VENDELLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Aisne
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.90842, Longitude: 3.132
Location Information
Vendelles is a commune 21 kilometres east of Peronne and 8 kilometres north-west of Maissemy, in the Department of the Aisne.
The Church was destroyed in the War. The Churchyard contains, near the South-West corner, the graves of five soldiers of the 59th Division who died in March and April, 1917, and, between the site of the Church and the South boundary, that of one Australian soldier who died in September, 1918.
Total Burials: 6.
World War One Casualties: United Kingdom 5, Australia 1. Total 6.
Vendelles is a commune 21 kilometres east of Peronne and 8 kilometres north-west of Maissemy, in the Department of the Aisne.
The Church was destroyed in the War. The Churchyard contains, near the South-West corner, the graves of five soldiers of the 59th Division who died in March and April, 1917, and, between the site of the Church and the South boundary, that of one Australian soldier who died in September, 1918.
Total Burials: 6.
World War One Casualties: United Kingdom 5, Australia 1. Total 6.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
134 Sergeant
Henry (Harry) Norman Fisher
4th Australian Pioneers
18th September 1918.
Studio portrait of 134 Sergeant (Sgt) Henry Norman (Harry) Fisher, 4th Pioneer Battalion. Sgt Fisher enlisted in Cairns, Qld, on 17 September 1914 and embarked from Melbourne, Vic, on 22 December 1914 aboard HMAT Ceramic. He was killed in action on 18 September 1918, and is buried in Vendelles Churchyard in France.
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Henry (Harry) Norman Fisher
4th Australian Pioneers
18th September 1918.
Studio portrait of 134 Sergeant (Sgt) Henry Norman (Harry) Fisher, 4th Pioneer Battalion. Sgt Fisher enlisted in Cairns, Qld, on 17 September 1914 and embarked from Melbourne, Vic, on 22 December 1914 aboard HMAT Ceramic. He was killed in action on 18 September 1918, and is buried in Vendelles Churchyard in France.
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Other Burial Details
305930 Lance Corporal Harry Barratt, 2nd/8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters, (Notts and Derby Regiment), died 31st march 1917, aged 18. Son of Charles Henry and Mary Elizabeth Barratt, of Reform St., Annesley Woodhouse, Nottingham. His headstone bears the inscription "He Gave Up His Life For His Homefolks And The Homeland"
307266 Private W. C. J. Brabant, 2nd/8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment), died 31st March 1917. Age 19. Brother of Mrs. W. C. Edenborough, of 97, Stanhope Gardens, Harringay, London. His headstone bears the inscription "Only Those Who Knew Him Know His Loss"
306180 Private G.T. Getley, 2nd/8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment), died 2nd April 1917.
267803 Private R. King, 2nd/7th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment), died 4th April 1917.
202810 Private A. Platts, 2nd/5th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment, died 12th April 1917.
305930 Lance Corporal Harry Barratt, 2nd/8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters, (Notts and Derby Regiment), died 31st march 1917, aged 18. Son of Charles Henry and Mary Elizabeth Barratt, of Reform St., Annesley Woodhouse, Nottingham. His headstone bears the inscription "He Gave Up His Life For His Homefolks And The Homeland"
307266 Private W. C. J. Brabant, 2nd/8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment), died 31st March 1917. Age 19. Brother of Mrs. W. C. Edenborough, of 97, Stanhope Gardens, Harringay, London. His headstone bears the inscription "Only Those Who Knew Him Know His Loss"
306180 Private G.T. Getley, 2nd/8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment), died 2nd April 1917.
267803 Private R. King, 2nd/7th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment), died 4th April 1917.
202810 Private A. Platts, 2nd/5th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment, died 12th April 1917.
