ST. AUBERT BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 50.20314, Longitude: 3.39722
Location Information
St. Aubert is a village in the Department of the Nord, approximately 13 kilometres east of Cambrai.
From Cambrai follow the D942 road towards Solesmes. About 12 kilometres from Cambrai and just after Avesnes les Aubert, turn left onto the D297 towards St Aubert. After approximately 2 kilometres turn left onto the D97 road towards Avesnes les Aubert. The British Cemetery is about 800 metres down this road on the right.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The cemetery was begun by the 24th Division on 12 October 1918, just after the capture of the village. Other units continued to use it until 23 October, by which time it contained 33 graves of the 3rd Rifle Brigade and 24 others, most of the current Plot I. After the Armistice, over 370 graves were brought in from the battlefields of Cambrai (November-December 1917) and Cambrai and the Selle (October 1918) and from the following smaller cemeteries in the area:-
AVESNES-LE-SEC COMMUNAL CEMETERY and GERMAN EXTENSION, which contained the graves of two airmen and one soldier buried by the enemy and three Highland soldiers buried by their comrades.
AVESNES-LES-AUBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY, which contained the graves of 34 soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in the period 11th October-2nd November 1918; and the GERMAN EXTENSION (of about 400 graves), in which 17 soldiers from the United Kingdom and one from Canada were buried from a German Feldlazarett, November 1917-September 1918.
PAILLENCOURT GERMAN CEMETERY, which contained 31 German graves and one British.
PRAYELLE FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, VIESLY, between the villages of Viesly and Bethencourt, in which one British soldier was buried by the enemy in August, 1914. Twenty-three soldiers from the United Kingdom and four from New Zealand were interred here in November 1918, almost all by the 42nd (East Lancashire) Divisional Burial Officer.
RIEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, on the Eastern outskirts of Rieux-en Cambresis, in which 17 soldiers of the 1st Royal Fusiliers were buried by their Battalion, with one soldier of the Middlesex Regiment, on the 14th October 1918.
RIEUX-EN-CAMBRESIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY GERMAN EXTENSION, in which two airmen from the United Kingdom, who fell in September 1918, were buried by the enemy, and four soldiers from the United Kingdom, who fell in October, by their units.
ST. AUBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY GERMAN EXTENSION, which contained one British grave.
STATION ROAD CEMETERY, ST. AUBERT, between St. Aubert village and Avesnes-les-Aubert station, in which were buried 12 men of the 3rd Rifle Brigade, eight Gunners, and two other soldiers, all of whom fell in October 1918.
The cemetery now contains 435 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 41 of the burials are unidentified but there is a special memorial to one casualty believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials commemorate three casualties known to have been buried in Avesnes-le-Sec Communal Cemetery, St. Aubert Communal Cemetery German Extension and Paillencourt German Cemetery, whose graves could not be found.
Casualty Details: UK 418, Canada 9, New Zealand 8, Total Burials: 435.
The cemetery was designed by Charles Holden and William Harrison Cowlishaw
Dedications
169332 Gunner William Type Breading, Royal Garrison Artillery, 122nd Siege Bty. 20th October 1918. Husband of B. L. Breading, of 1, Rydon Crescent, Finsbury, London.
Remembered by Jim Type
St. Aubert is a village in the Department of the Nord, approximately 13 kilometres east of Cambrai.
From Cambrai follow the D942 road towards Solesmes. About 12 kilometres from Cambrai and just after Avesnes les Aubert, turn left onto the D297 towards St Aubert. After approximately 2 kilometres turn left onto the D97 road towards Avesnes les Aubert. The British Cemetery is about 800 metres down this road on the right.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The cemetery was begun by the 24th Division on 12 October 1918, just after the capture of the village. Other units continued to use it until 23 October, by which time it contained 33 graves of the 3rd Rifle Brigade and 24 others, most of the current Plot I. After the Armistice, over 370 graves were brought in from the battlefields of Cambrai (November-December 1917) and Cambrai and the Selle (October 1918) and from the following smaller cemeteries in the area:-
AVESNES-LE-SEC COMMUNAL CEMETERY and GERMAN EXTENSION, which contained the graves of two airmen and one soldier buried by the enemy and three Highland soldiers buried by their comrades.
AVESNES-LES-AUBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY, which contained the graves of 34 soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in the period 11th October-2nd November 1918; and the GERMAN EXTENSION (of about 400 graves), in which 17 soldiers from the United Kingdom and one from Canada were buried from a German Feldlazarett, November 1917-September 1918.
