TROISVILLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.10274, Longitude: 3.47548
Location Information
Troisvilles is a village in the Department of the Nord nearly 5 kilometres west of Le Cateau.
Historical Information
Troisvilles Communal Cemetery was used by German troops in August, 1914, and by British units in October, 1918; and an Extension of 18 graves (now removed) was made by the British on the North side.
There are 33, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 16 are unidentified and special memorials are erected to five soldiers who fell on the 26th August, 1914, and are known to be buried among them.
Total Burials: 33.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 15, Canada 2. Total 17.
Unidentified Casualties: 16.
Troisvilles is a village in the Department of the Nord nearly 5 kilometres west of Le Cateau.
Historical Information
Troisvilles Communal Cemetery was used by German troops in August, 1914, and by British units in October, 1918; and an Extension of 18 graves (now removed) was made by the British on the North side.
There are 33, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 16 are unidentified and special memorials are erected to five soldiers who fell on the 26th August, 1914, and are known to be buried among them.
Total Burials: 33.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 15, Canada 2. Total 17.
Unidentified Casualties: 16.
Images in this gallery © Jean-Claude Graude
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Images in this gallery © Jean-Claude Graude
54183 Saddler
Philip McLeod
123rd Battery, 28th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
26th August 1914, aged 27.
Special Memorial
Son of Roderick McLeod, of Sandwick Hill, North St., Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
His Headstone Bears The Inscription "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out"
Philip McLeod
123rd Battery, 28th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
26th August 1914, aged 27.
Special Memorial
Son of Roderick McLeod, of Sandwick Hill, North St., Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
His Headstone Bears The Inscription "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out"
Captain
Reginald Walter Morton Stevens, Mentioned in Despatches
(Brigade Major 9th Infantry Brigade), Royal Irish Rifles
28th August 1914, aged 37.
Son of George Morton Stevens and Mary Stevens; husband of Gertrude Elizabeth Stevens, of Upper Adhurst, Petersfield, Hants.
His Headstone bears the inscription "Thou Wilt Show Me The Path Of Life"
Reginald Walter Morton Stevens, Mentioned in Despatches
(Brigade Major 9th Infantry Brigade), Royal Irish Rifles
28th August 1914, aged 37.
Son of George Morton Stevens and Mary Stevens; husband of Gertrude Elizabeth Stevens, of Upper Adhurst, Petersfield, Hants.
His Headstone bears the inscription "Thou Wilt Show Me The Path Of Life"
226365 Private
Ian Robertson Wares
Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
9th October 1918, aged 19.
Son of Campbell Wares and Helen Wares, of Exeter, Ontario, Canada. Born at Edinburgh, Scotland.
His headstone bears the inscription "Until The Day Breaks And The Shadows Flee Away"
Ian Robertson Wares
Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
9th October 1918, aged 19.
Son of Campbell Wares and Helen Wares, of Exeter, Ontario, Canada. Born at Edinburgh, Scotland.
His headstone bears the inscription "Until The Day Breaks And The Shadows Flee Away"
