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SEMOUSIES CHURCHYARD

Nord

​France


GPS coordinates: Latitude: 50.16421, Longitude: 3.96111

Location Information

Semousies is a village in the Department of Nord, some 6 kilometres north of Avesnes-sur-Helpe. The village is on the right of the N2 Avesnes-sur-Helpe/Maubeuge. The cemetery is beside the church in the centre of the village. The three Commonwealth burials are on the left hand side of the entrance.


History Information

Semousies Churchyard contains three Commonwealth burials of the First World War.


Burial Details


Lieutenant Geoffrey Hook Neligan, 1st Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, died 8th November 1918, aged 20.
Son of James Charles and Kate Emily Neligan, of Middleton-in-Teesdale, Darlington.


Lieutenant Claude William Telfer, 1st Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, died 8th November 1918, aged 22. Son of William Telfer Leviansky and Catherine (Florrie) Leviansky of 90 & 91 Queen Street, London. His brother Henry Adam also fell and is buried in Gordon Dump Cemetery  

Captain Thomas Francis Joseph Upton, 1st Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, died 8th November 1918, aged 23. Son of Archer Mowbray Upton and Charlotte Leybourne Upton, of Thurgurton Priory, Nottingham; husband of Kathleen L. Upton, of 41, Charing Cross Mansions. London.

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