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: 4.
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"
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).
