PONT-SUR-SAMBRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord
France
Location Information
Pont-sur-Sambre is a village approximately 13 kilometres south-west of Maubeuge. The Cemetery is situated on the D117 to Hargnies, on the outskirts of the village on the east side.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access possible via main entrance.
The register is available in the Mairie from Monday to Friday from 8.30 to 12.00 and 13.30 to 17.30 and Saturday from 9.00 to 12.00
Historical Information
Pont-sur-Sambre was in German hands for much of the First World War but was finally taken by the 1st D.C.L.I. on 5 November 1918.
The communal cemetery contains 54 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, one of which is unidentified.
Casualty Details: UK 54, Total Burials 54.
Pont-sur-Sambre is a village approximately 13 kilometres south-west of Maubeuge. The Cemetery is situated on the D117 to Hargnies, on the outskirts of the village on the east side.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access possible via main entrance.
The register is available in the Mairie from Monday to Friday from 8.30 to 12.00 and 13.30 to 17.30 and Saturday from 9.00 to 12.00
Historical Information
Pont-sur-Sambre was in German hands for much of the First World War but was finally taken by the 1st D.C.L.I. on 5 November 1918.
The communal cemetery contains 54 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, one of which is unidentified.
Casualty Details: UK 54, Total Burials 54.
Second Lieutenant
Charles Frederick Davis MacIntryre
37th Howitzer Bty. 27th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
6th November 1918, aged 19.
Row A. 16.
Son of Rachel Macintyre, of 21, Partickhill Rd., Hyndland, Glasgow, and the late Donald Macintyre, of Ardchattan. Native of Ardchattan, Argyll. Member of Glasgow High School, O.T.C., and Glasgow University, O.T.C.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Per Ardua." (Latin - Through Adversity.)
Charles Frederick Davis MacIntryre
37th Howitzer Bty. 27th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
6th November 1918, aged 19.
Row A. 16.
Son of Rachel Macintyre, of 21, Partickhill Rd., Hyndland, Glasgow, and the late Donald Macintyre, of Ardchattan. Native of Ardchattan, Argyll. Member of Glasgow High School, O.T.C., and Glasgow University, O.T.C.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Per Ardua." (Latin - Through Adversity.)
25401 Serjeant
James Hargreaves Morton
1st/5th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
6th November 1918, aged 37.
Row A. 8.
Son of James and Elizabeth Morton, of Darwen, Lancs. An Artist.
His headstone bears the inscription; "James Hargreaves Morton "Artist" Darwen, Lancashire."
James Hargreaves Morton
1st/5th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
6th November 1918, aged 37.
Row A. 8.
Son of James and Elizabeth Morton, of Darwen, Lancs. An Artist.
His headstone bears the inscription; "James Hargreaves Morton "Artist" Darwen, Lancashire."
Men of the Irish Guards man a slit trench near Maubeuge, 11 November 1918. © IWM (Q 3344)
