VILLERS-GUISLAIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.04469, Longitude: 3.1513
Location Information
Villers-Guislain is a village in the Department of the Nord, over 1.5 kilometres south of the main road from Cambrai to Peronne.
The British graves are in the south-west part of the cemetery.
Historical Information
Villers-Guislain was severly damaged by shell fire during the War.
There are 51, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 7 are unidentified and eighteen graves, destroyed by shell fire, are now represented by Special Memorials.
The plots cover an area of 202 square metres.
The communal plot was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Total Burials: 51.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 44.
Unidentified Casualties: 7.
40170, Private
Arthur George Allbright
2nd Bn. Northamptonshire Regiment
2nd May 1917, aged 20.
Plot B. 13.
Son of John and Elizabeth Allbright, of 76, Henry St., Northampton.
Picture courtesy of Robert Harrison of London, Arthur Allbright was his Great Uncle.
Arthur George Allbright
2nd Bn. Northamptonshire Regiment
2nd May 1917, aged 20.
Plot B. 13.
Son of John and Elizabeth Allbright, of 76, Henry St., Northampton.
Picture courtesy of Robert Harrison of London, Arthur Allbright was his Great Uncle.
37397 Corporal
William Henry Britt
5th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
22nd November 1917.
Row A. 2.
William Henry Britt
5th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
22nd November 1917.
Row A. 2.
40053 Private
George Oates
2nd Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
5th May 1917.
Special Memorial 15.
Son of George and Margaret Oates, of 151, Victoria Rd., Dundee.
His headstone bears the inscription "Till The Day Dawn Ever Fondly Remembered"
George Oates
2nd Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
5th May 1917.
Special Memorial 15.
Son of George and Margaret Oates, of 151, Victoria Rd., Dundee.
His headstone bears the inscription "Till The Day Dawn Ever Fondly Remembered"
