MONTESCOURT-LIZEROLLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Aisne
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.73636, Longitude: 3.26232
Location Information
Montescourt-Lizerolles is in the Department of the Aisne, with two contiguous villages. It is about 12 kilometres south of St.Quentin and 13 kilometres due east of Ham. The Communal Cemetery is 800 metres south-east of the railway station.
History Information
The Communal Cemetery was used by British troops in February and March, 1918, and by the Germans when they captured the place in March. There are now 30, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated on this site of which 9 are unidentified. There is also 1, 1939-45 commonwealth burial
Total Burials: 31.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 21.
World War One Unidentified Casualties: 9
World War Two Identified Casualty: 1.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
Montescourt-Lizerolles is in the Department of the Aisne, with two contiguous villages. It is about 12 kilometres south of St.Quentin and 13 kilometres due east of Ham. The Communal Cemetery is 800 metres south-east of the railway station.
History Information
The Communal Cemetery was used by British troops in February and March, 1918, and by the Germans when they captured the place in March. There are now 30, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated on this site of which 9 are unidentified. There is also 1, 1939-45 commonwealth burial
Total Burials: 31.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 21.
World War One Unidentified Casualties: 9
World War Two Identified Casualty: 1.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
World War One Individual Graves
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61614 Sergeant
John Edwin Guest
122nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
6th February 1918, aged 29.
Son of David Guest, of Ossett, Yorks; husband of Constance Guest, of 101, Boothley Rd., Blackpool.
John Edwin Guest
122nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
6th February 1918, aged 29.
Son of David Guest, of Ossett, Yorks; husband of Constance Guest, of 101, Boothley Rd., Blackpool.
Lieutenant
Harry Sackville Lawson
Royal Field Artillery
5th February 1918, aged 41.
Son of Robert and Mary Lawson, of Weston-in-Gordano, Somerset; husband of Janet Kathleen Lawson, of "Margaretts," Haslemere, Surrey. Headmaster of Buxton College, Derbyshire, 1911-1917.
His headstone bears the inscription "Blessed Are The Pure In Heart For They Shall See God"
Harry Sackville Lawson
Royal Field Artillery
5th February 1918, aged 41.
Son of Robert and Mary Lawson, of Weston-in-Gordano, Somerset; husband of Janet Kathleen Lawson, of "Margaretts," Haslemere, Surrey. Headmaster of Buxton College, Derbyshire, 1911-1917.
His headstone bears the inscription "Blessed Are The Pure In Heart For They Shall See God"
World War Two Burial
1086282 Sergeant John Joseph Courtney, 408 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 15th April 1943, aged 22. Son of John and Alice Courtney, of Liverpool. His brother, William James Courtney, also died on service and he is buried in Montecchio War Cemetery in Italy. His headstone bears the inscription "Treasured Memories Of John, Reunited With Brother Bill, Killed In Italy"
