LIGNY-EN-CAMBRÉSIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord
France
Location Information
Ligny-en-Cambrésis is a village about 12 kilometres south-east of Cambrai and 4 kilometres south of Fontaine-le-Pire.
From Cambrai, take the N43 main road towards Le Cateau. After 11 kilometres, at Beauvois-en-Cambresis, turn right onto the D74 road towards Fontaine-au-Pire and Ligny. After about 4 kilometres turn left onto the D15 road towards Caudry. 500 metres further on turn right into the Communal Cemetery.
Historical Information
The Communal Cemetery was used by the Germans; but the German graves have now been removed.
There are now 40, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over half are unidentified.
Casualty Details: UK 40, Total Burials: 40
Ligny-en-Cambrésis is a village about 12 kilometres south-east of Cambrai and 4 kilometres south of Fontaine-le-Pire.
From Cambrai, take the N43 main road towards Le Cateau. After 11 kilometres, at Beauvois-en-Cambresis, turn right onto the D74 road towards Fontaine-au-Pire and Ligny. After about 4 kilometres turn left onto the D15 road towards Caudry. 500 metres further on turn right into the Communal Cemetery.
Historical Information
The Communal Cemetery was used by the Germans; but the German graves have now been removed.
There are now 40, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over half are unidentified.
Casualty Details: UK 40, Total Burials: 40
Lieutenant
William Malcolm Chisholm
1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
27th August 1914, aged 22.
Allied British Section. 9.
Son of Dr. William and Emma Isabel Chisholm. Born in Sydney, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Elder Son Of Dr. & Mrs. William Chisholm Of Sydney,New South Wales."
William Malcolm Chisholm
1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
27th August 1914, aged 22.
Allied British Section. 9.
Son of Dr. William and Emma Isabel Chisholm. Born in Sydney, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Elder Son Of Dr. & Mrs. William Chisholm Of Sydney,New South Wales."
Lieutenant
Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest
70th Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps and 5th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
25th March 1917, aged 20.
Allied British Section. 4.
Son of Florence Mary Harrison (formerly Vane-Tempest), of The Cottage, Norton-on-Tees, and the late Charles Henry Vane-Tempest.
Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest
70th Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps and 5th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
25th March 1917, aged 20.
Allied British Section. 4.
Son of Florence Mary Harrison (formerly Vane-Tempest), of The Cottage, Norton-on-Tees, and the late Charles Henry Vane-Tempest.
Caudry, France. September 1918. A German Army column preparing to bivouac in the town.
The Third Battle of the Aisne. A German motor ambulance convoy outside the entrance to the captured French field hospital (No. 15) at Montigny, June 1918. HOE was the French Army abbreviation for Hospital d'evacuation. © IWM (Q 55343)
