NIEPPE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord
France
Location Information
Nieppe is on the road from Baillieul to Armentieres (D933). It is north of the A25 Dunkirk-Lille road near Exit 9 (Armentieres). Nieppe Communal Cemetery is on the south-east side of the cross-roads to Coutre-Rue.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The village of Nieppe was within the Allied lines from 16 October 1914 until 11 April 1918, when the 34th Division were driven out after hard fighting. Nieppe was recaptured by the 29th Division on 3 September 1918.
Nieppe Communal Cemetery was used by Commonwealth field ambulances and fighting units from October 1914 to November 1917, and again in September and November 1918.
The cemetery now contains 62 Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Casualty Details: UK 43, Australia 6, New Zealand 11, South Africa 2, Total Burials: 62.
Nieppe is on the road from Baillieul to Armentieres (D933). It is north of the A25 Dunkirk-Lille road near Exit 9 (Armentieres). Nieppe Communal Cemetery is on the south-east side of the cross-roads to Coutre-Rue.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The village of Nieppe was within the Allied lines from 16 October 1914 until 11 April 1918, when the 34th Division were driven out after hard fighting. Nieppe was recaptured by the 29th Division on 3 September 1918.
Nieppe Communal Cemetery was used by Commonwealth field ambulances and fighting units from October 1914 to November 1917, and again in September and November 1918.
The cemetery now contains 62 Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Casualty Details: UK 43, Australia 6, New Zealand 11, South Africa 2, Total Burials: 62.
Pictures in gallery below © Werner Van Caneghem
© Werner Van Caneghem
31491 Private
Wilmot Robert Grooby
2nd Bn. Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. attd.
New Zealand Division Employment Company
12th August 1917, aged 20.
Plot V. B. 3.
Son of George and Rhoda Grooby, of Pangatotara, New Zealand.
Wilmot Robert Grooby
2nd Bn. Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. attd.
New Zealand Division Employment Company
12th August 1917, aged 20.
Plot V. B. 3.
Son of George and Rhoda Grooby, of Pangatotara, New Zealand.
30954 Private
Samuel Edward King
3rd Bn. Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
15th July 1917, aged 24.
Plot III. B. 2.
Son of Henry Blanchard King and Elizabeth Anne King.
Samuel Edward King
3rd Bn. Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
15th July 1917, aged 24.
Plot III. B. 2.
Son of Henry Blanchard King and Elizabeth Anne King.
6/1215 Chaplain
The Reverend James Joseph McMenamin
New Zealand Chaplains' Department attd. 2nd Bn. Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
9th June 1917, aged 43.
Cemetery/memorial reference: Cures' vault under Crucifix.
The Reverend James Joseph McMenamin
New Zealand Chaplains' Department attd. 2nd Bn. Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
9th June 1917, aged 43.
Cemetery/memorial reference: Cures' vault under Crucifix.
9/1900 Gunner
Douglas Orr Mitchell
New Zealand Field Artillery
17th August 1917, aged 20.
Plot VI. A. 3.
Son of W. W. and Florence Mitchell, of Otekaike, New Zealand.
Douglas Orr Mitchell
New Zealand Field Artillery
17th August 1917, aged 20.
Plot VI. A. 3.
Son of W. W. and Florence Mitchell, of Otekaike, New Zealand.
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9534 Sapper
Robert Power
11th Field Coy. Australian Engineers
6th June 1917, aged 42.
Plot II. A. 6.
Son of Robert and Johanna Power. Native of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
A prospector prior to enlistment he embarked with No.4 Section from Outer Harbor, SA on board HMAT Suevic (A29) on 31 May 1916. On the morning of the 6 June 1917, at "Stuff Camp" Pont Nieppe, Spr Power was instantly killed by a shell which landed in the camp, he was 42 years of age.
Robert Power
11th Field Coy. Australian Engineers
6th June 1917, aged 42.
Plot II. A. 6.
Son of Robert and Johanna Power. Native of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
A prospector prior to enlistment he embarked with No.4 Section from Outer Harbor, SA on board HMAT Suevic (A29) on 31 May 1916. On the morning of the 6 June 1917, at "Stuff Camp" Pont Nieppe, Spr Power was instantly killed by a shell which landed in the camp, he was 42 years of age.
32991 Private
Thomas Omega Shirley
3rd Bn. Wellington Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
16th August 1917, aged 27.
Plot VI. A. 1.
Son of Thomas Edward and Jean Shirley, of Napier, New Zealand.
Thomas Omega Shirley
3rd Bn. Wellington Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
16th August 1917, aged 27.
Plot VI. A. 1.
Son of Thomas Edward and Jean Shirley, of Napier, New Zealand.
8/3093 Corporal
William Thompson
3rd Bn. Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
1st July 1917.
Plot V. B. 1.
William Thompson
3rd Bn. Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
1st July 1917.
Plot V. B. 1.
Maori lumber workers. Forest de Nieppe, March 1917. © IWM (Q 4735)
The first lorry-mounted 18-pounder field gun for anti-aircraft defence with 4th Division, British Expeditionary Corps, Nieppe, France, November 1914. Under command of Captain C A Mortimore. © The rights holder (IWM Q 56720)