PAILLENCOURT GERMAN CEMETERY, which contained 31 German graves and one British.
PRAYELLE FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, VIESLY, between the villages of Viesly and Bethencourt, in which one British soldier was buried by the enemy in August, 1914. Twenty-three soldiers from the United Kingdom and four from New Zealand were interred here in November 1918, almost all by the 42nd (East Lancashire) Divisional Burial Officer.
RIEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, on the Eastern outskirts of Rieux-en Cambresis, in which 17 soldiers of the 1st Royal Fusiliers were buried by their Battalion, with one soldier of the Middlesex Regiment, on the 14th October 1918.
RIEUX-EN-CAMBRESIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY GERMAN EXTENSION, in which two airmen from the United Kingdom, who fell in September 1918, were buried by the enemy, and four soldiers from the United Kingdom, who fell in October, by their units.
ST. AUBERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY GERMAN EXTENSION, which contained one British grave.
STATION ROAD CEMETERY, ST. AUBERT, between St. Aubert village and Avesnes-les-Aubert station, in which were buried 12 men of the 3rd Rifle Brigade, eight Gunners, and two other soldiers, all of whom fell in October 1918.
The cemetery now contains 435 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 41 of the burials are unidentified but there is a special memorial to one casualty believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials commemorate three casualties known to have been buried in Avesnes-le-Sec Communal Cemetery, St. Aubert Communal Cemetery German Extension and Paillencourt German Cemetery, whose graves could not be found.
Casualty Details: UK 418, Canada 9, New Zealand 8, Total Burials: 435.
The cemetery was designed by Charles Holden and William Harrison Cowlishaw
Dedications
169332 Gunner William Type Breading, Royal Garrison Artillery, 122nd Siege Bty. 20th October 1918. Husband of B. L. Breading, of 1, Rydon Crescent, Finsbury, London.
Remembered by Jim Type
British soldiers in front of a large brick gateway in St Aubert, 25 October 1918. © IWM Q 3310
296256 Gunner
Horace George Coleman
"N" Bty. 145th Bde. Royal Garrison Artillery
14th October 1918.
Plot II. C. 2.
Son of Mr. Arthur Alexander Coleman and Mrs Emma Coleman, of 14, Gorleston Rd., South Tottenham, London.
Horace George Coleman
"N" Bty. 145th Bde. Royal Garrison Artillery
14th October 1918.
Plot II. C. 2.
Son of Mr. Arthur Alexander Coleman and Mrs Emma Coleman, of 14, Gorleston Rd., South Tottenham, London.
The entry in the cemetery register recording the first visit by a family member to Horace Coleman's' grave in almost 100 years. Images courtesy of Alan Bunce
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3 generations of the family visiting Horace's grave at St. Aubert - Yvonne & Alan Bunce and their son Squadron Leader Neil Bunce, RAF holding his son, Gregory.
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Second Lieutenant
William John Gayner
Royal Flying Corps. and 2nd/4th Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
9th May 1917, aged 23.
Plot V. D. 14.
Son of William A. and Harriett Gayner, of 19, Bennett St., Bath.
William John Gayner
Royal Flying Corps. and 2nd/4th Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
9th May 1917, aged 23.
Plot V. D. 14.
Son of William A. and Harriett Gayner, of 19, Bennett St., Bath.
5000 Corporal
Joseph Hallows
27th Bty. 32nd Bde. Royal Field Artillery
16th October 1918, aged 27.
Plot III. B. 24.
Son of Joseph and Margaret Elizabeth Hallows, of West Kirby, Cheshire.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Duty Nobly Done."
Joseph Hallows
27th Bty. 32nd Bde. Royal Field Artillery
16th October 1918, aged 27.
Plot III. B. 24.
Son of Joseph and Margaret Elizabeth Hallows, of West Kirby, Cheshire.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Duty Nobly Done."
66959 Gunner
James Worrall
"A" Bty. 282nd Bde. Royal Field Artillery
23rd October 1918, aged 34.
Plot IV. D. 16.
Son of W. H. Worrall, of Gorton, Manchester; husband of Annie Worrall, of 122, Todmorden Rd., Summit, Littleborough, Manchester.
James Worrall
"A" Bty. 282nd Bde. Royal Field Artillery
23rd October 1918, aged 34.
Plot IV. D. 16.
Son of W. H. Worrall, of Gorton, Manchester; husband of Annie Worrall, of 122, Todmorden Rd., Summit, Littleborough, Manchester.
