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PONT-DE-NIEPPE COMMUNAL CEMETERY 
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​France


Location Information

Nieppe is a village 4 kilometres north-west of Armentieres on the road to Bailleul. The Communal Cemetery is east of the village, some 500 metres to the north of the main Armentieres-Bailleul road.


Visiting Information

Wheelchair access to this cemetery is possible with some difficulty.


Historical Information

The bridge at Pont-de-Nieppe was siezed by the 1st Hampshires on 16 October 1914 and the village then stayed within the Allied lines until 11 April 1918, when the 34th Division were driven out of neighbouring Nieppe after hard fighting. Nieppe was recaptured by the 29th Division on 3 September 1918.

Pont-De-Nieppe Communal Cemetery was used by Commonwealth field ambulances and fighting units from October 1914 to March 1918, by German troops during the summer of 1918, and by Commonwealth troops again in September-November 1918. The German graves were later removed to the adjoining German cemetery.

The cemetery now contains 135 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 11 of them unidentified. There are also two Second World War burials dating from May 1940.

Casualty Details: UK 123, Australia 12, Total Burials: 135.
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​Second Lieutenant
George Young Blair
"B" Bty. 63rd Bde. Royal Field Artillery
24th July 1915, aged 21.
Plot I. A. 13.

Only son of Mary Y. Blair, of Linden Grove, Hutton Rudby, Yorks, and the late P.A.F. Blair.


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Major
Peter Martin Connellan, Twice Mentioned in Despatches
1st Bn. Hampshire Regiment
20th October 1914, aged 32.
Plot I. B. 2.

Son of Major J.H. Connellan, D.L., of Coolmore, Co. Kilkenny; husband of Winifred Bollam (formerly Connellan), of Belline, Piltown, Co. Kilkenny.

​His headstone bears the inscription; "Blessed Are The Pure In Heart For They Shall See God" Matt.V.8."

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53890 Private
John James Craddock
15th/17th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
26th October 1918, aged 19.
Plot II. F. 5.


Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Craddock, of Barnoldswick.

​His headstone bears the inscription; "Rest In Peace In God's Keeping."





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12559 Private
Arthur Darnton
2nd Bn. South Lancashire Regiment
21st January 1917.
Plot II. B. 7.



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The main dressing station of the 11th Field Ambulance at Pont-de-Nieppe used between April 1917 and May 1917.
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6/17106 Serjeant
Joseph Thomas Fellows, M.M.
6th Bn. South Wales Borderers
31st October 1918, aged 26.
Plot II. H. 10.

Son of Samuel and Martha Fellows, of 39, Downing St., Liswerry; husband of F. E. Smith (formerly Fellows), of 15, Ifton St., Liswerry, Newport, Mon.

His headstone bears the inscription; "Till The Day Breaks."

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881 Private
William Charles Hazzard
41st Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
26th March 1917.
​Plot II. C. 5.


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16818 Private
Robert Henson
​6th Bn. South Wales Borderers
1st November 1918, aged 26.
Plot II. H. 8.



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19th February 1918; Members of the 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company preparing a machine gun emplacement at the Pont de Nieppe (Nieppe Bridge), near Armentieres. The bridge was also mined for blowing up in case of necessity. This work was a portion of the defensive preparations of the winter months, which proved of such value in retarding the German advance in Flanders in April. Identified, left to right: Sapper (Spr) W. Williams; Lieutenant Neil Campbell (later killed near this bridge on 10 April 1918); Spr R. E. Willoughby.
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Lieutenant
Horas Tristram Kennedy

2nd Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers, attd. Royal Engineers
6th June 1917, aged 28.

Plot II. E. 12.

Son of Charles Napier Kennedy and Lucy Susanna Kennedy; husband of Florence Kennedy, of St. Patrick's Deanery, Dublin. Born in London. Appointed to the Geological Survey of Ireland in 1913, and was a Fellow of the Royal Geological Society.

​His headstone bears the inscription; 
"With Thee Is The Well Of Life And In Thy Light Shall We See Light" PS. XXXVI."

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1796 Private
Archibald Livingstone
42nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
6th June 1917, aged 37.
Plot II. D. 3.

Son of Hugh and Ellen Livingstone of Codrington, Richmond River, New South Wales.

His headstone bears the inscription; 
"He Did His Duty."

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1060 Private
John Lewis McKenny
43rd Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
5th April 1917, aged 25.
Plot II. C. 4.

Son of George and Caroline McKenny, of Nairne, South Australia.

His headstone bears the inscription; 
"His Duty Nobly Done."

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550954 Rifleman
Frederic Charles Reading McClure
16th Bn. London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)
28th October 1918, aged 27.
Plot II. H. 19.

Son of Frederic Stanley McClure.


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Officers of the Forestry Control Department on one of the trucks. Forest de Nieppe, March 1917. © IWM (Q 4745)
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101228 Private
Frank Cecil Postlethwaite
43rd (Garr.) Bn. Royal Fusiliers
6th November 1918, aged 21.
Plot II. I. 8.

Son of Frank Willis Postlethwaite and Lillie Louise Postlethwaite, of 41, Kinfauns Rd., Goodmayes, Ilford, Essex.

His headstone bears the inscription; 
"Until The Day Break."


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1078 Private
Mark Roberts
41st Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
25th April 1917, aged 20.
Plot II. D. 9.

Son of Robert and Jane Reed Roberts, of Whiteville, Stockyard Creek, Clarence River, New South Wales.

His headstone bears the inscription; "Rest Dear, Sweetly Rest. They Miss You Most Who Loved You Best."

Lieutenant (Formerly Sergeant), R. Tredenick gave the following details;

"I was his platoon Sergeant at the time and his death was the result of an accident during a class in instruction in Lewis Guns by the Lewis Gun Corporal.

During the working of the gun backwards and forwards, a live shot, which happened to be in the cartridge, went off and hit Roberts in the thigh. The bullet was turned by the bone and penetrated the stomach causing very severe wounds. He was taken to the 56th C.C.S. at Steenwerck but died on the way there. It appeared that the charge was amongst the ammunition which had been tested and passed but the shot went of on the second charge"

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Second Lieutenant
Joseph Henry Banks Thornton
Labour Corps, attd. 23rd Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
28th September 1918, aged 28.
Plot II. E. 3.

Husband of Mrs. Thornron, of 4, St. Catherine's Road, Lincoln.

His headstone bears the inscription; "Women Received Their Dead Raised To Life. This My Hope Is Laid Up In My Bosom."


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Dog handler of the Royal Engineers (Signals) with his messenger dogs at a Army Veterinary Corps HQ Kennel near Nieppe Wood, 19 May 1918. Note the dogs feet, bandaged as a result of injuries caused by mustard gas. © IWM (Q 10965)

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