SAINS-LES-MARQUION BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 50.19136, Longitude: 3.07774
© Werner Van Caneghem
Location Information
Sains-les-Marquion is a village about 12 kilometres north-west of Cambrai and 2 kilometres south of the D939, Arras to Cambrai road. Sains-les-Marquion British Cemetery lies at the junction of the D15 and D16 roads, about 1.5 kilometres from the centre of the village.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The village of Sains-les-Marquion was captured by the 1st Canadian Division on 27 September 1918, and the cemetery was begun on the following day by the 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade. It was used until the middle of October and was enlarged after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the surrounding battlefields and from Marquion Churchyard.
Sains-les-Marquion British Cemetery now contains 255 burials of the First World War.
Casualty Details: UK 69, Canada 185, Australia 1, Total Burials: 255
The cemetery was designed by W C Von Berg.
Sains-les-Marquion is a village about 12 kilometres north-west of Cambrai and 2 kilometres south of the D939, Arras to Cambrai road. Sains-les-Marquion British Cemetery lies at the junction of the D15 and D16 roads, about 1.5 kilometres from the centre of the village.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The village of Sains-les-Marquion was captured by the 1st Canadian Division on 27 September 1918, and the cemetery was begun on the following day by the 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade. It was used until the middle of October and was enlarged after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the surrounding battlefields and from Marquion Churchyard.
Sains-les-Marquion British Cemetery now contains 255 burials of the First World War.
Casualty Details: UK 69, Canada 185, Australia 1, Total Burials: 255
The cemetery was designed by W C Von Berg.
Picture © Werner Van Caneghem
797223 Private
William Denny
14th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918, aged 23.
Plot I. A. 14.
Son of Robert E. L. and Elizabeth Denny, of 65, Caynga St., Brantford, Ontario.
William Denny
14th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918, aged 23.
Plot I. A. 14.
Son of Robert E. L. and Elizabeth Denny, of 65, Caynga St., Brantford, Ontario.
Lieutenant
Basil Roy Lepper
13th Bde. Canadian Field Artillery
27th September 1918, aged 21.
Plot I. B. 1.
Son of William J. Lepper, M.D., and Elizabeth M. L.epper, of 8, Lonsdale Rd., Toronto.
His headstone bears the inscription: "And So Shall We Ever Be With The Lord."
Basil Roy Lepper
13th Bde. Canadian Field Artillery
27th September 1918, aged 21.
Plot I. B. 1.
Son of William J. Lepper, M.D., and Elizabeth M. L.epper, of 8, Lonsdale Rd., Toronto.
His headstone bears the inscription: "And So Shall We Ever Be With The Lord."
270141 Private
John Sanderson
2nd/6th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
20th November 1917, aged 34.
Plot II. E. 9.
Son of Mark William and Eliza Sanderson, of The Fold, Dalton Parva, Rotherham.
His headstone bears the inscription: "God Is Love from His Loving Father & Mother."
John Sanderson
2nd/6th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
20th November 1917, aged 34.
Plot II. E. 9.
Son of Mark William and Eliza Sanderson, of The Fold, Dalton Parva, Rotherham.
His headstone bears the inscription: "God Is Love from His Loving Father & Mother."
242906 Lance Corporal
Fred Todd
2nd/6th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
20th November 1917, aged 26.
Plot II. D. 20.
Son of Joshua Todd, of 1, Wellington St., Knaresborough, Yorks.
His headstone bears the inscription: "He Rests In Peace."
Fred Todd
2nd/6th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
20th November 1917, aged 26.
Plot II. D. 20.
Son of Joshua Todd, of 1, Wellington St., Knaresborough, Yorks.
His headstone bears the inscription: "He Rests In Peace."
2020825 Private
James Wellington Young
7th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918.
Plot I. D. 19.
James Wellington Young
7th Bn. Canadian Infantry
27th September 1918.
Plot I. D. 19.
Ruined church at Marquion, 28 September 1918. © IWM (Q 78759)
