MONTAY-NEUVILLY ROAD CEMETERY
Montay
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.13031, Longitude: 3.53368
Location Information
Montay is a village on the northern outskirts of Le Cateau. Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery is one kilometre north of the village on the eastern side of the road to Solesmes.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
This cemetery was made by the 23rd Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery, on 26 and 27 October 1918. It contained originally 111 graves, mainly of officers and men of the 38th (Welsh) and 33rd Divisions, and the 6th Dorsets, but after the Armistice it was increased when graves were brought in from the battlefields west, north and east of Montay, and from certain small cemeteries, including:-
HECQ BRITISH CEMETERY, on the Western edge of the village of Hecq, which contained the graves of 25 soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in October and November 1918.
MONTAY-AMERVAL ROAD CEMETERY, MONTAY, made by the 38th (Welsh) Division at the beginning of November 1918, which contained the graves of 31 soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell on the 23rd-30th October.
NEUVILLY RAVINE CEMETERIES No.1 and No.2, both made the 17th Division. No.1 was in the ravine which runs South-West from Western edge of Neuvilly, and contained the graves of 21 soldiers from United Kingdom and one from Canada who fell on the 10th-12th October 1918. No.2 was a little East of the ravine, and contained the graves of 21 soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell on the 27th October.
RIVER CEMETERY, NEUVILLY, on the banks of the Selle, near the road to Briastre. It was made by the 6th Dorsets, and contained the graves 18 of their men who fell on the 11th October 1918.
NEUVILLY BRITISH CEMETERY (No.1), a little South-East of the village, made by the 17th Division which contained the graves of 22 soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell on the 12th October 1918.
CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, LE CATEAU, on the Le Cateau-Troisvilles road, contained the graves of 23 soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in October 1918. Twenty of them belonged to the 5th Connaught Rangers.
There are now 470 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War in this cemetery. 61 of the burials are unidentified but there is a special memorial to one casualty believed to be buried among them. All fell in the period October or November 1918. There is also a plot of 27 German graves within the cemetery.
Total Burials: 497.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 409, Germany 2, Canada 1. Total 420.
World War One Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 61, Germany 16. Total 77.
The cemetery was designed by Charles Holden and William Harrison Cowlishaw
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
56644 Lance Corporal
William Hawthorn Blain
9th (Glasgow Hds.) Bn. Highland Light Infantry
12th October 1918, aged 19.
Plot I. A. 14.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Ever Remembered, Dunaskin."
William Hawthorn Blain
9th (Glasgow Hds.) Bn. Highland Light Infantry
12th October 1918, aged 19.
Plot I. A. 14.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Ever Remembered, Dunaskin."
7791 Private
Dennis Coupe
10th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
12th October 1918, aged 22.
Plot II. C. 15.
Son of Mr. C. Coupe, of 30, Anne St., Burnley.
Dennis was a signaller and he along with 3 others were carrying out their signalling duties in a shell hole, when a shell burst above them, killing all 4.
He joined the army during the first week of the war in August 1914.
Dennis Coupe
10th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
12th October 1918, aged 22.
Plot II. C. 15.
Son of Mr. C. Coupe, of 30, Anne St., Burnley.
Dennis was a signaller and he along with 3 others were carrying out their signalling duties in a shell hole, when a shell burst above them, killing all 4.
He joined the army during the first week of the war in August 1914.
13857 Private
Samuel Henry Currie*
1st Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
24th October 1918, aged 21.
Plot II. B. 10.
Son of William Currie, of 25, Plantation St., Accrington, Lancs, brother of Mrs Maguire, 19, Granville Street, Burnley.
Sam enlisted in 1914, aged 17. He was three times wounded and also gassed. He worked prior to enlisting at Messrs. Butterworth and Dickinson's Globe Ironworks, Burnley.
*Local newspaper reports from the time of his death spell his surname "Curry."
Samuel Henry Currie*
1st Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
24th October 1918, aged 21.
