TARGELLE RAVINE BRITISH CEMETERY
Villers-Guislain
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 50.02776, Longitude: 3.16405
Location Information
Villers-Guislain is a village in the Department of the Nord, 2 kilometres south of the main road from Cambrai to Peronne.
The cemetery is about 1.5 kilometres south of the village, on the north side of a shallow valley.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site makes wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
Targelle Ravine British Cemetery was made in September and October 1918.
There are 114, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 7 are unidentified. A large number belonged to the 9th Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Highlanders).
The cemetery covers an area of 348 square metres and is enclosed by a low rubble wall.
The cemetery was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Total Burials: 114.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 107.
Unidentified Casualties: 7.
Villers-Guislain is a village in the Department of the Nord, 2 kilometres south of the main road from Cambrai to Peronne.
The cemetery is about 1.5 kilometres south of the village, on the north side of a shallow valley.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site makes wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
Targelle Ravine British Cemetery was made in September and October 1918.
There are 114, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 7 are unidentified. A large number belonged to the 9th Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Highlanders).
The cemetery covers an area of 348 square metres and is enclosed by a low rubble wall.
The cemetery was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Total Burials: 114.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 107.
Unidentified Casualties: 7.
Second Lieutenant
Andrew Moffatt Bruce
9th (Glasgow Hds.) Bn. Highland Light Infantry
29th September 1918, aged 21.
Row B. 3.
Son of Robert Wilson Bruce and Madeline Redpath Bruce, of Glasgow.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Greet The Unseen With A Cheer."
Andrew Moffatt Bruce
9th (Glasgow Hds.) Bn. Highland Light Infantry
29th September 1918, aged 21.
Row B. 3.
Son of Robert Wilson Bruce and Madeline Redpath Bruce, of Glasgow.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Greet The Unseen With A Cheer."
Second Lieutenant
Harold Stewart McDonald
6th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
21st September 1918, aged 19.
Row G. 25.
Son of William and Marion A. E. McDonald, of "Glencoe," Bearsden, Dumbartonshire.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Darling"
Harold Stewart McDonald
6th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
21st September 1918, aged 19.
Row G. 25.
Son of William and Marion A. E. McDonald, of "Glencoe," Bearsden, Dumbartonshire.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Darling"
86041 Lance Corporal
Albert Nutter
33rd Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
21st September 1918, aged 20.
Row G. 7.
Son of John and Mary Ellen Nutter, of 2, Reservoir St., Springhill, Burnley.
Enlisted September 1916 and went overseas in April 1917. He was a butcher for the Burnley Co-operative Society.
Lt. Col. G. Hutchinson wrote the following to Albert's mother;
"Dear Mrs Nutter, it is with the deepest regret and sorrow that i have to write and tell you of the death in action on 21st September of your son. He was killed instantaneously by a bullet in the head whilst leading on a machine gun section in the face of very heavy machine gun fire. He did so well in this battery, and was so bright and cheery, that we shall miss him very much. I knew him very well and had often had him accompanying me on my rounds. He was as brave as he was good. He was buried yesterday at ---- (Censored). I hope you will accept my sincerest sympathy in your great loss."
His headstone bears the inscription; "Thy Will Be Done."
Albert Nutter
33rd Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
21st September 1918, aged 20.
Row G. 7.
Son of John and Mary Ellen Nutter, of 2, Reservoir St., Springhill, Burnley.
Enlisted September 1916 and went overseas in April 1917. He was a butcher for the Burnley Co-operative Society.
Lt. Col. G. Hutchinson wrote the following to Albert's mother;
"Dear Mrs Nutter, it is with the deepest regret and sorrow that i have to write and tell you of the death in action on 21st September of your son. He was killed instantaneously by a bullet in the head whilst leading on a machine gun section in the face of very heavy machine gun fire. He did so well in this battery, and was so bright and cheery, that we shall miss him very much. I knew him very well and had often had him accompanying me on my rounds. He was as brave as he was good. He was buried yesterday at ---- (Censored). I hope you will accept my sincerest sympathy in your great loss."
His headstone bears the inscription; "Thy Will Be Done."
Second Lieutenant
John James Austin Ritchie
"D" Coy. 9th (Glasgow Hds.) Bn. Highland Light Infantry
29th September 1918, aged 20.
Row B. 4.
Son of John and Mima C. Ritchie, of 12, Belmont. St., Glasgow.
His headstone bears the inscription; "In God Have I Put My Trust Ps.56 V.11."
John James Austin Ritchie
"D" Coy. 9th (Glasgow Hds.) Bn. Highland Light Infantry
29th September 1918, aged 20.
Row B. 4.
Son of John and Mima C. Ritchie, of 12, Belmont. St., Glasgow.
His headstone bears the inscription; "In God Have I Put My Trust Ps.56 V.11."
Lance Corporal
William Speers
9th (Glasgow Hds.) Bn. Highland Light Infantry
29th September 1918, aged 20.
Row D. 2.
Son of Andrew and Jane Ann Speers, of Glenree, Carrigart, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Thy Will Be Done."
William Speers
9th (Glasgow Hds.) Bn. Highland Light Infantry
29th September 1918, aged 20.
Row D. 2.
Son of Andrew and Jane Ann Speers, of Glenree, Carrigart, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Thy Will Be Done."
Dead Indian Cavalryman and horse; Villers-Guislain, March 1918. © IWM Q 42814
An incident at an advanced field dressing station during the recent allied push. A British padre saying a prayer over a dying German, near Epehy, 18th September 1918. © IWM (Q 11336)
Battle of Epehy. Three soldiers resting on ground near Epehy captured by the 12th Division that day, 18th September 1918. © IWM (Q 11326)
Battle of Epehy. Soldiers of the Lincolnshire Regiment holding a captured reserve trench beyond Epehy, 18th September 1918. © IWM Q 11327
18th September 1918; The 45th Australian Battalion digging in under a smoke barrage near Ascension Farm on the second objective in the attack made by the 1st and 4th Australian Divisions and British Divisions upon the old British trench lines near Hargicourt and the outpost line of the Hindenburg system. The Hindenburg Outpost Line (the third and final objective in this battle) was about a mile distant at this point. This fight was part of what is known by the British as the 'Battle of Epehy', being a phase of the `Battles of the Hindenburg Line'. Identified are: Private R. J. Martin (fourth from the left), and Lance Corporal W. R. Thomson (fifth from the left).
