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MOULIN-DE-PIERRE BRITISH CEMETERY

Villers-Outréaux 
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​Nord

​France


​GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 50.04592, Longitude: 3.28682

Moulin-de-Pierre British Cemetery
Location Information

Villers-Outréaux is a village situated in the western part of the Department of the Nord, just adjacent to its southern most border, 20 kilometres south of Cambrai.

Moulin De Pierre British Cemetery is 3 kilometres north of Villers Outréaux and is built at the side of the D76, which connects Villers Outreaux with the village of Lesdain. The cemetery is signposted from near the village centre at the crossroads of the D76 and D16.


Visiting Information

Wheelchair access with some difficulty. 


Historical Information

Villers-Outréaux was cleared by the 38th (Welsh) Division and Tanks, after heavy fighting, on the 8th October, 1918.

Moulin-de-Pierre British Cemetery is on the Chemin du Moulin-de-Pierre, a road going North from Villers-Outréaux and passing a stone mill whose ruins were used as a German machine-gun emplacement.

There are 49, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. All of whom fell on the 8th October, 1918.

The Cemetery covers an area of 199 square metres and is enclosed by a stone rubble wall on three sides.

​The cemetery was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw


Total Burials: 49.

Identified Burials: United Kingdom 48. 

Unidentified Burial: United Kingdom 1.
Moulin-de-Pierre British Cemetery
Moulin-de-Pierre British Cemetery
Moulin-de-Pierre British Cemetery
Moulin-de-Pierre British Cemetery
Moulin-de-Pierre British Cemetery
Moulin-de-Pierre British Cemetery
Moulin-de-Pierre British Cemetery
Moulin-de-Pierre British Cemetery
Moulin-de-Pierre British Cemetery
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October 1960 - ©CWGC
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59656 Private
James Arthur Jones
"C" Company, 13th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
8th October 1918, aged 30.
Row A. 8. 

Inscription "Gone But Not Forgotten:

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Jones, of Plas Hill Llandyfriog, Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire.

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Second Lieutenant
Thomas Starr Owen
13th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers 
8th October 1918, aged 34.
Row B. 22.

Inscription "Dearly Loved Son Of H. Starr Owen Of Walsall Until The Day Breaks"


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62682 Private
Edgar Wood
15th Bn. 
Welsh Regiment
8th October 1918, aged 20.
Row A. 11.


Son of Wilfrid and Edith Wood, of 41, Taylor St., Middleton, Manchester.

His headstone bears the inscription "His headstone bears the inscription "Splendidly You Passed Away"


A joiner by trade, he attested on 7 June 1916 and was mobilised on 23 February 1917.
Originally joined 13th Battn Welch Regiment until being shipped back to England on 24 March 1918 with ICT (cellulitis?) of left hand.  After hospital treatment, convalescence and home leave was posted back to France on 26th August where he joined the 15th Battalion.   He took part in some heavy fighting (Gouzeaucourt, Ephehy, Havrincourt Wood) over the next 6 weeks before being killed in action on October 8th, 1918.

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Pictures and additional text provided by Janet Jones (Great Niece)



Original Marker
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Battle of St Quentin Canal (Saint-Quentin). Mark V Tanks going forward with the 'cribs' carried to enable them to cross the Hindenburg Line, Bellicourt, 29th September 1918. © IWM (Q 9364)
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Battle of the St Quentin Canal (Saint-Quentin). British and Australian gunners watering their horses and and German dead being collected near Bellicourt, 4th October 1918. © IWM (Q 9381)

Cemetery pictures © Johan Pauwels

Moulin-de-Pierre British Cemetery
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