ST. VAAST COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 50.19237, Longitude: 3.41493
Picture © Johan Pauwels
Location Information
St. Vaast is a village approximately 13 kilometres east of Cambrai on the D942 towards Solesmes
The Extension lies within the Communal Cemetery which is on the left hand side of the road before entering the village from Cambrai.
The register is available in the Mairie from Monday to Friday from 8.30 to 12.00 and Saturday from 9.00 to 12.00
Historical Information
St. Vaast Communal Cemetery Extension was made by the Guards Division in the latter half of October 1918, after the capture of the village, when they buried 31 of their officers and men in Rows A, B and C. Row D was added after the Armistice when graves were brought in from HASPRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY GERMAN EXTENSION.
The extension contains 45 burials and commemorations of the First World War. One of the burials is unidentified and there are special memorials to two casualties buried in the German extension at Haspres, whose graves could not be found.
The extension was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Total Burials: 45.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 44.
World War One Unidentified Casualty: United Kingdom 1.
St. Vaast is a village approximately 13 kilometres east of Cambrai on the D942 towards Solesmes
The Extension lies within the Communal Cemetery which is on the left hand side of the road before entering the village from Cambrai.
The register is available in the Mairie from Monday to Friday from 8.30 to 12.00 and Saturday from 9.00 to 12.00
Historical Information
St. Vaast Communal Cemetery Extension was made by the Guards Division in the latter half of October 1918, after the capture of the village, when they buried 31 of their officers and men in Rows A, B and C. Row D was added after the Armistice when graves were brought in from HASPRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY GERMAN EXTENSION.
The extension contains 45 burials and commemorations of the First World War. One of the burials is unidentified and there are special memorials to two casualties buried in the German extension at Haspres, whose graves could not be found.
The extension was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Total Burials: 45.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 44.
World War One Unidentified Casualty: United Kingdom 1.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
28649 Private
Thomas Greville Harrison
1st Bn. Hampshire Regiment
21st October 1918, aged 19.
Row D. 5.
Son of Walter Thomas Harrison, of "Parkhurst," Tudor Hill, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, and the late Ada Florence Harrison.
His headstone bears the inscription: "But This We Know Dear Lad, All's Well."
Thomas Greville Harrison
1st Bn. Hampshire Regiment
21st October 1918, aged 19.
Row D. 5.
Son of Walter Thomas Harrison, of "Parkhurst," Tudor Hill, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, and the late Ada Florence Harrison.
His headstone bears the inscription: "But This We Know Dear Lad, All's Well."
27284 Lance Corporal
Harry Stothard
1st Bn. Grenadier Guards
13th October 1918, aged 20.
Row B. 10.
Son of George Pearson Stothard and Henrietta Stothard, of The Grosvenor Hotel, Andreas. Isle of Man.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Thy Will Be Done."
Harry Stothard
1st Bn. Grenadier Guards
13th October 1918, aged 20.
Row B. 10.
Son of George Pearson Stothard and Henrietta Stothard, of The Grosvenor Hotel, Andreas. Isle of Man.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Thy Will Be Done."
707 Serjeant
Harry Walker, D.C.M., M.M and Bar
4th Bn. Guards Machine Gun Regiment
20th October 1918, aged 41.
Row B. 6.
Son of Frederick and Ann Walker, of Faringdon, Berks; husband of Harriet Walker, of Woolstone, Faringdon, Berks.
Harry Walker, D.C.M., M.M and Bar
4th Bn. Guards Machine Gun Regiment
20th October 1918, aged 41.
Row B. 6.
Son of Frederick and Ann Walker, of Faringdon, Berks; husband of Harriet Walker, of Woolstone, Faringdon, Berks.
Battle of Cambrai. Men of the 20th Battalion, Manchester Regiment (25th Division) resting by a tank (serial number 9891), disabled by side-slipping down a railway embankment. Near Premont, 8 October 1918. © IWM (Q 7113)
