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MONTAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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Nord

​France


GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.11621, Longitude: 3.54394

Location Information

Montay is a village approximately 1 kilometre north of Le Cateau. It is approximately 30 kilometres south-east of Cambrai. The Communal Cemetery lies between the village and Le Cateau. From the D932, take the D955, Le Cateau road, for approximately 325 metres to a small side road on the left. Follow this road for approximately 150 metres to find the Cemetery on the right side.


History Information

Montay was reached by Commonwealth forces on 10 October 1918; most of those buried in this communal cemetery died between 19 October and 6 November 1918, but there is one grave from August 1914. The cemetery contains 27 Commonwealth burials of the First World War.

Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 26.


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Captain
Arthur Robert Nichols, M. C.
(Special Reserve) attd. 4th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
23rd October 1918, aged 26.
Grave 3.

Son of the late Lt. John Hutchings Nichols, R.N., and Emily Nichols. Native of Portsmouth. B.A. (London), and Associate of Reading University College.

​His headstone bears the inscription; "A Brilliant Scholar And Gallant Soldier."


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195576 Gunner
William Reid Tait
327th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
22nd October 1918, aged 20.


Son of Andrew and M. A. Ross Tait. Born at Scalloway, Shetland Isles.

His headstone bears the inscription "The Lord God Giveth Them Light And They Shall Reign For Ever"



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53009 Private
W. Watson
5th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
23rd October 1918, aged 21.


Son of Mary Watson, of 58, Belstane Rd., Carluke, Lanarkshire, and the late John Watson.

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