THIENNES BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 50.65339, Longitude: 2.48021
© Werner Van Caneghem
Location Information
The village of Thiennes is 9 kilometres south-west of Hazebrouck and 17 kilometres north-west of Bethune. Take the D 194 from Aire Sur La Lys to Thiennes. Travel through the town on the D 122 and turn immediately left after the level crossing. Follow the small road alongside the railway line for 100 metres and bear right at the small junction and follow the road for 500 metres. The cemetery is in the field on the right.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to this cemetery is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The German offensive of April 1918 pushed the front line back almost as far as St. Venant in this sector and this was one of the cemeteries made for Commonwealth burials arising from the fighting in the area. Thiennes British Cemetery was started by the 5th Division in May and used by the 59th and 61st Divisions before being closed in August 1918.
There are now 114 First World War burials in the cemetery.
Casualty Details: UK 114, Total Burials: 114
The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw.
The village of Thiennes is 9 kilometres south-west of Hazebrouck and 17 kilometres north-west of Bethune. Take the D 194 from Aire Sur La Lys to Thiennes. Travel through the town on the D 122 and turn immediately left after the level crossing. Follow the small road alongside the railway line for 100 metres and bear right at the small junction and follow the road for 500 metres. The cemetery is in the field on the right.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to this cemetery is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The German offensive of April 1918 pushed the front line back almost as far as St. Venant in this sector and this was one of the cemeteries made for Commonwealth burials arising from the fighting in the area. Thiennes British Cemetery was started by the 5th Division in May and used by the 59th and 61st Divisions before being closed in August 1918.
There are now 114 First World War burials in the cemetery.
Casualty Details: UK 114, Total Burials: 114
The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw.
34068 Private
Harry Carr
16th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
31st May 1918, aged 22.
Row A. 17.
Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Carr, of Carlisle.
Harry Carr
16th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
31st May 1918, aged 22.
Row A. 17.
Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Carr, of Carlisle.
10058 Driver
John Hulton
61st Bn. Machine Gun Corps
8th August 1918, aged 21.
Row F. 13.
Son of Moses and Sarah Ann Hulton, of Bolton.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Too Dearly Loved Ever To Be Forgotten."
John Hulton
61st Bn. Machine Gun Corps
8th August 1918, aged 21.
Row F. 13.
Son of Moses and Sarah Ann Hulton, of Bolton.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Too Dearly Loved Ever To Be Forgotten."
17940 Private
Henry Rigby
1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
19th August 1918.
Row D. 19.
Henry Rigby
1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
19th August 1918.
Row D. 19.
Battle of Hazebrouck. British wounded coming back. Near Merris, 13 April 1918. © IWM (Q 10293)
Hazebrouck, May 1917; An informal group photograph of some of the unidentified members of the Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company, which was abbreviated to AAMM&B, the unit was nicknamed the 'Alphabetical Company'.
