MAING COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 50.30193, Longitude: 3.48325
Location Information
Maing is a village approximately 8 kilometres south of Valenciennes. The Cemetery is on the southern side of the village on the north-eastern side of the road to Querenaing and 2 kilometres before Thiant.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site make wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
Maing village was captured by the 51st (Highland) Division on the 24th October 1918.
The Extension is on the South side of the Communal Cemetery. It was made by units of the 51st (Highland) and 49th (West Riding) Division in October and November 1918. In addition, five British casualties buried by the Germans in Maing Communal Cemetery in October 1918 were transferred into the Extension in the 1920s.
There are now over 80, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified.
The Cemetery covers an area of 548 square metres and is enclosed at the sides and the back by a low stone rubble wall.
Casualty Details: UK 87, Total Burials: 87.
Maing is a village approximately 8 kilometres south of Valenciennes. The Cemetery is on the southern side of the village on the north-eastern side of the road to Querenaing and 2 kilometres before Thiant.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site make wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
Maing village was captured by the 51st (Highland) Division on the 24th October 1918.
The Extension is on the South side of the Communal Cemetery. It was made by units of the 51st (Highland) and 49th (West Riding) Division in October and November 1918. In addition, five British casualties buried by the Germans in Maing Communal Cemetery in October 1918 were transferred into the Extension in the 1920s.
There are now over 80, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified.
The Cemetery covers an area of 548 square metres and is enclosed at the sides and the back by a low stone rubble wall.
Casualty Details: UK 87, Total Burials: 87.
May 1957 - ©CWGC
266006 Private
Alfred Banks
1st/6th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
1st November 1918.
Row C. 7.
Alfred Banks
1st/6th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
1st November 1918.
Row C. 7.
Second Lieutenant
Ernest Cartwright
5th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
1st November 1918, aged 26.
Row C. 5.
Son of Herbert and Minnie Cartwright, of Wooldale, Huddersfield; husband of Dora Alice Cartwright, of "Morden," Soutergate, Kirkby-in-Furness, Lancs. Enlisted 23rd Aug., 1914, in The Duke of Wellington's Regt.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Enlisted Aug. 23Rd 1914 "He Sleeps With England's Heroes In The Watchful Care Of God."
Ernest Cartwright
5th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
1st November 1918, aged 26.
Row C. 5.
Son of Herbert and Minnie Cartwright, of Wooldale, Huddersfield; husband of Dora Alice Cartwright, of "Morden," Soutergate, Kirkby-in-Furness, Lancs. Enlisted 23rd Aug., 1914, in The Duke of Wellington's Regt.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Enlisted Aug. 23Rd 1914 "He Sleeps With England's Heroes In The Watchful Care Of God."
285435 Lance Corporal
John C. McConnell, M. M.
1st/6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
25th October 1918, aged 26.
Row A. 28.
Son of John and Mary A. Grant McConnell, of "St. Ruth's," 29, Hamilton Green, Arbroath. A printer.
His headstone bears the inscription; "In Loving Memory."
John C. McConnell, M. M.
1st/6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
25th October 1918, aged 26.
Row A. 28.
Son of John and Mary A. Grant McConnell, of "St. Ruth's," 29, Hamilton Green, Arbroath. A printer.
His headstone bears the inscription; "In Loving Memory."
265206 Lance Corporal
William John Alexander McLeod
1st/4th Bn. Gordon Highlanders
26th October 1918, aged 20.
Row C. 23.
Son of William and Annie McLeod, of 97, High St., Aberlour, Banffshire.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Blessed Are The Dead Which Die In The Lord."
William John Alexander McLeod
1st/4th Bn. Gordon Highlanders
26th October 1918, aged 20.
Row C. 23.
Son of William and Annie McLeod, of 97, High St., Aberlour, Banffshire.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Blessed Are The Dead Which Die In The Lord."
288113 Private
Charles William Porter
1st/6th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
26th October 1918.
Row B. 17.
Charles William Porter
1st/6th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
26th October 1918.
Row B. 17.
S/41954 Private
Francis Cooper Rankin
1st/6th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
26th October 1918, aged 19.
Row B. 21.
Son of Mrs. J. Rankin, of 34, Castle St., Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.
Francis Cooper Rankin
1st/6th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
26th October 1918, aged 19.
Row B. 21.
Son of Mrs. J. Rankin, of 34, Castle St., Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.
Company Sergeant Major
Peter Watson
1st/7th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
24th October 1918.
Row B. 11.
Peter Watson
1st/7th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
24th October 1918.
Row B. 11.
Troops of the 8th Scottish Motor Ambulance Convoy, Army Service Corps at Valenciennes, 17 November 1918. © IWM (Q 9699)
Troops of the 8th Scottish Motor Ambulance Convoy, Army Service Corps at Valenciennes, 17 November 1918. © IWM (Q 9700)