Plot II. B. 10.
Son of William Currie, of 25, Plantation St., Accrington, Lancs, brother of Mrs Maguire, 19, Granville Street, Burnley.
Sam enlisted in 1914, aged 17. He was three times wounded and also gassed. He worked prior to enlisting at Messrs. Butterworth and Dickinson's Globe Ironworks, Burnley.
*Local newspaper reports from the time of his death spell his surname "Curry."
Captain
Brian Dacre
9th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
12th October 1918, aged 28.
Plot I. G. 15.
Son of John William and Helena Constance Dacre, of 9, Mount Pleasant, Ilkley, Yorks.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Well Done"
Brian Dacre
9th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
12th October 1918, aged 28.
Plot I. G. 15.
Son of John William and Helena Constance Dacre, of 9, Mount Pleasant, Ilkley, Yorks.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Well Done"
74955 Private
Allan (Tom) Farr
12th Bn. Manchester Regiment
12th October 1918, aged 29.
Plot II. C. 10.
Husband of Mrs. M. M. Farr, of Frogmore, Exning, Newmarket.
Allan (Tom) Farr
12th Bn. Manchester Regiment
12th October 1918, aged 29.
Plot II. C. 10.
Husband of Mrs. M. M. Farr, of Frogmore, Exning, Newmarket.
89021 Private
Joseph Jones
13th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
4th November 1918, aged 21.
Plot IV. A. 6.
Son of Mary Ann Jones, of 94, Church Lane, Tranch, Pontypool, Mon., and the late James Jones.
Joseph Jones
13th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
4th November 1918, aged 21.
Plot IV. A. 6.
Son of Mary Ann Jones, of 94, Church Lane, Tranch, Pontypool, Mon., and the late James Jones.
A/202324 Rifleman
George Edwin Longley
19th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
23rd October 1918, aged 21.
Plot I. B. 13.
Son of Edwin and Edith Annie Longley, of 41, Taylor Row, Newhill, West Melton, Rotherham.
George Edwin Longley
19th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
23rd October 1918, aged 21.
Plot I. B. 13.
Son of Edwin and Edith Annie Longley, of 41, Taylor Row, Newhill, West Melton, Rotherham.
G/57969 Private
John Edward Marriott, M. M.
1st Bn. Middlesex Regiment
23rd October 1918, aged 19.
Plot II. D. 10.
Son of Thomas Henry and Mary Ann Sarah Marriott of 32, Neville Street, Vauxhall Street, Lambeth, London.
John Edward Marriott, M. M.
1st Bn. Middlesex Regiment
23rd October 1918, aged 19.
Plot II. D. 10.
Son of Thomas Henry and Mary Ann Sarah Marriott of 32, Neville Street, Vauxhall Street, Lambeth, London.
C/802 Rifleman
Harold Edward Shingler
"D" Coy. 16th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
12th October 1918, aged 22.
Plot I. A. 32.
Son of the late William and Sarah Jane Shingler.
Harold Edward Shingler
"D" Coy. 16th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
12th October 1918, aged 22.
Plot I. A. 32.
Son of the late William and Sarah Jane Shingler.
333939 Lance Corporal
Arthur Sykes
"C" Coy. 9th (Glasgow Hds.) Bn. Highland Light Infantry
12th October 1918, aged 20.
Plot I. A. 15.
Son of Allan and Annie Sykes, of "Briar Dene," Park Square, Ossett, Yorks.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Thy Purpose Lord I Cannot See But All Is Well That Is Done By Thee."
Arthur Sykes
"C" Coy. 9th (Glasgow Hds.) Bn. Highland Light Infantry
12th October 1918, aged 20.
Plot I. A. 15.
Son of Allan and Annie Sykes, of "Briar Dene," Park Square, Ossett, Yorks.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Thy Purpose Lord I Cannot See But All Is Well That Is Done By Thee."
British troops resting on a felled tree near Le Cateau, 25 October 1918. © IWM (Q 3317)
