LE QUESNEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.77999, Longitude: 2.62978
Location Information
Le Quesnel is a village about 26 kilometres south-east of Amiens and 8 kilometres south-west of Rosieres, and a little north of the main road from Amiens to Noyon. From Peronne take the N17 to Roye then the D934 to Amiens, about 12.5 kilometres. Turn right towards Caix on the D4 and go through the village. On leaving the village take a small road on the right and the cemetery is on the left about 300 metres along this road.
Historical Information
The cemetery contains 6 World War One Burials.
Le Quesnel is a village about 26 kilometres south-east of Amiens and 8 kilometres south-west of Rosieres, and a little north of the main road from Amiens to Noyon. From Peronne take the N17 to Roye then the D934 to Amiens, about 12.5 kilometres. Turn right towards Caix on the D4 and go through the village. On leaving the village take a small road on the right and the cemetery is on the left about 300 metres along this road.
Historical Information
The cemetery contains 6 World War One Burials.
Chaplain 4th Class
The Reverend William Henry Davis, M. C.
Canadian Army Chaplains Department attached 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
9th August 1918, aged 34.
Son of James and Anne Davis, of Davistown, King's Co., Ireland.
His headstone bears the inscription "Till He Comes"
The Reverend William Henry Davis, M. C.
Canadian Army Chaplains Department attached 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
9th August 1918, aged 34.
Son of James and Anne Davis, of Davistown, King's Co., Ireland.
His headstone bears the inscription "Till He Comes"
Lieutenant
Alexander Duncan McDonald
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
9th August 1918.
Alexander Duncan McDonald
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
9th August 1918.
Other Burial Details
28282 Private S. Coppinger, 11th Bn. Border Regiment, died 18th March 1917.
788567 Private Wilfred John Daze, 3rd Bn. Canadian Infantry, died 10th August 1918, aged 19. Son of Camill Alphonse and Mary Louisa Daze, of Arnprior, Ontario.
37470 Private Joseph Lancaster, 16th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers, died 25th February 1917, aged 36. Son of Joseph and Sarah Lancaster, of Ramsbottom Lane, Heywood, Lancs. His headstone bears the inscription "Worthy Of Everlasting Remembrance"
45520 Private T. Woodruff, 16th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers, died 15th March 1917.
28282 Private S. Coppinger, 11th Bn. Border Regiment, died 18th March 1917.
788567 Private Wilfred John Daze, 3rd Bn. Canadian Infantry, died 10th August 1918, aged 19. Son of Camill Alphonse and Mary Louisa Daze, of Arnprior, Ontario.
37470 Private Joseph Lancaster, 16th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers, died 25th February 1917, aged 36. Son of Joseph and Sarah Lancaster, of Ramsbottom Lane, Heywood, Lancs. His headstone bears the inscription "Worthy Of Everlasting Remembrance"
45520 Private T. Woodruff, 16th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers, died 15th March 1917.
