Sequehart British Cemetery, No. 1

SEQUEHART BRITISH CEMETERY NO. 1

Aisne

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.92817, Longitude: 3.3315

Location Information

Sequehart is a village in the Department of the Aisne, 8 kilometres north-east of St. Quentin, and the Sequehart British Cemeteries No. 1 and No. 2 are just south of the road to Levergies.

Visiting Information

The location or design of this site make wheelchair access impossible.

Historical Information

Sequehart was captured on the 3rd October 1918 after three days' fighting, by the 5th/6th Royal Scots and the 15th Highland Light Infantry (32nd Division). The British Cemetery No.1 was made on the 10th October 1918, by the 1st/6th Sherwood Foresters.

There are now 56, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 2 are unidentified. All fell in the first 8 days of October.

The cemetery covers an area of 772 square metres.

The cemetery was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw

Total Burials: 56.

Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 54. Total 54.

Unidentified Casualties: 2 Total 2.

226378 Rifleman
Edwin George Brown
1st Bn. monmouthshire Regiment
8th October 1918, aged 21.
Row A. 18.

Inscription "Ever Remembered By Father, Mother, Brothers and Sister, Newport, Mon"

Son of Mr. G. T. Brown, of 266, Caerleon Rd., Newport, Mon.

Lieutenant
Frederick Andrew Ketchen Park
46th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
3rd October 1918, aged 22.
Row A. 56.

Inscription "Only A Narrow Stream Divides Us And Both Sides Belong To God"

Son of Mr. F. and Mrs. B Park, of Castle Lodge, Kendal.

226473 Rifleman
Arthur John Rouse
1st Bn. Monmouthshire Regiment
8th October 1918.
Row A. 6.

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