Vermand Communal Cemetery, Aisne, France

VERMAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Aisne

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.87578, Longitude: 3.14176

Location Information

Vermand is a village 12 kilometres east of St Quentin, in the Department of the Aisne, on the Omignon River. The Communal Cemetery is on the road to Caulaincourt.

Historical Information

Vermand was later "adopted" by the Borough of Cambridge. The Communal Cemetery was used in April and May 1917 and March and September 1918 for British burials.

There are now 42, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.

The plot covers an area of 227 square metres.

Casualty Details: United Kingdom 42. Total 42.

201448 Private
Harry Creswick Franklin
2nd/4th Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry attached to 184th Trench Mortar Battery.
6th April 1917, aged 19.
Row A. 1.

Inscription "Beloved Son Of John Franklin, Chipping Norton, England"

Son of Mr. John Franklin, 23, Market St., Chipping Norton, Oxon.

201177 Lance Serjeant
Francis Hugh Silvester Smith
2nd/4th Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
6th April 1917, aged 22.
Row A. 1.

Son of Francis Hugh and Elizabeth Smith, of 17, Hill View Rd., Oxford.

S/29822 Private
Thomas Tulloch
1st Bn. Cameron Highlanders
18th September 1918.
Row A. 15.

202096 Private
Thomas Frederick Wiltshire
2nd/4th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
2nd April 1917, aged 33.
Civilian Section No. 3.

Inscription "Peace Perfect Peace"

Son of George Wiltshire, of 150, Offmoor Rd., Kidderminster.