VAUX-ANDIGNY BRITISH CEMETERY
Aisne
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.01745, Longitude: 3.51874
Location Information
Vaux-Andigny is a village in the Department of the Aisne between St Quentin and Le Cateau. The British Cemetery is a little south-east of the village on the road to Mannevret.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site makes wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
Vaux-Andigny was captured by American and British troops in October 1918.
The British Cemetery originally contained British and (in a separate plot) German graves, but after the Armistice, the German graves were removed and the 35 British graves from the Communal Cemetery Extension were brought in.
There are 65, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 3 are unidentified.
The cemetery covers an area of 191 square metres and is enclosed on three sides by a low sandstone wall.
The cemetery was designed by Arthur James Scott Hutton
Total Burials: 65.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 62.
Unidentified Casualties: 3.
117645 Private
Ronald Griffiths Beat
2nd Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Died between 8th October 1918 and 10th October 1918, aged 20.
Row A. 29.
Son of James Beat, of Dunham-on-Trent, Newark, Notts, and the late Harriet Beat. His brother Alec also fell and he is buried in Dranoutre Military Cemetery in Belgium.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done"
Ronald Griffiths Beat
2nd Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Died between 8th October 1918 and 10th October 1918, aged 20.
Row A. 29.
Son of James Beat, of Dunham-on-Trent, Newark, Notts, and the late Harriet Beat. His brother Alec also fell and he is buried in Dranoutre Military Cemetery in Belgium.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done"
Lieutenant
Donald Morton Brown
Reserve Bn. attached to 1st Bn. Cameron Highlanders
17th October 1918, aged 21.
Row B. 18.
Son of Mrs. H. Brown, of 21, Merchiston Crescent, Edinburgh.
His headstone bears the inscription "Dearly Loved Son Of Mrs. H. Brown, 21 Merchiston Cres., Edinburgh"
Donald Morton Brown
Reserve Bn. attached to 1st Bn. Cameron Highlanders
17th October 1918, aged 21.
Row B. 18.
Son of Mrs. H. Brown, of 21, Merchiston Crescent, Edinburgh.
His headstone bears the inscription "Dearly Loved Son Of Mrs. H. Brown, 21 Merchiston Cres., Edinburgh"
204446 Corporal
Isaiah Clay
1st Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry
17th October 1918, aged 33.
Row C. 14.
Husband of Mary Ann Clay, of 20, Edward St., Warrington.
Isaiah Clay
1st Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry
17th October 1918, aged 33.
Row C. 14.
Husband of Mary Ann Clay, of 20, Edward St., Warrington.
200088 Private
Alfred Kemble Jones
8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
17th October 1918, aged 25.
Row A. 12.
Son of Fredrick and Anne Jane Jones, of 87, Traffic St., Derby.
His headstone bears the inscription "Blessed Are The Peacemakers For They Shall See God"
Alfred Kemble Jones
8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
17th October 1918, aged 25.
Row A. 12.
Son of Fredrick and Anne Jane Jones, of 87, Traffic St., Derby.
His headstone bears the inscription "Blessed Are The Peacemakers For They Shall See God"
S/22793 Private
Robert Kyle
1st Bn. Cameron Highlanders
17th October 1918.
Row B. 12.
Nephew of Mrs. J. Cowan, of 137, New City Rd., Glasgow.
Robert Kyle
1st Bn. Cameron Highlanders
17th October 1918.
Row B. 12.
Nephew of Mrs. J. Cowan, of 137, New City Rd., Glasgow.
S4/161730 Corporal
James Lyall Rutherford
1st Division, M. T. Company, Army Service Corps
24th October 1918, aged 25.
Row C. 6.
Son of Jessie C. Rutherford, of 6, Stirling St., Dundee, and the late Hector Rutherford.
His headstone bears the inscription "Until The Day Dawn"
James Lyall Rutherford
1st Division, M. T. Company, Army Service Corps
24th October 1918, aged 25.
Row C. 6.
Son of Jessie C. Rutherford, of 6, Stirling St., Dundee, and the late Hector Rutherford.
His headstone bears the inscription "Until The Day Dawn"
