MOEUVRES BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 50.15411, Longitude: 3.06758
Location Information
Moeuvres is a village about 10 kilometres west of Cambrai and 2 kilometres north of the main Cambrai to Bapaume (N30). Moeuvres British Cemetery is signposted off the N30 and can be found on the right hand side of the road (D34A) towards Moeuvres. It lies in open fields at the end of a grass access path about 150 metres long.
Historical Information
Moeuvres remained in German hands during the Battle of Cambrai, 1917, in spite of three days of desperate attack by the 36th (Ulster) Division. It was partly taken by the 57th (West Lancashire) Division on 11 September 1918 and cleared by the 52nd (Lowland) Division on the 19th.
Moeuvres British Cemetery contains 107 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. 13 of the burials are unidentified and special memorials are erected to four casualties known or believed to be buried among them. The cemetery also contains four German graves.
The cemetery was designed by George Hartley Goldsmith
Total Burials: 111.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 93, Germany 4, Canada 1. Total 98.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 13.
50265 Private
Alexander P. Christie
4th Bn. Royal Scots
27th September 1918.
Row D. 6.
Image courtesy of Helen Hamilton (Great Granddaughter)
Alexander P. Christie
4th Bn. Royal Scots
27th September 1918.
Row D. 6.
Image courtesy of Helen Hamilton (Great Granddaughter)
Lieutenant
Aubrey Meldum Wood Hawks
4th Bn. Royal Scots
27th September 1918, aged 22.
Row E. 1.
Son of R. Wood Hawks and Margaret M. Gunn Hawks, of 2, West Mayfield, Edinburgh.
Aubrey Meldum Wood Hawks
4th Bn. Royal Scots
27th September 1918, aged 22.
Row E. 1.
Son of R. Wood Hawks and Margaret M. Gunn Hawks, of 2, West Mayfield, Edinburgh.
49314 Lance Corporal
Alexander Lyons
52nd Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
28th September 1918, aged 26.
Row D. 3.
Son of Malcolm Lyon, of Dobbies Cottage, Piershill, Edinburgh.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Till The Day Breaks And Shadows Flee Away."
Alexander Lyons
52nd Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
28th September 1918, aged 26.
Row D. 3.
Son of Malcolm Lyon, of Dobbies Cottage, Piershill, Edinburgh.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Till The Day Breaks And Shadows Flee Away."
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
32/920 Private
Charles Walter Self
17th (Pioneer) Bn. Unit/ShipNorthumberland Fusiliers
27th September 1918, aged 21.
Row D. 2.
Son of John Joseph and Mary Jane Self, of 12, Hills Terrace, West Parade, Spring Bank, Hull.
His headstone bears the inscription "Till We Meet Again Dear Son"
Charles Walter Self
17th (Pioneer) Bn. Unit/ShipNorthumberland Fusiliers
27th September 1918, aged 21.
Row D. 2.
Son of John Joseph and Mary Jane Self, of 12, Hills Terrace, West Parade, Spring Bank, Hull.
His headstone bears the inscription "Till We Meet Again Dear Son"
Captain
James Douglas Smith
1st/7th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
27th September 1918, aged 23.
Row D. 20.
Son of James and Mary W. Smith, of 10, Bute Mansions, Glasgow, W.2.
His headstone bears the inscription "Faithful Unto Death"
James Douglas Smith
1st/7th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
27th September 1918, aged 23.
Row D. 20.
Son of James and Mary W. Smith, of 10, Bute Mansions, Glasgow, W.2.
His headstone bears the inscription "Faithful Unto Death"
17586 Private
F. G. Webb
7th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
23rd September 1918, aged 30.
Row A. 12.
Husband of Mary Ellen Webb, of 8, Whitefield Terrace, Burnley.
His headstone bears the inscription "Peace Perfect Peace"
F. G. Webb
7th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
23rd September 1918, aged 30.
Row A. 12.
Husband of Mary Ellen Webb, of 8, Whitefield Terrace, Burnley.
His headstone bears the inscription "Peace Perfect Peace"
281411 Private
Aaron Steel Wotherspoon
7th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
27th September 1918.
Row E. 17.
Aaron Steel Wotherspoon
7th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
27th September 1918.
Row E. 17.
Aerial image of The Canal Du Nord at Moeuvres, near Cambrai. Dated 3rd September 1918. Moeuvres is bottom centre of the image. © IWM (Q 58513)
Battle of the Canal du Nord. Artillery signallers with a Lucas Signalling Lamp on the bank of the Canal near Moeuvres, 27th September 1918. © IWM (Q 9336)
Battle of the Canal du Nord. German prisoners, carrying a wounded man, follow a British tank through a cutting made in the bank of the Canal du Nord near Moeuvres, 27th September 1918. © IWM (Q 9345)
