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MAUROIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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​Nord

​France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.07746, Longitude: 3.47141

Maurois Communal Cemetery

​Location Information

Maurois is a village 5.2 kilometres south-west of Le Cateau. The Communal Cemetery is on the eastern side of the village.


Visiting Information

The register is available in the Mairie from Monday from 8.30 to 11.30
Wednesday from 8.30 to 11.30
Friday from 8.30 to 11.30 and 1st saturday of the month


Historical Information

Maurois village was the scene of fighting in the Battle of Le Gateau, 1914, and it remained in German hands until it was occupied by the South African Brigade on the 9th October, 1918.

There are 80, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Three were buried by the enemy in August, 1914, three by their comrades in October, 1918, and one in October, 1918 in a single grave. The remainder were buried in October and November, with one of February, 1919.

The plot covers an area of 286 square metres.

Total Burials: 80.

Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 76, South Africa 2. Total 78.

Unidentified Casualties: 2.

Images in this gallery © Johan Pauwels

Maurois Communal Cemetery
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Maurois Communal Cemetery
Maurois Communal Cemetery
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Maurois Communal Cemetery
Maurois Communal Cemetery
Maurois Communal Cemetery
Maurois Communal Cemetery
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75899 Driver
Ebenezer Dawson
"B" Bty. 83rd Bde. Royal Field Artillery
25th November 1918, aged 35.
Grave Ref: 70.

Husband of Martha Dawson, of 5, Nettle Bank, Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs.

​His headstone bears the inscription; "Though Death Divides Fond Memory Clings."


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13600 Company Sergeant Major
Herbert Staples
7th Bn. 
Wiltshire Regiment
13th October 1918.
​Grave Ref. 52.




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32555 Private
Granville Taylor
"C"Company, 18th Bn. 
The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
20th October 1918, aged 29.
Grave Ref. 74.

Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Taylor, of 35, Church St., Marple, Stockport.

His headstone bears the inscription "Tranquil You Lie Your Knightly Virtue Proved Your Memory Hallowed In The Land You Loved"



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12th November 1918; The railway viaduct, near Le Cateau, which was blown up by the enemy on his retreat.
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15th November 1918; Australian transport passing through Le Cateau. Note the shell damaged buildings. Two of the relatively unscathed buildings have the words, 'Chaussures' and 'Charcuterie' still showing.
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British troops resting on a felled tree near Le Cateau, 25 October 1918. © IWM (Q 3317)

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