WW1 Cemeteries.com - A photographic guide to over 4000 military cemeteries and memorials
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Belgium
    • Commonwealth Cemeteries in Belgium in Alphabetical Order
    • Commonwealth Cemeteries in Belgium >
      • HAINAUT
      • WEST-VLAANDEREN
      • OTHER BELGIAN DEPARTMENTS
    • BELGIAN MILITARY CEMETERIES
    • BELGIAN MEMORIALS
  • France
    • Commonwealth Cemeteries in France in Alphabetical Order
    • Commonwealth Cemeteries in France >
      • AISNE
      • MARNE
      • NORD
      • OISE
      • PAS DE CALAIS
      • SEINE-ET-MARNE
      • SEINE-MARITIME
      • SOMME
      • OTHER FRENCH DEPARTMENTS
    • FRENCH CEMETERIES WORLDWIDE
    • French Memorials
  • Gallipoli
  • Other CWGC Countries
  • GERMAN CEMETERIES
  • OTHER WAR AND MILITARY CEMETERIES
  • Architects
  • Shot at Dawn
  • Victoria Cross
  • Miscellaneous
  • Regimental Badges
  • "Silent Cities" Revisited

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


Pictures in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
Picture
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."




Picture
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)

World War Two Cemeteries
​

Please ask permission if you wish to use any of our images by using the contact tab above
​

Picture
Commonwealth War Graves
​Commission
Picture
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Picture
Australian War Memorial
Picture
New Zealand Online Cenotaph

​© COPYRIGHT TERENCE HEARD AND BRENT WHITTAM
​ 2005-2023 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
.​
Disclaimer 

The casualty numbers for each cemetery and G. P. S. Coordinates are taken from the C. W. G. C. site. We are aware that there can be discrepancies in the burial numbers quoted due to rededication burials.

  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Belgium
    • Commonwealth Cemeteries in Belgium in Alphabetical Order
    • Commonwealth Cemeteries in Belgium >
      • HAINAUT
      • WEST-VLAANDEREN
      • OTHER BELGIAN DEPARTMENTS
    • BELGIAN MILITARY CEMETERIES
    • BELGIAN MEMORIALS
  • France
    • Commonwealth Cemeteries in France in Alphabetical Order
    • Commonwealth Cemeteries in France >
      • AISNE
      • MARNE
      • NORD
      • OISE
      • PAS DE CALAIS
      • SEINE-ET-MARNE
      • SEINE-MARITIME
      • SOMME
      • OTHER FRENCH DEPARTMENTS
    • FRENCH CEMETERIES WORLDWIDE
    • French Memorials
  • Gallipoli
  • Other CWGC Countries
  • GERMAN CEMETERIES
  • OTHER WAR AND MILITARY CEMETERIES
  • Architects
  • Shot at Dawn
  • Victoria Cross
  • Miscellaneous
  • Regimental Badges
  • "Silent Cities" Revisited