QUARRY CEMETERY
Marquion
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 50.20383, Longitude: 3.09531
Picture © Werner Van Caneghem
Location Information
Marquion is a village on the main Arras to Cambrai road (D939), about 25 kilometres from Arras.
From Marquion, follow the D15 road towards Sain les Marquion, but after only 150 metres follow the minor road that leads towards Boulon to the left (Chemin de Bourlon). The cemetery is situated about 150 metres down this road.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access with some difficulty.
Historical Information
Marquion was captured by the 1st Canadian and 11th Division on 27 September 1918. Quarry Cemetery (called also the Chalk Pit Cemetery) was made by fighting units after the battle and used during the following month. One grave was brought in from Marquion German Cemetery after the Armistice.
Quarry Cemetery contains 68 burials of the First World War.
Casualty Details: UK 23, Canada 45, Total Burials: 68.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and George Hartley Goldsmith
Marquion is a village on the main Arras to Cambrai road (D939), about 25 kilometres from Arras.
From Marquion, follow the D15 road towards Sain les Marquion, but after only 150 metres follow the minor road that leads towards Boulon to the left (Chemin de Bourlon). The cemetery is situated about 150 metres down this road.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access with some difficulty.
Historical Information
Marquion was captured by the 1st Canadian and 11th Division on 27 September 1918. Quarry Cemetery (called also the Chalk Pit Cemetery) was made by fighting units after the battle and used during the following month. One grave was brought in from Marquion German Cemetery after the Armistice.
Quarry Cemetery contains 68 burials of the First World War.
Casualty Details: UK 23, Canada 45, Total Burials: 68.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and George Hartley Goldsmith
Images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem
Original grave marker of Martin E. Hedlund, 7th Bn. Canadian Infantry at Quarry Cemetery, Marquion. His grave reference is now A. 13.
Aerial photograph of Marquion, near Arras. Sheet 51b, W3, 4, 5. © IWM Q 58650
602479 Private
Duncan Cameron Campbell
15th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918, aged 19.
Row A. 2.
Son of John and Katherine Campbell, of Ontario.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Till He Cometh."
Duncan Cameron Campbell
15th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918, aged 19.
Row A. 2.
Son of John and Katherine Campbell, of Ontario.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Till He Cometh."
800246 Private
Alexander Donaldson
15th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918, aged 40.
Row B. 10.
Son of Sam Donaldson, of Edinburgh, Scotland; husband of Mary Donaldson, of 581, Annette St., West Toronto, Canada.
Alexander Donaldson
15th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918, aged 40.
Row B. 10.
Son of Sam Donaldson, of Edinburgh, Scotland; husband of Mary Donaldson, of 581, Annette St., West Toronto, Canada.
427395 Sergeant
Thomas Graham, M. M.
13th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918, aged 34.
Row B. 5.
Son of Margaret Graham, of Burlington, Ontario, Canada, and the late Thomas Graham. Native of Great Salkeld, Cumberland, England. Enlisted 1915.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Father In Thy Gracious Keeping Leave We Now Thy Servant Sleeping."
Thomas Graham, M. M.
13th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918, aged 34.
Row B. 5.
Son of Margaret Graham, of Burlington, Ontario, Canada, and the late Thomas Graham. Native of Great Salkeld, Cumberland, England. Enlisted 1915.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Father In Thy Gracious Keeping Leave We Now Thy Servant Sleeping."
2020282 Private
Robert McKay
7th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918.
Row A. 12.
Robert McKay
7th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918.
Row A. 12.
2137524 Private
Gordon Mucklow
No. 3 Coy. 7th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918, aged 26.
Row C. 6.
Son of Edward and Mabel M. Mucklow, of Wood Hill, Bury, Lancs., England.
His headstone bears the inscription; "In Loving Memory Second Son Of Edward Mucklow Of Bury."
Gordon Mucklow
No. 3 Coy. 7th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918, aged 26.
Row C. 6.
Son of Edward and Mabel M. Mucklow, of Wood Hill, Bury, Lancs., England.
His headstone bears the inscription; "In Loving Memory Second Son Of Edward Mucklow Of Bury."
800233 Private
Robert Scouse
15th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918.
Row B. 11.
Robert Scouse
15th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918.
Row B. 11.
Captain
Gordon Stevenson Winnifrith, M. C.
15th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918, aged 27.
Row D. 9.
Son of Harold and Eliza Winnifrith, of 77, Westminster Avenue, Toronto.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Dileas Gu Brath." (The Battalion motto).
Gordon Stevenson Winnifrith, M. C.
15th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918, aged 27.
Row D. 9.
Son of Harold and Eliza Winnifrith, of 77, Westminster Avenue, Toronto.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Dileas Gu Brath." (The Battalion motto).
862169 Corporal
Harold Norman Wright
7th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918, aged 33.
Row B. 12.
Son of Robert and Mary Wright, of 14, Sparkhall Avenue, Toronto; husband of Kathleen Wright, of 21, Maples Bain Avenue, Toronto.
Harold Norman Wright
7th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918, aged 33.
Row B. 12.
Son of Robert and Mary Wright, of 14, Sparkhall Avenue, Toronto; husband of Kathleen Wright, of 21, Maples Bain Avenue, Toronto.
British transport in the main street of Marquion, 28 September 1918. © IWM (Q 78758)
28th March 1924; Plan, sections and elevations showing various details relating to the Cross of Sacrifice at Quarry Cemetery, Marquion. ©CWGC
Post 1939 - ©CWGC
June 1949 - ©CWGC
