extension
La Vallée-Mulâtre Communal Cemetery Extension
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Major
Henry Wyndham Francis Blackburne Farrer, M. C. and 2 Bars
30th Battery, 
Royal Field Artillery
30th October 1918, aged 24.
​Row A. 38.


Croix de Guerre (Belgium). Son of the Rev. Canon and Mrs. Farrer, of South Canonry, Salisbury.

His headstone bears the inscription "Sans Peur Et Sans Reproche




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41616 Private
Andrew Smith McGregor
"D" Company, 1st Bn. 
Cameron Highlanders
17th October 1918, aged 19.
Row A. 1.


Son of John and Elizabeth McGregor, of 138, Ferry Rd., Dundee.

His headstone bears the inscription "He Died For Freedom And Honour Till The Day Dawns"






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472031 Sapper
Henry Almer Smith
23rd Field Company, 
Royal Engineers
4th November 1918, aged 29.
Row A. 42.

Son of Robert and Mary Jane Smith. Born at Stockton-on-Tees.



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226233 Lance Bombardier
Everard Chandler Stent
30th Bty. Royal Field Artillery
27th October 1918, aged 35.
Row A. 30.

Son of Thomas Chandler Stent and Emily Mary Stent (nee Mollet), of I, Lansdowne Villas, St. Luke's, Jersey.

​His headstone bears the inscription; "Born In Jersey, Beloved Of All; He Laid Down His Life For His Friends."

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Major
James Fischer Wilkinson, M. C.
54th Bty. 39th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
29th October 1918, aged 23.
Row A. 40.

Son of Alfred Maximilian Wilkinson and Ione Mary Wilkinson, of Wittersham, Kent. Educated at Sandroyd School, Cobham, Surrey, Harrow, and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.

His headstone bears the inscription; "Love's Victory. Requiescat In Pace."


Picture
British troops resting on a felled tree near Le Cateau, 25 October 1918. © IWM (Q 3317)

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