THIANT COMMUNAL CEMETERY 
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​Nord

​France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.30379, Longitude: 3.45809

​Location Information

Thiant is a village in the Department of the Nord, 8 kilometres south-west of Valenciennes, near the junction of the Ecaillon and the Escaut.

The commonwealth war graves can be found in a plot at the West end of the Communal Cemetery.


Historical Information

There are now 72 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-18 war commemorated in this site (mostly men of the 51st (Highland) Division from October-November 1918). Of these, 3 are unidentified. 


The Commonwealth plot covers an area of 298 square metres.

​The commonwealth plot was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw


Total Burials: 72.

​Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 66, Canada 3. Total 69.

Unidentified Casualties: 3.

S/12201 Private
Edward Bruce
1st/7th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
24th October 1918, aged 27.
Row A. 9.

Son of William Bruce, of Heather Brae, Unst, Shetland; husband of Isabella Young Bruce, of 44, King's Rd., Portobello, Midlothian.

His headstone bears the inscription "Christ Shall Clasp The Broken Chain Closer When We Meet Again"

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S/41818 Private
James Kennedy
1st/6th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
24th October 1918, aged 19.
Row A. 18.

Son of James and Williamina S. Kennedy, of 16, Kintore Place. Aberdeen.

His headstone bears the inscription "A Faithful And Beloved Son And Brother In Everything Ye Are Enriched By Him"

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Captain
Peter McLeod Levie
1st/4th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
24th October 1918.
Row A. 1.

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Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

British troops outside the ruined railway station at Valenciennes, 2 November 1918. © IWM (Q 78802)

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