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MAROILLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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Nord

​France


GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.13574, Longitude: 3.77078

Location Information

Maroilles is a village in the Department of the Nord, some 30 kilometres south-east of Valenciennes, 5.5 kilometres north-north-east of Landrecies. The village is on the D959 Landrecies/Avesnes-sur-Helpe road. The cemetery is to the north of the village up the hill, and the Commonwealth war graves are near the right hand side of the entrance.


History Information

Maroilles was the scene of fighting on 25 August 1914, but then remained in German hands until it was captured by the 25th Division on 5 November 1918. Maroilles Communal Cemetery contains 20 U. K. burials of the First World War.




Images in this gallery © Johan Pauwels

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9969 Private
James Edward Beaver
1st Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
26th August 1914.



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Captain
Henry Hammond Shott
1st Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
26th August 1914, aged 38.


Son of Nils Shott, of Dover, Kent, England; husband of Hazel Morris Shott, of 245, North Broadway, Yonkers, New York, U.S.A.

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7768 Private
Arthur Turner
1st Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
26th August 1914, aged 32.


Son of Mr. Abraham and Mrs. Sarah Turner, of 65, Langborough Rd., Wokingham, Berkshire.

His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace From Mother, Father And Family"


Images in this gallery © Jean-Claude Graux

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