NOYON NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Oise
France
Location Information
Noyon is a town 32 kilometres north-west of Soissons, on the road to Roye (D6/D934). The New British Cemetery is on the northern outskirts of the town, on the road (D932) to Ham.
Historical Information
Noyon was the British G.H.Q. on the 26th - 28th August 1914. It was entered by the Germans on the 1st September 1914, by the French on the 18th March 1917 and by the Germans again in March 1918. The French finally retook it on the 29th and 30th August 1918. It was twice bombarded by the enemy and in 1918 practically destroyed.
Noyon Old British Cemetery was made by the 46th Casualty Clearing Station and the 44th Field Ambulance in March 1918, in a woodyard near the railway station. It contained the graves of 144 soldiers from the United Kingdom, one American medical officer, two Italian and three French soldiers. All these graves except the French were removed, after the Armistice, to the New British Cemetery.
Noyon French National and New British Cemeteries are side by side, on the hill North of the town. The former was made in 1919, and contains the graves of 1,721 French soldiers, of whom 693 are unidentified.
Noyon New British Cemetery was made after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from other burial grounds and from the battlefields.
There are 260, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, nearly 90 are unidentified and 108 other identified collectively but not individually, are marked by headstones superscribed: "Buried near this spot". The date of death in the majority of cases is in 1918.
The New British Cemetery covers an area of 1,085 square metres.
Total Burials: 260.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 163, Canada 4, Italy, 2, U. S. A. 1. Total 170.
Unidentified Casualties: Total 90.
Noyon is a town 32 kilometres north-west of Soissons, on the road to Roye (D6/D934). The New British Cemetery is on the northern outskirts of the town, on the road (D932) to Ham.
Historical Information
Noyon was the British G.H.Q. on the 26th - 28th August 1914. It was entered by the Germans on the 1st September 1914, by the French on the 18th March 1917 and by the Germans again in March 1918. The French finally retook it on the 29th and 30th August 1918. It was twice bombarded by the enemy and in 1918 practically destroyed.
Noyon Old British Cemetery was made by the 46th Casualty Clearing Station and the 44th Field Ambulance in March 1918, in a woodyard near the railway station. It contained the graves of 144 soldiers from the United Kingdom, one American medical officer, two Italian and three French soldiers. All these graves except the French were removed, after the Armistice, to the New British Cemetery.
Noyon French National and New British Cemeteries are side by side, on the hill North of the town. The former was made in 1919, and contains the graves of 1,721 French soldiers, of whom 693 are unidentified.
Noyon New British Cemetery was made after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from other burial grounds and from the battlefields.
There are 260, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, nearly 90 are unidentified and 108 other identified collectively but not individually, are marked by headstones superscribed: "Buried near this spot". The date of death in the majority of cases is in 1918.
The New British Cemetery covers an area of 1,085 square metres.
Total Burials: 260.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 163, Canada 4, Italy, 2, U. S. A. 1. Total 170.
Unidentified Casualties: Total 90.
Images in this gallery © Johan Pauwels
17156 Private
William Gardiner Brown
6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)
24th March 1918.
Plot I. C. 3.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out."
William Gardiner Brown
6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)
24th March 1918.
Plot I. C. 3.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out."
5880 Private
John William Burrows, M. C.
1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
26th August 1914, aged 36.
Plot III. G. 7.
Son of Ben and Olive Burrows, of Burnley; husband of Eliza Burrows, of 41 Croft St., Burnley.
A painter by trade and worked for Messrs. Smith & Sons., of Oxford Road, Burnley. He had previously served 8 years with the East Lancashire Regiment including service in South Africa and a further 4 years as a reservist before rejoining on the outbreak of war.
John William Burrows, M. C.
1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
26th August 1914, aged 36.
Plot III. G. 7.
Son of Ben and Olive Burrows, of Burnley; husband of Eliza Burrows, of 41 Croft St., Burnley.
A painter by trade and worked for Messrs. Smith & Sons., of Oxford Road, Burnley. He had previously served 8 years with the East Lancashire Regiment including service in South Africa and a further 4 years as a reservist before rejoining on the outbreak of war.
Lieutenant
The Honourable William Hugh Cubitt
1st (Royal) Dragoons
24th March 1918, aged 22.
Plot III. E. 9.
Son of Henry, 2nd Baron Ashcombe, C.B., and of Maud Mariamne, his wife, of Denbies, Dorking.
His headstone bears the inscription; "The Lord Is The Strengh Of My Life; Of Whom Then Shall I Be Afraid."
The Honourable William Hugh Cubitt
1st (Royal) Dragoons
24th March 1918, aged 22.
Plot III. E. 9.
Son of Henry, 2nd Baron Ashcombe, C.B., and of Maud Mariamne, his wife, of Denbies, Dorking.
His headstone bears the inscription; "The Lord Is The Strengh Of My Life; Of Whom Then Shall I Be Afraid."
23701 Private
Ernest Charles Day
7th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
11th February 1918, aged 24.
Plot IV. E. 2.
Son of Henry Day, of 1, Marriott's Yard, Ramsey, Huntingdon.
Ernest Charles Day
7th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
11th February 1918, aged 24.
Plot IV. E. 2.
Son of Henry Day, of 1, Marriott's Yard, Ramsey, Huntingdon.
Captain
William Henry Madden
16th (Pioneer) Bn. Royal Irish Rifles
24th March 1918, aged 33.
Plot II. E. 10.
Son of the Very Rev. S. O. Madden (Dean of Cork), and of Charlotte B. Madden, of 26, Goldington Rd., Bedford. Born at Cork.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Faithful Unto Death. With Christ Which Is Far Better."
William Henry Madden
16th (Pioneer) Bn. Royal Irish Rifles
24th March 1918, aged 33.
Plot II. E. 10.
Son of the Very Rev. S. O. Madden (Dean of Cork), and of Charlotte B. Madden, of 26, Goldington Rd., Bedford. Born at Cork.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Faithful Unto Death. With Christ Which Is Far Better."
Lieutenant
George Clapperton McEwan
Royal Air Force
7th June 1918, aged 19.
Plot IV. F. 3.
Son of George Alfred and Margaret Johnston McEwan, of 19, Elgin Terrace, Dowanhill, Glasgow.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Until The Day Dawn."
George Clapperton McEwan
Royal Air Force
7th June 1918, aged 19.
Plot IV. F. 3.
Son of George Alfred and Margaret Johnston McEwan, of 19, Elgin Terrace, Dowanhill, Glasgow.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Until The Day Dawn."
41195 Private
Francis Tate
9th (North Irish Horse) Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
21st March 1918.
Plot II. B. 5.
Francis Tate
9th (North Irish Horse) Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
21st March 1918.
Plot II. B. 5.
The Operation Gneisenau. A German MG 08 machine gun section advancing to take up new positions in the ruins of a house on the Montdidier - Noyon sector of the front, June 1918. © IWM (Q 55349)
The Third Battle of the Aisne. German 10 cm, long-barrelled guns firing a barrage in front of stormtroopers in the Montdidier - Noyon sector, June 1918. Note the nearest gun at full recoil. © IWM (Q 50512)
