SARRALBE MILITARY CEMETERY
Moselle
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.99504, Longitude: 7.01339
Image used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Location Information
Sarralbe is a town in the Department of the Moselle, close to the German border. The CWGC cemetery is in front of the civil cemetery which is located to the south-west of the town of Sarralbe.
Sarralbe Military Cemetery is best reached from the main road Richeling-Sarralbe N.56. The cemetery lies on the right hand side of the D.156 which is reached by taking a right turn off the N.56 before entering the town of Sarralbe.
Historical Information
Sarralbe Military Cemetery was begun by the Germans but now contains only the graves of Commonwealth soldiers who died as prisoners of war.
The cemetery contains 94 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, three of which are unidentified. Sixty-three of the graves were brought from Haboudange Communal Cemetery German Extension, Morhange, Plaine-de-Walsch, Sarrebourg, Sarreguemines and Saverne (Zabern) Military Cemeteries and Czersk and Furstenfeldbruck Prisoners of War Cemeteries. There are special memorials 11 casualties buried at Morhange and Sarrebourg whose graves could not be found.
The cemetery was designed by Arthur James Scott Hutton
Total Burials: 107 (Including the 11 Special Memorials)
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 103, Canada 1. Total 4.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 3.
57380 Private
William Hodson Banister
2nd Bn. Middlesex Regiment
22nd July 1918, aged 19.
Morhange German Cem. Mem. 2.
Son of William and Fanny Banister, of 2, Henry Rd., Finsbury Park, London.
His headstone bears the inscription "A Christian Soldier Whose Sweet Memory Will Remain With Us For Ever"
William Hodson Banister was taken Prisoner of War during the fighting at Villers Bretonmeux on 12 April 1918. Died as a prisoner of War at Marchinger Hospital, Alsace, Lorraine of Cardiac weakness and Pneumonia
William Hodson Banister
2nd Bn. Middlesex Regiment
22nd July 1918, aged 19.
Morhange German Cem. Mem. 2.
Son of William and Fanny Banister, of 2, Henry Rd., Finsbury Park, London.
His headstone bears the inscription "A Christian Soldier Whose Sweet Memory Will Remain With Us For Ever"
William Hodson Banister was taken Prisoner of War during the fighting at Villers Bretonmeux on 12 April 1918. Died as a prisoner of War at Marchinger Hospital, Alsace, Lorraine of Cardiac weakness and Pneumonia
Lieutenant
Ernest Lancelot Doidge
Canadian Infantry & attached to 99th Squadron, Royal Air Force.
31st July 1918, aged 25.
Row B. 18.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Doidge of 528 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver.
Ernest had been serving Canadian forces for more than three years and has three brothers also at the front.
Ernest Lancelot Doidge
Canadian Infantry & attached to 99th Squadron, Royal Air Force.
31st July 1918, aged 25.
Row B. 18.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Doidge of 528 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver.
Ernest had been serving Canadian forces for more than three years and has three brothers also at the front.
33756 Private
Edwin Lambert
9th Bn. East Surrey Regiment
22nd October 1918, aged 38.
Morhange German Cem. Mem. 8.
Son of Thomas and Catherine Lambert, of Horsmonden, Kent; husband of Florence Lambert, of Rose Bank, Hawkhurst, Kent. Parish Clerk of Horsmonden. His headstone bears the inscription "Faithful Unto Death"
Edwin Lambert
9th Bn. East Surrey Regiment
22nd October 1918, aged 38.
Morhange German Cem. Mem. 8.
Son of Thomas and Catherine Lambert, of Horsmonden, Kent; husband of Florence Lambert, of Rose Bank, Hawkhurst, Kent. Parish Clerk of Horsmonden. His headstone bears the inscription "Faithful Unto Death"
Lieutenant
James Bennet McIntyre
55th Squadron, Royal Air Force
16th August 1918, aged 24.
Row C. 11.
Son of William and Sarah McIntyre, of 11, Mayfield Rd., Edinburgh.
James Bennet McIntyre
55th Squadron, Royal Air Force
16th August 1918, aged 24.
Row C. 11.
Son of William and Sarah McIntyre, of 11, Mayfield Rd., Edinburgh.
Lieutenant
Harry Taylor Melville
99th Squadron, Royal Air Force
31st July 1918, aged 27.
Row B. 19.
Son of Harry T. and Jemima Melville, of Craigrothie, Ceres, Fife.
His headstone bears the inscription "Beloved Only surviving Child Of Jemima & Harry T. Melville"
Harry Taylor Melville
99th Squadron, Royal Air Force
31st July 1918, aged 27.
Row B. 19.
Son of Harry T. and Jemima Melville, of Craigrothie, Ceres, Fife.
His headstone bears the inscription "Beloved Only surviving Child Of Jemima & Harry T. Melville"
43082 Lance Corporal
Alexander Pennycook
12th Bn. Royal Scots
16th October 1918, aged 21.
Row C. 2
Son of Alexander and Elizabeth Pennycook.
His headstone bears the inscription "Ever Fondly Remembered"
Alexander Pennycook
12th Bn. Royal Scots
16th October 1918, aged 21.
Row C. 2
Son of Alexander and Elizabeth Pennycook.
His headstone bears the inscription "Ever Fondly Remembered"
Flight Sub-Lieutenant
Lewis Ewing Smith
3rd Wing, Royal Naval Air Service
25th February 1917, aged 26.
Row A. 7.
Born at Pike River, Québec, December 8th 1890. Enlisted 17th February 1915 in thge 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles. Transferred to the Royal Naval Air Service with a commission. Awarded the Croix de Guerre. Killed in action at Saarbrucken, France.
Lewis Ewing Smith
3rd Wing, Royal Naval Air Service
25th February 1917, aged 26.
Row A. 7.
Born at Pike River, Québec, December 8th 1890. Enlisted 17th February 1915 in thge 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles. Transferred to the Royal Naval Air Service with a commission. Awarded the Croix de Guerre. Killed in action at Saarbrucken, France.
