MARCOING COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord
France
Location Information
Marcoing is a village in the Department of the Nord approximately 5 kilometres south west of Cambrai and 2 kilometres west of the Cambrai to St. Quentin road (N44). From the centre of the village follow the road towards Ribecourt La Tour. Just before leaving Marcoing turn into the Rue d'egalite and the Cemetery is 100 metres on the right hand side of the road. The war graves are located within two plots in the centre of this relatively small cemetery.
Historical Information
Marcoing was captured by the 29th Division on the 20th November, 1917, the first day of the Battle of Cambrai. After repeated attacks it was evacuated, under orders, in December 1917. It was retaken on the 28th September, 1918, by the 62nd (West Riding) Division.
Marcoing Communal Cemetery was used by German troops before the Battle of Cambrai 1917, and by British troops during the battle. The 129 German graves have been removed, and eight British soldiers buried by the enemy are now reburied in St. Souplet British Cemetery.
There are now over 25 1914-18 and 1, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 9 from the 1914-18 War are unidentified and special memorials are erected to 12 British casualties whose graves in the cemetery were not individually identified and three others destroyed by shell fire.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 16. Total 16.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 1. Total 1.
World War One Unidentified Casualties: Total 9.
Total Burials: 26.
Marcoing is a village in the Department of the Nord approximately 5 kilometres south west of Cambrai and 2 kilometres west of the Cambrai to St. Quentin road (N44). From the centre of the village follow the road towards Ribecourt La Tour. Just before leaving Marcoing turn into the Rue d'egalite and the Cemetery is 100 metres on the right hand side of the road. The war graves are located within two plots in the centre of this relatively small cemetery.
Historical Information
Marcoing was captured by the 29th Division on the 20th November, 1917, the first day of the Battle of Cambrai. After repeated attacks it was evacuated, under orders, in December 1917. It was retaken on the 28th September, 1918, by the 62nd (West Riding) Division.
Marcoing Communal Cemetery was used by German troops before the Battle of Cambrai 1917, and by British troops during the battle. The 129 German graves have been removed, and eight British soldiers buried by the enemy are now reburied in St. Souplet British Cemetery.
There are now over 25 1914-18 and 1, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 9 from the 1914-18 War are unidentified and special memorials are erected to 12 British casualties whose graves in the cemetery were not individually identified and three others destroyed by shell fire.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 16. Total 16.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 1. Total 1.
World War One Unidentified Casualties: Total 9.
Total Burials: 26.
World War One Burials
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Missing Headstone
Second Lieutenant Robert Lionel Sparks, 2nd Bn. Royal Fusiliers, died 22nd November 1917, aged 19. Son of Maj. James Douglas Sparks (Royal Fus.) and Blanche Edith Sparks. Inscription "I Have Fought A Good Fight"
Second Lieutenant Robert Lionel Sparks, 2nd Bn. Royal Fusiliers, died 22nd November 1917, aged 19. Son of Maj. James Douglas Sparks (Royal Fus.) and Blanche Edith Sparks. Inscription "I Have Fought A Good Fight"
