LANDRECIES BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord
France
Location Information
Landrecies is a small town in the Department of the Nord approximately 40 kilometres south-south-east of Valenciennes.
The British Cemetery is west of the town on the road to Pommereuil and Le Cateau, the Route d'Happegardes (D959).
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site makes wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
Landrecies was the scene of rear-guard fighting on 25 August 1914, after the Battle of Mons, and from that date it remained in German hands until it was captured by the 25th Division on 4 November 1918. Landrecies British Cemetery was made by the 25th Division in November 1918 and all burials date from the period October 1918 to January 1919.
Landrecies British Cemetery contains 165 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 14 of which are unidentified.
Casualty Details: UK 165, Total Burials: 165
Landrecies is a small town in the Department of the Nord approximately 40 kilometres south-south-east of Valenciennes.
The British Cemetery is west of the town on the road to Pommereuil and Le Cateau, the Route d'Happegardes (D959).
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site makes wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
Landrecies was the scene of rear-guard fighting on 25 August 1914, after the Battle of Mons, and from that date it remained in German hands until it was captured by the 25th Division on 4 November 1918. Landrecies British Cemetery was made by the 25th Division in November 1918 and all burials date from the period October 1918 to January 1919.
Landrecies British Cemetery contains 165 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 14 of which are unidentified.
Casualty Details: UK 165, Total Burials: 165
700773 Gunner
Herbert Ballard
"B" Bty. 330th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
4th November 1918, aged 23.
Row A. 17.
Brother of Miss Alice Ballard, of 33, Infirmary St., Blackburn.
Herbert Ballard
"B" Bty. 330th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
4th November 1918, aged 23.
Row A. 17.
Brother of Miss Alice Ballard, of 33, Infirmary St., Blackburn.
Captain
Stanley Frederick Hill, M. C. and Bar.
4th Bn. attd. 1st/5th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
4th November 1918, aged 30.
Row A. 70.
Son of William and Hester Ann Hill, of 1, Upper Belgrave Rd., Clifton, Bristol.
His headstone bears the inscription; "We Doubt Not That Got One So True God Will Love Other Noble Work To Do."
Stanley Frederick Hill, M. C. and Bar.
4th Bn. attd. 1st/5th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
4th November 1918, aged 30.
Row A. 70.
Son of William and Hester Ann Hill, of 1, Upper Belgrave Rd., Clifton, Bristol.
His headstone bears the inscription; "We Doubt Not That Got One So True God Will Love Other Noble Work To Do."
British troops resting on a felled tree near Le Cateau, 25 October 1918. © IWM (Q 3317)
The King's visit to the Fourth Army (50th, 46th, 1st, 2nd and 4th Divisions in the Maubeuge - Avesnes - Landrecies area). King George V and General Henry Rawlinson walking along the Maubeuge-Avesnes road lined with British troops, 1 December 1918. © IWM (Q 9720)
The King's visit to the Fourth Army (50th, 46th, 1st, 2nd and 4th Divisions) in the Maubeuge - Avesnes - Landrecies area, 1 December 1918. © IWM (Q 9722)
