VANDIÈRES (OR VANDIÈRES-SOUS-CHATILLON) CHURCHYARD
Marne
France
Location Information
Vandières is a small village in the Marne region of France off the N3 road between Chateau-Thierry and Epernay. Take the D380 north from the N3 which heads towards Reims. Then take the D1 east. Vandieres is north of this road. Vandieres Churchyard will be found in the village behind the school and Mairie and the War Graves are immediately to the left on entering the churchyard.
History Information
The churchyard contains 37 French War Graves, one British, and special memorials to two British soldiers whose graves in the Churchyard could not be found. The British headstones are close to the North-West entrance. (Chatillon stands on a height commanding exceptionally wide views of the Marne Valley, and crowned by a great statue of the Virgin).
Burial Details
Second Lieutenant Robert Seddon Caldwell, 8th Cyclist Bn. Army Cyclist Corps, died 11th June 1918, aged 24. Croix de Guerre with Palms (France). Son of Mrs. A. A. Greensmith, of Brookfield, Westhoughton, Lancs.
INSCRIPTION. LOVINGLY REMEMBERED CROIX DE GUERRE WITH PALM 1914-1918.
12610 Private A. Norris, 8th Cyclist Bn. Army Cyclist Corps, died 8th June 1918, aged 20. Son of William and Sarah Norris, of 168, Daubeney Rd., Clapton Park, London.
INSCRIPTION. LOVED BY US ALL.
10962 Corporal John Herbert Wain, 8th Cyclist Bn. Army Cyclist Corps, died 8th June 1918, aged 27. Son of Josiah and A. A. Wain, of 17, South Grove Rd., Sheffield.
INSCRIPTION. THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT.
Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
Vandières is a small village in the Marne region of France off the N3 road between Chateau-Thierry and Epernay. Take the D380 north from the N3 which heads towards Reims. Then take the D1 east. Vandieres is north of this road. Vandieres Churchyard will be found in the village behind the school and Mairie and the War Graves are immediately to the left on entering the churchyard.
History Information
The churchyard contains 37 French War Graves, one British, and special memorials to two British soldiers whose graves in the Churchyard could not be found. The British headstones are close to the North-West entrance. (Chatillon stands on a height commanding exceptionally wide views of the Marne Valley, and crowned by a great statue of the Virgin).
Burial Details
Second Lieutenant Robert Seddon Caldwell, 8th Cyclist Bn. Army Cyclist Corps, died 11th June 1918, aged 24. Croix de Guerre with Palms (France). Son of Mrs. A. A. Greensmith, of Brookfield, Westhoughton, Lancs.
INSCRIPTION. LOVINGLY REMEMBERED CROIX DE GUERRE WITH PALM 1914-1918.
12610 Private A. Norris, 8th Cyclist Bn. Army Cyclist Corps, died 8th June 1918, aged 20. Son of William and Sarah Norris, of 168, Daubeney Rd., Clapton Park, London.
INSCRIPTION. LOVED BY US ALL.
10962 Corporal John Herbert Wain, 8th Cyclist Bn. Army Cyclist Corps, died 8th June 1918, aged 27. Son of Josiah and A. A. Wain, of 17, South Grove Rd., Sheffield.
INSCRIPTION. THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT.
Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
