MOUVAUX NEW COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord
France
Location Information
Mouvaux is a village just north of Lille. From Lille take the main road (N17) in the direction of Menen (Menin). Mouvaux is 4 kilometres north of the Lille ring road. The cemetery is on the west side of the village on the road to Bondues. The five 1914-1918 Commonwealth war graves form part of the French Military Plot, which is in the centre of the cemetery where the war memorial is situated.
Burial Details
Second Lieutenant Henry Neville Curtis, 45th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, died 25th July 1917, aged 18. Son of William Henry and Emma Curtis, of 22, West St., Oundle, Peterborough. INSCRIPTION. SOMEWHERE IN GOD'S GREAT UNIVERSE THOU ART TO-DAY.
31980 Private Frederick John Eastwood, 1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F., died 24th June 1917. Husband of Mrs. A. M. Eastwood, of Manawaru, Te Aroha, New Zealand.
33506 Private M. H. Nicolls, 11th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment, died 19th October 1918, aged 37. Son of John and Helen Nicolls, of 30, Halkin St., Melton Rd., Leicester. INSCRIPTION. OF LEICESTER THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE.
25377 Private Victor William Robinson, 1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F., died 25th June 1917, aged 26. Son of Joseph Robinson, of Taihoa, Mata Mata, New Zealand.
27234 Flight Serjeant William Stanley Wickham, 45th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, died 25th July 1917.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
Mouvaux is a village just north of Lille. From Lille take the main road (N17) in the direction of Menen (Menin). Mouvaux is 4 kilometres north of the Lille ring road. The cemetery is on the west side of the village on the road to Bondues. The five 1914-1918 Commonwealth war graves form part of the French Military Plot, which is in the centre of the cemetery where the war memorial is situated.
Burial Details
Second Lieutenant Henry Neville Curtis, 45th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, died 25th July 1917, aged 18. Son of William Henry and Emma Curtis, of 22, West St., Oundle, Peterborough. INSCRIPTION. SOMEWHERE IN GOD'S GREAT UNIVERSE THOU ART TO-DAY.
31980 Private Frederick John Eastwood, 1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F., died 24th June 1917. Husband of Mrs. A. M. Eastwood, of Manawaru, Te Aroha, New Zealand.
33506 Private M. H. Nicolls, 11th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment, died 19th October 1918, aged 37. Son of John and Helen Nicolls, of 30, Halkin St., Melton Rd., Leicester. INSCRIPTION. OF LEICESTER THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE.
25377 Private Victor William Robinson, 1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F., died 25th June 1917, aged 26. Son of Joseph Robinson, of Taihoa, Mata Mata, New Zealand.
27234 Flight Serjeant William Stanley Wickham, 45th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, died 25th July 1917.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
