TOURLAVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY & EXTENSION
Manche
France
GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 49.63609, Longitude: -1.56232
Location Information
Tourlaville is a village 5 kilometres east of Cherbourg, on the N.801 road to St. Pierre-Eglise and Barfleur.
The Communal Cemetery is on the south-eastern side of the village some 364 metres south of the N.801 road.
From Bayeux, turn right at the roundabout in Cherbourg. Pass the traffic lights and the cemetery will be found on the left at the top of the hill. The Commonwealth plot is approximately 120 metres south of the entrance, on the west side of the path.
Historical Information
The majority of the burials in the Communal Cemetery date from December 1917 to January 1919, when it was used by Allied Hospitals. Tourlaville was No.1 Rest Camp and Cherbourg became the Portuguese Base in 1919.
There are 68 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 2 of the 1939-45 war, commemorated in this site. There are 2 German Foreign National burials.
Casualty Details: UK 66, South Africa 2, Total Burials: 68
Tourlaville is a village 5 kilometres east of Cherbourg, on the N.801 road to St. Pierre-Eglise and Barfleur.
The Communal Cemetery is on the south-eastern side of the village some 364 metres south of the N.801 road.
From Bayeux, turn right at the roundabout in Cherbourg. Pass the traffic lights and the cemetery will be found on the left at the top of the hill. The Commonwealth plot is approximately 120 metres south of the entrance, on the west side of the path.
Historical Information
The majority of the burials in the Communal Cemetery date from December 1917 to January 1919, when it was used by Allied Hospitals. Tourlaville was No.1 Rest Camp and Cherbourg became the Portuguese Base in 1919.
There are 68 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 2 of the 1939-45 war, commemorated in this site. There are 2 German Foreign National burials.
Casualty Details: UK 66, South Africa 2, Total Burials: 68
Lieutenant
Charles Stanley Mossop, D. S. C.
243rd Sqdn. (Cherbourg) Royal Air Force
13th August 1918, aged 20.
Row A. 1.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mossop, of "Cambray," Millbrook, Jersey, Channel Islands.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Dearly Loved Son Of Mr. & Mrs.C. Mossop Of Jersey. Resting."
Charles Stanley Mossop, D. S. C.
243rd Sqdn. (Cherbourg) Royal Air Force
13th August 1918, aged 20.
Row A. 1.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mossop, of "Cambray," Millbrook, Jersey, Channel Islands.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Dearly Loved Son Of Mr. & Mrs.C. Mossop Of Jersey. Resting."
Captain
John Allen Nicholas
266th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
28th January 1919, aged 28.
Row C. 9.
Son of Rhys and Jennie Nicholas, of Beili Glas, Cwmavon, Glam.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Gwel Uwch Law Cymylau Amser O Fy Enaid, Gwel Y Tir."
John Allen Nicholas
266th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
28th January 1919, aged 28.
Row C. 9.
Son of Rhys and Jennie Nicholas, of Beili Glas, Cwmavon, Glam.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Gwel Uwch Law Cymylau Amser O Fy Enaid, Gwel Y Tir."
29151 Lance Corporal
Henry Yates
78th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
21st September 1918, aged 25.
Row A. 7.
Son of Thomas and Sarah Yates, of 66, Accrington Rd., Blackburn, Lancs.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Thy Will Be Done."
Henry Yates
78th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
21st September 1918, aged 25.
Row A. 7.
Son of Thomas and Sarah Yates, of 66, Accrington Rd., Blackburn, Lancs.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Thy Will Be Done."
Mrs Williams, the secretary, and Sister Kennedy with the patients of B Ward (Dr Mabel L. Ramsay's ward) of No. 2 Anglo-French Hospital at Chateau Tourlaville in Cherbourg, March 1915. © IWM Q 108177
Dr Mabel L. Ramsay, Chief Medical Officer, and four of her staff on the front steps of Chateau Tourlaville at Cherbourg, home of No. 2 Anglo-French Hospital, May 1915. © IWM Q 108166
