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QUARRY WOOD CEMETERY

​Sains-lès-Marquion
​​​
Pas De Calais

​France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.17737, Longitude: 3.07932

Quarry Wood Cemetery
Location Information

Sains-lès-Marquion is a village approximately 12 kilometres north-west of Cambrai and 2 kilometres south of the Arras to Cambrai road (D939).

The Cemetery lies at the end of an access path to the left of the D15 road heading towards Havrincourt, about 2 kilometres from the village.

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Historical Information

The cemetery was made by the 102nd Canadian Battalion in October 1918.

There are 278, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 4 are unidentified and a special memorial is erected to one Canadian Officer believed to be buried among them.

The cemetery covers an area of 1,249 square metres and is enclosed by a rubble wall.

The cemetery was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw​

Total Burials: 278.

Commonwealth Identified Casualties: Canada 260, United Kingdom 13. Total 273.

Commonwealth Unidentified Casualties: Canada 3, United Kingdom 1. Total 4.


Quarry Wood Cemetery
Quarry Wood Cemetery
Quarry Wood Cemetery

Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Quarry Wood Cemetery
Quarry Wood Cemetery
Quarry Wood Cemetery
Quarry Wood Cemetery
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2138541
Ernest Frank Barrett
72nd Bn. 
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
27th September 1918.
Plot III. C. 13.

Parents John & Mary Barrett of Minety, Wiltshire, England. Wife Amy Barrett nee Harbidge of Cloverdale BC.

​Image provided by Maryanne Barker (Granddaughter)

​Click on image to enlarge




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3180412 Private
Emilien Burke
85th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918.
Plot III. B. 30.




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453257 Sergeant
Peter Clark
​58th Bn. Canadian Infantry
28th September 1918.
Plot I. B. 35.


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2356589 Private
Walter Ernest Coombs
47th Bn. Canadian Infantry
29th September 1918.
Plot I. A. 27.

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625052 Private
Albert James Deacon
​50th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918, aged 21.
Plot III. A. 35.

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Deacon, of Monitor, Alberta.


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2021582 Private
Antonio Donatelli
72nd Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918, aged 25.
Plot III. C. 37.


Son of James and Carminelli Donatelli, of Silverdale, British Columbia.

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808591 Private
William Duncan
50th Bn. Canadian Infantry
28th September 1918.
Plot III. A. 31.



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536092 Private
Frederick Montgomery Emond
12th Field Amb. Canadian Army Medical Corps
27th September 1918, aged 34.
Plot III. A. 40.

Son of the late Robert Emond; husband of Gertrude Waterman Emond, of 439, Elgin St., Ottawa.

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His headstone bears the inscription; "We Lived And Loved And Died That Those Who Follow May Walk Secure."

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An aerial photograph of part of the battle area from the British Front to Bourlon Wood where the British advance was halted. It shows the intact condition of the countryside in the wake of the British advance. Quarry Wood is shown top - centre - left. © IWM (Q 47963)
Picture
Major
David Fraser
50th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918, aged 34.
Plot III. A. 38.


Son of William Fraser; husband of Christina A. Fraser, of Blairmore, Alberta. Born at Forres, Morayshire, Scotland.

​His headstone bears the inscription; "Fondly Remembered By His Loving Wife Lena And Willie."

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291867 Private
Frank W. Gray, M. M.
44th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918.
Plot I. A. 6.



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Lieutenant
Albert Thomas Gregg
47th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918.
Plot I. B. 16.

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3205694 Private
Olaf Jackson
50th Bn. Canadian Infantry
28th September 1918, aged 29.​
Plot III. A. 34.

Son of Lars Jackson, of Bawlf, Alberta. Born in South Dakota, U.S.A.


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3205266 Private
Harry George Litchfield
50th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918, aged 30.
Plot III. A. 33.

Son of Mrs. Mary Litchfield, of Calgary, Alberta.


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1015469 Private
William Herbert Lyall
72nd Bn. Canadian Infantry
29th September 1918, aged 21.
Plot II. A. 5.

Son of William Charles and Emily Helen Lyall, of Princeton, British Columbia.


Picture
249164 Private
John McCleery
​"B" Coy. 102nd Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918, aged 33.

Plot II. C. 6.

Son of James and Jane McCleery, of 48, Pembroke St., Toronto. Born in Londonderry, Ireland.

His headstone bears the inscription; "Absent From The Body And Present With The Lord."


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3131442 Private
Roy McLinden
78th Bn. Canadian Infantry
29th September 1918.
Plot II. C. 29.



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373 Private
William McMillan
47th Bn. Canadian Infantry
29th September 1918, aged 19.
Plot I. A. 25.

Son of C. T. and Mary McMillan, of 237, Russell Avenue, Ottawa. Born at Hawick, Scotland.

His headstone bears the inscription; "Thy Will Be Done."

Picture
790977 Private
William Meiklejohn
​47th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918, aged 29.
Plot I. A. 14.

Brother of Martha Archibald, of 11, Ochill St., Tullibody, Cambus, Clackmannanshire.


Picture
Battle of the Canal du Nord. Canadian 18 pounders moving forward towards Bourlon Wood to cover infantry advance. In foreground, Canadian 6th Division Engineers, and British and German wounded. Moeuvres, 27 September 1918. © IWM (Q 9334)
Picture
633603 Private
Arthur Joseph Newman
38th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918.
​Plot III. A. 6.

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Lieutenant
Herbert Braid Northwood, M. C.
78th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918, aged 34.
Pot II. C. 9.


Son of William and Margaret Northwood, of Ottawa.

His headstone bears the inscription; "Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori."


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3314084 Private
​Walter Arthur Parcels
78th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918.
Plot II. C. 26.


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177601 Lance Corporal
Rene Ranger
87th Bn. Canadian Infantry
28th September 1918.
Plot I. A. 33.


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Lieutenant
Lancelot Rennison
3rd Bde. Canadian Field Artillery
27th September 1918.
Plot II. C. 10.

Picture
622001 Private
Charles Rolph
78th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918, aged 35.
Plot III. B. 22.


Husband of Mary Rolph, of 1411, Commercial Drive, Grandview, Vancouver.

His headstone bears the inscription; "He Laid Down His Life For His Friends."

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Lieutenant
Arthur George Starkings
38th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918.
Plot III. A. 5.


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Lieutenant
John Bertram Swarts, M. M.
58th Bn. Canadian Infantry
30th September 1918.
Plot II. A. 8.


Picture
257943 Private
William Jackson Wilson
46th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918, aged 29.
Plot III. A. 28.

Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Wilson. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland.


Picture
Battle of the Canal du Nord. The Canal showing Tanks of A Company, 7th Battalion parked after capturing Bourlon Village. In the foreground German prisoners are carrying British wounded across a cutting, near Moeuvres, 27th September 1918. © IWM (Q 9346)

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Sains-les-Marquion British Cemetery
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