SÉZANNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Marne
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.72713, Longitude: 3.72698
Location Information
The town of Sézanne is approximately 100 kilometres east of Paris on the main road to Nancy and about 60 kilometres south of Reims.
The town of Sézanne is best reached from either direction of the N4 road, by turning onto the RD51, following signs for Sézanne. After about five hundred metres turn right again following the same signs. At a road junction with traffic lights turn right following the signs for centre ville and Epernay, continue through the town centre until a right turn signposted Broyes and Vertus (rue de Broyes). After a short distance take a left fork in the road also signposted Broyes and Vertus, at the next road junction it is necessary to continue straight over again following the signs for Broyes and Vertus. After a short distance the communal cemetery can be found on the left side of the road. The CWGC plot is located to the rear of the civil cemetery.
Historical Information
French medical units were at Sézanne from September 1914 onwards, and of the 32nd Casualty Clearing Station in June and July 1918.
Sézanne communal cemetery contains a plot of 127 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, four of them unidentified.
The commonwealth plot was designed by Arthur James Scott Hutton
Total Burials: 127.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 122, New Zealand 1. Total 123.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 4.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
635053 Driver
Joseph Brady
"A" Battery, 25th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
25th July 1918, aged 24.
Row B. 8.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of Our Dear Son R. I. P."
Joseph Brady
"A" Battery, 25th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
25th July 1918, aged 24.
Row B. 8.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of Our Dear Son R. I. P."
29566 Private
John Davies
5th Bn. South Wales Borderers
12th June 1918, aged 22.
Row A. 5.
Son of Mrs. Hannah Davies, of 3, Marble Terrace, Llandyssul, Cardiganshire.
His headstone bears the inscription PSALM XL.1 "AFLWYDD, MEDDANT, A LYN WRTHO A CHAN EI FOD YN GORWEDD NI CHYFYD MWY"
John Davies
5th Bn. South Wales Borderers
12th June 1918, aged 22.
Row A. 5.
Son of Mrs. Hannah Davies, of 3, Marble Terrace, Llandyssul, Cardiganshire.
His headstone bears the inscription PSALM XL.1 "AFLWYDD, MEDDANT, A LYN WRTHO A CHAN EI FOD YN GORWEDD NI CHYFYD MWY"
73305 Private
William Charles Gibbs
19th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
5th June 1918.
Row B. 30.
William was the son of Emma King of 2, Westfield Terrace, Northfield Road, Thatcham.
73305 Private William Charles Gibbs, Died of Wounds received in action on the 5th.June 1918 while serving with the 19th.Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). William was born in Hermitage, resided in Thatcham after previously living in Bradfield. On the 26th.March 1914, aged 18 years and three months, he enlisted, at Aldermaston into the 4th.Territorial Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment and numbered 2283. He later transferred to the MGC
William Charles Gibbs
19th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
5th June 1918.
Row B. 30.
William was the son of Emma King of 2, Westfield Terrace, Northfield Road, Thatcham.
73305 Private William Charles Gibbs, Died of Wounds received in action on the 5th.June 1918 while serving with the 19th.Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). William was born in Hermitage, resided in Thatcham after previously living in Bradfield. On the 26th.March 1914, aged 18 years and three months, he enlisted, at Aldermaston into the 4th.Territorial Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment and numbered 2283. He later transferred to the MGC
Second Lieutenant
Archibald Peter McKellar
7th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
22nd July 1918, aged 24.
Row A. 7.
Son of John and Janet Thomson McKellar, of "Dunollie," Clyde St., Dunoon, Argyll.
His headstone bears the inscription "Without Warning Given He Had To Haste To Meet His God In Heaven"
Archibald was educated at Dunoon Grammar School, where he served in the Army Cadet Force, before joining the Union Bank of Scotland in Dunoon as an apprentice. He joined the 8th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders as a Private. After receiving training he joined his battalion which was stationed in Bedford until May 1915 when it went to France. On the 13th November 1916, his brother Lieut. John Thomson McKellar, was killed in action at Beaumont Hamel while serving in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
He returned to the UK on the 21st April 1917, to be commissioned as an officer. He did not return to the 8th Battalion, instead he was sent to the 7th Battalion of the Argylls.
On the 20th July 1918 his battalion was near Nanteuil, and were part of an attack with the final objective being a position near the village of Sarcy. The battalion suffered one officer killed and four wounded, including Archibald who was admitted to No.50 Casualty Clearing Station, where he died of his wounds.
Archibald Peter McKellar
7th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
22nd July 1918, aged 24.
Row A. 7.
Son of John and Janet Thomson McKellar, of "Dunollie," Clyde St., Dunoon, Argyll.
His headstone bears the inscription "Without Warning Given He Had To Haste To Meet His God In Heaven"
Archibald was educated at Dunoon Grammar School, where he served in the Army Cadet Force, before joining the Union Bank of Scotland in Dunoon as an apprentice. He joined the 8th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders as a Private. After receiving training he joined his battalion which was stationed in Bedford until May 1915 when it went to France. On the 13th November 1916, his brother Lieut. John Thomson McKellar, was killed in action at Beaumont Hamel while serving in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
He returned to the UK on the 21st April 1917, to be commissioned as an officer. He did not return to the 8th Battalion, instead he was sent to the 7th Battalion of the Argylls.
On the 20th July 1918 his battalion was near Nanteuil, and were part of an attack with the final objective being a position near the village of Sarcy. The battalion suffered one officer killed and four wounded, including Archibald who was admitted to No.50 Casualty Clearing Station, where he died of his wounds.
Captain
Dominick Thomas O'Flynn
Royal Army Medical Corps attached to 19th Div. Ammunition Col.
16th June 1918, aged 36.
Row A. 15
Son of Edmond and Mary O'Flynn.
His headstone bears the inscription "May He Rest In Peace"
Dominick Thomas O'Flynn
Royal Army Medical Corps attached to 19th Div. Ammunition Col.
16th June 1918, aged 36.
Row A. 15
Son of Edmond and Mary O'Flynn.
His headstone bears the inscription "May He Rest In Peace"
Nurse
Eveline Fidgeon Shaw
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (F.A.N.Y.)
24th August 1918, aged 37.
Row A. 40.
Croix de Guerre with Palm (France).
Eveline Fidgeon Shaw
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (F.A.N.Y.)
24th August 1918, aged 37.
Row A. 40.
Croix de Guerre with Palm (France).
