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MARTEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

​Attilly
​​​
​Aisne

​France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.86682, Longitude: 3.15528

Marteville Communal Cemetery

​Location Information


Marteville is situated 8 kilometres west of St Quentin. The British Plot is on the northern side of the Communal Cemetery.


Visiting Information

Wheelchair access with some difficulty.


Historical Information

The village of Attilly was occupied in April 1917, and British burials were made in the Communal Cemetery by fighting units in April and May, 1917, and January, March, September and October 1918, and by the enemy in March 1918.

There are now  77, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 10 are unidentified and some graves in Row A, identified as a whole but not individually, are marked by headstones bearing the additional words: "Buried near this spot". One grave, destroyed by shell fire, is represented by a special memorial.

The Plot covers an area of 588 square metres.


Total Burials: 77.

Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 67. Total 67.

Unidentified Casualties: 10. Total 10.
Marteville Communal Cemetery
Marteville Communal Cemetery
Marteville Communal Cemetery
Marteville Communal Cemetery
Marteville Communal Cemetery
Marteville Communal Cemetery
Marteville Communal Cemetery
Marteville Communal Cemetery
Marteville Communal Cemetery
Marteville Communal Cemetery
Marteville Communal Cemetery
Marteville Communal Cemetery
Marteville Communal Cemetery
Marteville Communal Cemetery
Marteville Communal Cemetery
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74875 Gunner
Harry H. Furniss
296th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
21st March 1918.
Sp. Mem. A. 5.


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221466 Acting Bombardier
Robert Dawson Greenhalgh
88th Battery, Royal Field Artillery
21st September 1918, aged 20.
Row B. 16.

Inscription "Dearer To Memory Than Words Can Tell"

Son of James and Mary Greenhalgh, of 82, Bradford St., Bolton.

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123965 Acting Bombardier
Horace Leonard Holland
284th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
20th September 1918, aged 19.
Row C. 13.


Son of Benjamin and Mary Holland, of 16, Mount Pleasant, Waterloo, Liverpool.


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163515 Gunner
Tom Reid

210th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
22nd September 1918, aged 39.
Row C. 18.

Husband of Mrs. Norah Reid, of 7, St. Mary's St., Brechin, Forfarshire.

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285092 Private
Tom Simcoe
2nd Bn. Welsh Regiment
22nd September 1918.
​Row C. 17.



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"Dug Outs in Attilly." A view along a railway track, which runs through a narrow man-made valley bordered by steep earth banks. British soldiers are gathered along the left bank, with men sitting on the ground amongst equipment and stacked rifles. © IWM (Art.IWM ART 4880)
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Battle of St. Quentin Canal. Men of the 137th Brigade (46th Division) on the slope of the St. Quentin Canal, near Bellenglise, which they crossed on 29 September. Photograph taken on 2 October 1918. © IWM (Q 9538)
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Battle of the St Quentin Canal (Saint-Quentin). Men of the American 30th Division and 8th Battalion, Tank Corps, Mark V Tanks with 'cribs' advancing, near Bellicourt, 29th September 1918. © IWM (Q 9371)

Images in this gallery © Johan Pauwels

Marteville Communal Cemetery
Marteville Communal Cemetery
Marteville Communal Cemetery
Marteville Communal Cemetery
Marteville Communal Cemetery
Marteville Communal Cemetery

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