MONTBLIART COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Hainaut
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.13537 Longitude: 4.22788
Location Information
The village of Montbliart is located south of the town of Thuin off the N53. From the motorway E42 turn off at the junction with the ring R3, then follow the R3 to junction 4, the N579. Follow the N579, direction Beaumont, to the junction with the N53. Continue along the N53, direction Beaumont. Follow the N53 through Beaumont to the village of Rance, turn right by the church along rue des Desportes then turn third left along rue du onze Novembre toward Montbliart. On entering the village the cemetery is on the right by the junction with rue de Grand Chemin. The graves are located at the rear of the cemetery.
Historical Information
Montbliart Communal Cemetery contains two Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Burial Details
Second Lieutenant William Gordon Coulthurst, 46th Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 10th November 1918, aged 20. Son of George and Sarah Coulthurst, of 15, King St., Moston, Manchester.
Second Lieutenant George Emerson Dowler D. F. C. 6th Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 10th November 1918, aged 25. Son of James and Alice E. Dowler, of Veteran, Alberta, Canada.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
The village of Montbliart is located south of the town of Thuin off the N53. From the motorway E42 turn off at the junction with the ring R3, then follow the R3 to junction 4, the N579. Follow the N579, direction Beaumont, to the junction with the N53. Continue along the N53, direction Beaumont. Follow the N53 through Beaumont to the village of Rance, turn right by the church along rue des Desportes then turn third left along rue du onze Novembre toward Montbliart. On entering the village the cemetery is on the right by the junction with rue de Grand Chemin. The graves are located at the rear of the cemetery.
Historical Information
Montbliart Communal Cemetery contains two Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Burial Details
Second Lieutenant William Gordon Coulthurst, 46th Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 10th November 1918, aged 20. Son of George and Sarah Coulthurst, of 15, King St., Moston, Manchester.
Second Lieutenant George Emerson Dowler D. F. C. 6th Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 10th November 1918, aged 25. Son of James and Alice E. Dowler, of Veteran, Alberta, Canada.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
