MORBECQUE BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord
France
Location Information
Morbecque is a village and commune in the Department of the Nord, 3 kilometres south of Hazebrouck and 20 kilometres north-west of Estaires.
From Hazebrouck take the D916 to Morbecque and continue to the centre of the town. Just after the Mairie a sign indicates Morbecque British cemetery 180 metres down a small road on the left hand side.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to this site is possible, but may be by alternative entrance.
Historical Information
Morbecque British Cemetery was made by the 5th Division in April 1918 during the German advance. The 29th Division also buried casualties in the cemetery before it was closed in June of the same year.
There are now 105 First World War burials in the cemetery.
Casualty Details: UK 105, Total Burials: 105.
The cemetery was designed by G H Goldsmith
Morbecque is a village and commune in the Department of the Nord, 3 kilometres south of Hazebrouck and 20 kilometres north-west of Estaires.
From Hazebrouck take the D916 to Morbecque and continue to the centre of the town. Just after the Mairie a sign indicates Morbecque British cemetery 180 metres down a small road on the left hand side.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to this site is possible, but may be by alternative entrance.
Historical Information
Morbecque British Cemetery was made by the 5th Division in April 1918 during the German advance. The 29th Division also buried casualties in the cemetery before it was closed in June of the same year.
There are now 105 First World War burials in the cemetery.
Casualty Details: UK 105, Total Burials: 105.
The cemetery was designed by G H Goldsmith
Shot at Dawn
G/305 Private, William Thomas Spry, 2nd Bn. Royal Fusiliers, executed for desertion 15th June 1918, aged 29. Husband of Annie Elizabeth Spry, of 96, New Church Road, Camberwell, London. Plot I. G. 19. He had served in the Dardanelles & later saw action on the Somme. Spry was serving under 2 suspended sentences, including one of death when he absconded at stand-to, being arrested 4 days later in Boulogne. (Putkowski, p.246)
Picture © Geerhard Joos
143159 Gunner
Lewis William Brown
254th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
25th May 1918, aged 30.
Plot I. G. 6.
Son of Thomas and Annie Brown, of 31, Craven St., Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.
Lewis William Brown
254th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
25th May 1918, aged 30.
Plot I. G. 6.
Son of Thomas and Annie Brown, of 31, Craven St., Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.
240709 Bombardier
Arthur Todd
"C" Bty. 286th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
27th April 1918, aged 28.
Plot I. D. 11.
Son of John and Jane Todd, of Mirfield, Yorks.; adopted by his uncle and aunt, Charles and Martha E. Wilson, of Ossett, Yorkshire.
His headstone bears the inscription; "He Died The Noblest Death A Man Can Die."
Arthur Todd
"C" Bty. 286th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
27th April 1918, aged 28.
Plot I. D. 11.
Son of John and Jane Todd, of Mirfield, Yorks.; adopted by his uncle and aunt, Charles and Martha E. Wilson, of Ossett, Yorkshire.
His headstone bears the inscription; "He Died The Noblest Death A Man Can Die."
31st August 1917, Australian troops watching British soldiers manning an anti-aircraft gun at Morbecque. © IWM (E(AUS) 757)
