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NEUF-MESNIL COMMUNAL CEMETERY 
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Nord

​France


Location Information

Neuf-Mesnil is a commune in the Department of the Nord, 7 kilometres west of Maubeuge on the D405.

The Cemetery is situated on the left hand side of the Douzies/Maubeuge road, and the three Commonwealth war graves are located on the left hand side of the central path, near the centre of the Cemetery.


Historical Information

Neuf-Mesnil Communal Cemetery contains three Commonwealth burials of the First World War.


 
Burial Details

58756 Private David Holmes, 5th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, died 8th November 1918, aged 21. Son of George William and Clara Minnie Holmes, of 22, Church St., Thornley, Co. Durham.

63965 F. Piggins, 2nd/4th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, died 8th November 1918, aged 29.

58304 Private Wilfred Prissick, 2nd/4th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment, died 4th November 1918, aged 18. Son of Edward Fisher Prissick and Harriet Prissick, of 30, All Saints St., Hull.


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