LIBRAMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Luxembourg
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 49.91581 Longitude: 5.37555
Location Information
The town of Libramont is located south-west of Neufchateau on the N89.
From the E411 motorway, which runs between Namur and Luxembourg, turn off at Junction 25 onto the N89 in the direction of Libramont. Follow the N89 to the junction with the N40 and turn right and then immediately left onto the N826 to Libramont. At the first crossroads turn right into Sur le Chêne, then second left into rue Courteroie and the cemetery is along here on the left. The graves are to the left of the main path not far from the entrance.
Historical Information
Libramont Communal Cemetery contains two Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Burial Details
70588 Private Ivor Emlyn Richards, 9th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, died 4th November 1918, aged 25. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Richards, of 14, Vernon St., Briton Ferry, Glam.; husband of Nellie Richards, of 67, Station Rd., Port Talbot.
252213 Company Serjeant Major, Stanley Wolstencroft, 16th Bn. Manchester Regiment, died 27th March 1918, aged 38. Son of Abraham and Jane Wolstencroft, of Manchester; husband of Frances Gertrude Wolstencroft, of "Gessingthorpe," Newmarket Rd., Dyserth, Flints.
Pictures below © Jean-Michel Dominique
The town of Libramont is located south-west of Neufchateau on the N89.
From the E411 motorway, which runs between Namur and Luxembourg, turn off at Junction 25 onto the N89 in the direction of Libramont. Follow the N89 to the junction with the N40 and turn right and then immediately left onto the N826 to Libramont. At the first crossroads turn right into Sur le Chêne, then second left into rue Courteroie and the cemetery is along here on the left. The graves are to the left of the main path not far from the entrance.
Historical Information
Libramont Communal Cemetery contains two Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Burial Details
70588 Private Ivor Emlyn Richards, 9th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, died 4th November 1918, aged 25. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Richards, of 14, Vernon St., Briton Ferry, Glam.; husband of Nellie Richards, of 67, Station Rd., Port Talbot.
252213 Company Serjeant Major, Stanley Wolstencroft, 16th Bn. Manchester Regiment, died 27th March 1918, aged 38. Son of Abraham and Jane Wolstencroft, of Manchester; husband of Frances Gertrude Wolstencroft, of "Gessingthorpe," Newmarket Rd., Dyserth, Flints.
Pictures below © Jean-Michel Dominique
Pictures below © Johan Pauwels
