QUIÉTISTE MILITARY CEMETERY
Le Cateau
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.07303, Longitude: 3.50409
Location Information
Quietiste Military Cemetery is half-way from Le Cateau to Busigny, on the north-west side of the road (D21).
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site make wheelchair access impossible.
The register is available in the Office de Tourisme on Monday to Saturday from 9.30 to 12.30 and from 14.00 to 18.00 -
closed on Tuesday and Sunday
Historical Information
Le Cateau and the country West of it, were the scene of the rearguard battle fought by the II Corps on the 26th August, 1914, against a greatly superior German force; it then passed into German hands, and became a railhead and an important hospital centre. It was stormed by the 5th Connaught Rangers on the evening of the 10th October, 1918, and cleared during the following week.
Quietiste Military Cemetery was made in October, 1918, by the 50th (Northumbrian) Division, as "Farm Cemetery"; the present name was acquired before the end of 1918, and is due to some association with Fenelon, Bishop of Cambrai, whose country house at Honnechy, 2.4 kilometres West, was used by both sides as Divisional Headquarters.
There are now over 50, 1914-18 commonwealth war casualties commemorated in this site.
The cemetery covers an area of 683 square metres and is enclosed by a brick wall, except on the roadside.
Total Burials: 67.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 49, Germany 10.
The cemetery was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Cemetery images in this gallery © Johan Pauwels
152634 Private
George Elliot Grant
50th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
23rd October 1918, aged 34.
Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Grant of Amesbury, Wiltshire; husband of Elizabeth Grant of Fullerton Wherwell, Hampshire..
George Elliot Grant
50th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
23rd October 1918, aged 34.
Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Grant of Amesbury, Wiltshire; husband of Elizabeth Grant of Fullerton Wherwell, Hampshire..
402436 Sapper
Robert Palmer
130th Field Company, Royal Engineers
20th October 1918, aged 26.
Son of Caroline M. Palmer, of 31, Union Terrace, Aberdeen, and the late Robert Palmer.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done"
Robert Palmer
130th Field Company, Royal Engineers
20th October 1918, aged 26.
Son of Caroline M. Palmer, of 31, Union Terrace, Aberdeen, and the late Robert Palmer.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done"
British troops resting on a felled tree near Le Cateau, 25 October 1918. © IWM (Q 3317)
King George V inspecting Indian troops attached to the Royal Garrison Artillery, at Le Cateau on 2 December 1918. © IWM (Q 9757)
Le Cateau; The interior of a large tent, supported by large wooden poles, filled with wounded British soldiers lying on stretchers on the ground. The foremost wounded soldier looks comfortable, with his left arm placed behind his head. The casualty next to him has his arm bandaged up in a sling, with a bloodstain on the bandage towards his elbow. (Artist; J. Hodgson Lobley) © IWM (Art.IWM ART 3800)
