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RUE-DU-BACQUEROT (13th LONDON) GRAVEYARD

​Laventie
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​Pas De Calais

​France


Location Information

Laventie is a village some 6 kilometres south-west of Armentieres and 11 kilometres north of La Bassee. Leave Laventie on the D174 at the junction with the D169, which is 2 kilometres from the church. Turn left and Rue-du-Bacquerot (13th London) Graveyeard Cemetery is 200 metres on the left hand side of the road.

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Historical Information

The 13th London Graveyard was begun by the 1st Royal Irish Rifles in November 1914, and during and after the following December graves of the 13th London Regiment (The Kensingtons) were added. The cemetery was closed in July 1916. It was known also as the Red House Cemetery from a ruined house, now rebuilt, on the South side of the road. 

There are 192 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-18 war commemorated in this site, 1 of which is unidentified. 

The cemetery covers an area of 1,516 square metres and is enclosed by rubble walls.

Casualty Details: UK 168, Australia 28, Total Burials: 196.
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2867A Private
George Ronald Shaw
9th Bn. Australian Infantry., A. I. F.
20th April 1916, aged 22
Row F. 42.

Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Shaw, of Brisbane, Queensland. Born at Dalby, Queensland. 

Two other Shaw brothers are commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial


Picture courtesy of Carmel McMullen

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Picture © Geerhard Joos
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1955 Private
William Edward Weaver
1st Bn. London Regiment, (Royal Fusiliers).
4th May 1915, aged 18.
Row G. 5.

Son of Mary Ann Weaver, of 147, Whitfield St., Tottenham Court Rd., London.


"Remembered by nephews, Edward T. Hedges and Thomas E. Hofford"
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