MONTIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord
France
Location Information
Montigny (or Montigny-en-Cambresis) is a village about 4 kilometres south of the N43 main road from Cambrai to Le Cateau. Proceed along the N43 eastwards from Cambrai for 15 kilometres, then turn right through the small town of Caudry and then under the railway bridge. Turn left after a further 2 kilometres into the village of Montigny and the Communal Cemetery is on the northern outskirts.
History Information
There are 39, Commonwealth 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 3 are unidentified. Nine fell in August, 1914 and were buried by the French; the rest fell in October, 1918, and were buried by Field Ambulances and fighting units. There are also 2, German war casualties buried in this cemetery
Montigny (or Montigny-en-Cambresis) is a village about 4 kilometres south of the N43 main road from Cambrai to Le Cateau. Proceed along the N43 eastwards from Cambrai for 15 kilometres, then turn right through the small town of Caudry and then under the railway bridge. Turn left after a further 2 kilometres into the village of Montigny and the Communal Cemetery is on the northern outskirts.
History Information
There are 39, Commonwealth 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 3 are unidentified. Nine fell in August, 1914 and were buried by the French; the rest fell in October, 1918, and were buried by Field Ambulances and fighting units. There are also 2, German war casualties buried in this cemetery
Pictures in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
M2/104148 Private
William John Hutchinson
Army Service Corps, attd. 299th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
19th October 1918, aged 22.
Row C. 5.
Son of Jacob and Martha Hutchinson, of 43, Trumpet Terrace, Cleator, Cumberland.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Thy Will Be Done."
William John Hutchinson
Army Service Corps, attd. 299th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
19th October 1918, aged 22.
Row C. 5.
Son of Jacob and Martha Hutchinson, of 43, Trumpet Terrace, Cleator, Cumberland.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Thy Will Be Done."
The Third Battle of the Aisne. A German motor ambulance convoy outside the entrance to the captured French field hospital (No. 15) at Montigny, June 1918. HOE was the French Army abbreviation for Hospital d'evacuation. © IWM (Q 55343)
