LE TOUQUET-PARIS-PLAGE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.52599, Longitude: 1.59746
Location Information
Le Touquet is about 5 kilometres east of Étaples.
From Étaples take the D39 to Le Touquet. Turn right following the signs for the Hippodrome and airport. 400 metres after the junction on the D39 take the right fork onto the Avenue du Gulf, after 600 metres turn left onto Avenue de Picardie. Continue for another 1.3 kilometres crossing 2 mini roundabouts and turn right onto Avenue du 18 Juin. The Communal Cemetery is 200 metres further along on the right hand side. The Commonwealth plot is near the entrance.
Historical Information
The Duchess of Westminister's Hospital (No.1 B.R.C.S) was at Le Touquet from October, 1914, to July, 1918, and the British graves in the Communal Cemetery were made from that hospital.
The Communal Cemetery contains a number of French and Italian military graves, and two British Plots in the corner. A wooden obelisk in memory of the British dead was erected in the cemetery by the Lifeboat men of the commune.
There are now 142 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war here. All of whom died in the period November, 1914, to April, 1916.
The British Plots cover an area of 495 square metres.
The Communal plots were designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and William Harrison Cowlishaw
Casualty Details: United Kingdom 139, Canada 3. Total Burials: 142.
Cemetery images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem
12340 Private
Arthur Anderson
1st Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
13th March 1915, aged 20.
Plot I. B. 6.
Son of Charles and Margaret Anderson, of 12, Wycliffe Grove, Mapperley, Notts. Native of Colston Bassett, Nottingham.
His headstone bears the inscription "We Miss Him Most Who Loved Him Best From Sorrowing Mother & Father, Brothers & Sisters"
Arthur Anderson
1st Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
13th March 1915, aged 20.
Plot I. B. 6.
Son of Charles and Margaret Anderson, of 12, Wycliffe Grove, Mapperley, Notts. Native of Colston Bassett, Nottingham.
His headstone bears the inscription "We Miss Him Most Who Loved Him Best From Sorrowing Mother & Father, Brothers & Sisters"
27738 Private
Albert Barrington
15th Bn. Canadian Infantry
25th May 1915, aged 32.
Plot I. C. 21.
Husband of Alice May Barrington, of 51, Bartlett Avenue, Toronto.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Greater Love Hath No Man Than That He Lay Down His Life For His Loved Ones."
Albert Barrington
15th Bn. Canadian Infantry
25th May 1915, aged 32.
Plot I. C. 21.
Husband of Alice May Barrington, of 51, Bartlett Avenue, Toronto.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Greater Love Hath No Man Than That He Lay Down His Life For His Loved Ones."
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19275 Private
Herbert Dewhurst
6th Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
20th October 1915.
Plot II. A. 33.
Herbert Dewhurst
6th Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
20th October 1915.
Plot II. A. 33.
2381 Private
Herbert Dove
1st/6th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
3rd August 1915, aged 29.
Plot II. A. 27.
Brother of Mr. W. W. Dove, of 18, Sun St., Eastburn, Keighley.
Herbert Dove
1st/6th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
3rd August 1915, aged 29.
Plot II. A. 27.
Brother of Mr. W. W. Dove, of 18, Sun St., Eastburn, Keighley.
3132 Private
Hugh McNeill Fraser
1st/14th Bn. London Regiment (London Scottish)
3rd February 1915, aged 21.
Plot I. A. 28.
Son of John Alexander and Gertrude Loma McNeill Fraser, of Rutland House, Southend Rd., Beckenham, Kent.
His headstone bears the inscription "Duty Nobly Done For Us and You"
Hugh McNeill Fraser
1st/14th Bn. London Regiment (London Scottish)
3rd February 1915, aged 21.
Plot I. A. 28.
Son of John Alexander and Gertrude Loma McNeill Fraser, of Rutland House, Southend Rd., Beckenham, Kent.
His headstone bears the inscription "Duty Nobly Done For Us and You"
1450 Private
Maurice Marcelle Fuchsbalg
1st Bn. Honourable Artillery Company
23rd February 1915, aged 26.
Plot I. A. 33.
Son of Edward Fuchsbalg, of 21, Trinity Rise, Brixton, London.
His headstone bears the inscription; "If This Will Be A Better World His Life Has Not Been Sacrificed In Vain."
Maurice Marcelle Fuchsbalg
1st Bn. Honourable Artillery Company
23rd February 1915, aged 26.
Plot I. A. 33.
Son of Edward Fuchsbalg, of 21, Trinity Rise, Brixton, London.
His headstone bears the inscription; "If This Will Be A Better World His Life Has Not Been Sacrificed In Vain."
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51213 Private
Ernest Huntbach
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
26th May 1915.
Plot I. C. 24.
Ernest Huntbach
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
26th May 1915.
Plot I. C. 24.
875 Private
George Bredin Kitson
1st Bn. Honourable Artillery Company
1st April 1915, aged 21.
Plot I. B. 22.
Son of George A. N. Kitson (Lt. rtd. R.M.A.), and Elizabeth H. J. Kitson, of 161, Mason's Hill, Bromley, Kent.
His headstone bears the inscription "Those Whom Our Eyes Have Lost Love Still See Clear"
George Bredin Kitson
1st Bn. Honourable Artillery Company
1st April 1915, aged 21.
Plot I. B. 22.
Son of George A. N. Kitson (Lt. rtd. R.M.A.), and Elizabeth H. J. Kitson, of 161, Mason's Hill, Bromley, Kent.
His headstone bears the inscription "Those Whom Our Eyes Have Lost Love Still See Clear"
136292 Sapper
James Rowley
175th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers
8th March 1916.
Plot II. B. 2.
James Rowley
175th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers
8th March 1916.
Plot II. B. 2.
6707 Private
Peter Spelman
1st Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
7th November 1914.
Plot I. A. 2.
Son of Philip Spelman of Dundee; served with the Expeditionary Force.
Died at Le Touquet Nov 7 1914, from tetanus following wounds received in action.
Peter Spelman
1st Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
7th November 1914.
Plot I. A. 2.
Son of Philip Spelman of Dundee; served with the Expeditionary Force.
Died at Le Touquet Nov 7 1914, from tetanus following wounds received in action.
Convalescent troops at Paris-Plage watching baseball, 18 May 1918. © IWM (Q 11499)
British soldiers giving a piggyback to French children on the beach at Paris Plage while on leave, 18 May 1918. © IWM (Q 11483)
Voluntary Aid Detachment, Order of St John (VAD) nurses and convalescents on a ward in the Duchess of Westminster's (No.1 Red Cross) Hospital at Le Touquet (Le Touquet-Paris-Plage), 18th June 1917. © IWM (Q 2404)
Duchess of Westminster's (No.1 Red Cross) Hospital at Le Touquet (Le Touquet-Paris-Plage)
