OVILLERS NEW COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Solesmes
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.16462, Longitude: 3.55552
Picture © Johan Pauwels
Location Information
Ovillers is a small village approximately 7 kilometres north west of Le Cateau and 5 kilometres south east of Solesmes. The Communal Cemetery stands outside the village on the Croix Caluyau to Solesmes road (D43).
Historical Information
There are 65, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. All of whom fell in October and November 1918.
Total Burials: 65.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 61.
Unidentified Casualties: 4.
52147 Private
James William Butterworth
6th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
24th October 1918.
Row A. 4.
James William Butterworth
6th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
24th October 1918.
Row A. 4.
Second Lieutenant
Horace Burnaby Cooper
4th Bn. attd. 1st Bn. Wiltshire Regiment
23rd October 1918, aged 19.
Grave Ref: A. 7/26.
Son of the Rev. H. Rowsell Cooper and Alice F. Cooper, of Thornton Vicarage, Leicester.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Into Thy Hands O Lord, I Commend My Spirit."
Horace Burnaby Cooper
4th Bn. attd. 1st Bn. Wiltshire Regiment
23rd October 1918, aged 19.
Grave Ref: A. 7/26.
Son of the Rev. H. Rowsell Cooper and Alice F. Cooper, of Thornton Vicarage, Leicester.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Into Thy Hands O Lord, I Commend My Spirit."
Captain
Ernest Gaul
Lincolnshire Regiment
23rd October 1918, aged 28.
Row A. 44.
Son of Hector and Ann Gaul, of Gosforth, Cumberland.
His headstone bears the inscription "Be Thou Faithful Unto Death And I Will Give Thee A Crown Of Life"
Ernest Gaul
Lincolnshire Regiment
23rd October 1918, aged 28.
Row A. 44.
Son of Hector and Ann Gaul, of Gosforth, Cumberland.
His headstone bears the inscription "Be Thou Faithful Unto Death And I Will Give Thee A Crown Of Life"
58588 Private
William Perkins
6th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
23rd October 1918, aged 22.
Row A. 6.
William Perkins
6th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
23rd October 1918, aged 22.
Row A. 6.
106286 Gunner
Alfred Sharman
50th Battery, 34th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
8th November 1918, aged 20.
Row B. 2.
Son of Charles Sharman, of 50, Rushton Rd., Rothwell, Kettering.
Alfred Sharman
50th Battery, 34th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
8th November 1918, aged 20.
Row B. 2.
Son of Charles Sharman, of 50, Rushton Rd., Rothwell, Kettering.
39934 Private
Ernest Seabrook Terry
1st Bn. Wiltshire Regiment
23rd October 1918, aged 26.
Grave Ref: A. 7/26.
Son of William Archer Terry and Emily Sarah Terry, of 11, Tibberton Square, Islington, London.
His headstone bears the inscription; "The Path Of Duty Is The Way To Glory."
Ernest Seabrook Terry
1st Bn. Wiltshire Regiment
23rd October 1918, aged 26.
Grave Ref: A. 7/26.
Son of William Archer Terry and Emily Sarah Terry, of 11, Tibberton Square, Islington, London.
His headstone bears the inscription; "The Path Of Duty Is The Way To Glory."
Cemetery images in this gallery © Johan Pauwels
British troops resting on a felled tree near Le Cateau, 25 October 1918. © IWM (Q 3317)
15th November 1918; Australian transport passing through Le Cateau. Note the shell damaged buildings. Two of the relatively unscathed buildings have the words, 'Chaussures' and 'Charcuterie' still showing.
