THEUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Liège
Belgium
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.53621, Longitude: 5.80394
Location Information
The village of Theux is located south-west of the town of Verviers on the N62. From the motorway E40 which runs between Brussel and Aachen turn off at the junction with the E42 and follow the E42 direction Verviers. Turn off the E42 at junction 8 and onto the N657 direction Theux and follow this road to the junction with the N690. In the village centre turn right by the town hall into Rue De La Chaussee to the junction with the N62. Turn right direction Louveigne along Rue Tillot, the cemetery is along on the left after the sharp left hand bend. The graves are located along the right hand side of the cemetery half way along.
Historical Information
The 36th Clearing Station was posted in the village of Theux from December 1918 to January 1919, and the 61st from January to April 1919.
Theux Communal Cemetery contains 31 U. K. burials of the First World War.
Pictures in gallery below © André De Smet
The village of Theux is located south-west of the town of Verviers on the N62. From the motorway E40 which runs between Brussel and Aachen turn off at the junction with the E42 and follow the E42 direction Verviers. Turn off the E42 at junction 8 and onto the N657 direction Theux and follow this road to the junction with the N690. In the village centre turn right by the town hall into Rue De La Chaussee to the junction with the N62. Turn right direction Louveigne along Rue Tillot, the cemetery is along on the left after the sharp left hand bend. The graves are located along the right hand side of the cemetery half way along.
Historical Information
The 36th Clearing Station was posted in the village of Theux from December 1918 to January 1919, and the 61st from January to April 1919.
Theux Communal Cemetery contains 31 U. K. burials of the First World War.
Pictures in gallery below © André De Smet
Pictures in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
WR/258456 Sapper
Stanley John Cook
10th Railway Company, Royal Engineers
28th February 1919.
Grave 21.
Stanley John Cook
10th Railway Company, Royal Engineers
28th February 1919.
Grave 21.
201090 Private
Harry Digance, M. M.
2nd/4th Bn. Hampshire Regiment
23rd December 1918, aged 34.
Grave 27.
Husband of Elsie W. Digance, of 15, Barnstaple St., Reading.
Harry Digance, M. M.
2nd/4th Bn. Hampshire Regiment
23rd December 1918, aged 34.
Grave 27.
Husband of Elsie W. Digance, of 15, Barnstaple St., Reading.
M/399743 Private
George Edward Mears
2nd Cav. M. T. Company, Royal Army Service Corps
11th March 1919, aged 43.
Grave 9.
Son of the late George and Mary Ann Mears, of Wollaston, Northants; husband of Fanny Mears, of 26, Irchester Rd., Rushden, Northants.
His headstone bears the inscription "R. I. P."
George Edward Mears
2nd Cav. M. T. Company, Royal Army Service Corps
11th March 1919, aged 43.
Grave 9.
Son of the late George and Mary Ann Mears, of Wollaston, Northants; husband of Fanny Mears, of 26, Irchester Rd., Rushden, Northants.
His headstone bears the inscription "R. I. P."
