SUCRERIE CEMETERY
Épinoy
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.23838, Longitude: 3.17451
Location Information
Épinoy is a small village on the N43 road between Cambrai and Douai, some 8 kilometres north-west of Cambrai itself.
Sucrerie Cemetery is located 1 kilometre further north along the N43 from Épinoy.
Historical Information
Épinoy was captured by the 11th (Northern) Division on 27 September 1918 and the cemetery was made by fighting units after the battle.
The cemetery contains 100 burials and commemorations of the First World War (mainly 6th York and Lancasters, 5th Dorsets and 11th Manchesters). Five of the burials are unidentified but there is a special memorial to one soldier believed to be buried in one of them.
Total Burials: 100.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 94, Canada 1. Total 95.
The cemetery was designed by W C Von Berg.
Épinoy is a small village on the N43 road between Cambrai and Douai, some 8 kilometres north-west of Cambrai itself.
Sucrerie Cemetery is located 1 kilometre further north along the N43 from Épinoy.
Historical Information
Épinoy was captured by the 11th (Northern) Division on 27 September 1918 and the cemetery was made by fighting units after the battle.
The cemetery contains 100 burials and commemorations of the First World War (mainly 6th York and Lancasters, 5th Dorsets and 11th Manchesters). Five of the burials are unidentified but there is a special memorial to one soldier believed to be buried in one of them.
Total Burials: 100.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 94, Canada 1. Total 95.
The cemetery was designed by W C Von Berg.
24209 Private
Sydney Edgar Clarke
5th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
1st October 1918, aged 28.
Row C. 1.
Brother of Herbert W. Clarke, of 19, Limon Rd., Newton Abbot, Devon.
Sydney Edgar Clarke
5th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
1st October 1918, aged 28.
Row C. 1.
Brother of Herbert W. Clarke, of 19, Limon Rd., Newton Abbot, Devon.
53640 Private
D. Cottam
11th Bn. Manchester Regiment
2nd October 1918.
Row C. 8.
D. Cottam
11th Bn. Manchester Regiment
2nd October 1918.
Row C. 8.
1800 Private
Charles Farmer
5th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
1st October 1918.
Row D. 8.
Charles Farmer
5th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
1st October 1918.
Row D. 8.
Images in this gallery © Johan Pauwels
Battle of Cambrai. A German shell-burst in a field near Cambrai. Soldiers of the Machine Gun Corps hurrying to get into the cover of their post, 8 October 1918. © IWM (Q 11377)
Capture of Cambrai by the British 57th Division. A patrol of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in a burning street in the southern suburbs of Cambrai, 9 October 1918. © IWM (Q 11363)
