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RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
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Aisne

​France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.79663, Longitude: 3.46824

Location Information

Ribemont in the Department of the Aisne (there is also a Ribemont in the Department of the Somme), is a village 14 kilometres South-East of St. Quentin, adjacent to the Canal de Sambre.


History Information

The Communal Cemetery was extended by the Germans, but the German graves, 320 in number, have been removed. There are 34, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site, beyond the French Military plot, on the North-East side of the cemetery. Of these, 5 are unidentified and a special memorial is erected to a soldier believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of three United Kingdom soldiers, buried in Monceau-le-Neuf Communal Cemetery German Extension, whose graves could not be found.

Total Burials: 5.

Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 29. 

Unidentified Casualties: 5.



Cemetery images © Johan Pauwels

Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Aisne
Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Aisne
Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Aisne
Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Aisne
Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Aisne
Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Aisne
Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Aisne
Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Aisne
Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Aisne
Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Aisne
Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Aisne
Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Aisne
Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Aisne
Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Aisne
Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Aisne
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G/25350 Private
James Walter Capeling
7th Bn. T
he Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
​28th March 1918, aged 19.
Special Memorial.


Son of Mr. and Mrs, H. A. Capeling, of 31, Hartnup St., Maidstone.

His headstone bears the inscription "Buried by The Enemy in Monceau-le-Neuf Communal Cemetery But Whose Graves Is Now Lost Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out"





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37937 Private
John Wesley Jones
6th Bn. 
Somerset Light Infantry
21st March 1918, aged 27.
​Row B. 16.

Son of John and Mary Jones, of Farndon House, Great Norwood St., Cheltenham.

His headstone bears the inscription "He Died For Freedom And Honour"




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