VILLERS-PLOUICH COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.08108, Longitude: 3.13816
Location Information
Villers-Plouich is a village in the Department of the Nord, 24 kilometres north of Gouzeaucourt which is 19 kilometres north east of Peronne on the D917 and 16 kilometres south west of Cambrai (N44/D197).
The Cemetery is constructed in a corner of the Communal Cemetery which is just to the right as you leave the village on the D56 direction Marcoing.
Historical Information
Villers-Plouich was captured in April, 1917, by the 13th East Surreys; lost in March, 1918; and regained at the end of the following September, when the 1st East Surreys were the first troops to enter the village. It was later "adopted" by the Borough of Wandsworth.
There are now 53 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 8 are unidentified and special memorials are erected to two soldiers from the United Kingdom known to be buried among them.
The Communal plot was designed by Noel Ackroyd Rew
Total Burials: 53.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 44, Canada 1. Total 45.
Unidentified Casualties: 8.
Lieutenant
John Francis Edens
1st Bn. Newfoundland Regiment
20th November 1917, aged 21.
Row A. 9.
Son of Thomas J. and Margaret M. Edens, of 39, Queens's Rd., St. John's, Newfoundland.
His headstone bears the inscription "Requiescat In Pace"
John Francis Edens
1st Bn. Newfoundland Regiment
20th November 1917, aged 21.
Row A. 9.
Son of Thomas J. and Margaret M. Edens, of 39, Queens's Rd., St. John's, Newfoundland.
His headstone bears the inscription "Requiescat In Pace"
Second Lieutenant
Henry Noel Francis Forge
5th Bn. attached to 8th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
20th November 1917, aged 19.
Row A. 15.
Son of the Rev. John Francis Forge and Annie Louisa Forge, of Walmley Vicarage, Erdington, Birmingham.
Henry Noel Francis Forge
5th Bn. attached to 8th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
20th November 1917, aged 19.
Row A. 15.
Son of the Rev. John Francis Forge and Annie Louisa Forge, of Walmley Vicarage, Erdington, Birmingham.
Second Lieutenant
Archibald Harding Hosegood
86th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
26th November 1917, aged 21.
Row A. 23.
Son of Thomas and Sarah Emma Hosegood, of Aller, Williton, Somerset.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of Archie, Youngest Son Of T. And S. E. Hosegood"
Archibald Harding Hosegood
86th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
26th November 1917, aged 21.
Row A. 23.
Son of Thomas and Sarah Emma Hosegood, of Aller, Williton, Somerset.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of Archie, Youngest Son Of T. And S. E. Hosegood"
87653 Gunner
Stanley Willis Mott
"Q" Battery, Royal Horse Artillery
26th November 1917.
Row A. 22.
Stanley Willis Mott
"Q" Battery, Royal Horse Artillery
26th November 1917.
Row A. 22.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
Lieutenant
William James Pearce
2nd/5th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
2nd December 1917, aged 33.
Special Memorial 1.
Son of James Pearce, of Linton, Gloucester; husband of Margery Barrett (formerly Pearce), of 34, Wellington Rd., Bilston, Staffs.
His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Than This No Man Hath That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
Image of headstone below
William James Pearce
2nd/5th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
2nd December 1917, aged 33.
Special Memorial 1.
Son of James Pearce, of Linton, Gloucester; husband of Margery Barrett (formerly Pearce), of 34, Wellington Rd., Bilston, Staffs.
His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Than This No Man Hath That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
Image of headstone below
Captain
Tom Rees
11th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, attached to 14th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
17th September 1916, aged 21.
Row C. 2.
Son of Thomas and Alice Rees, of Troedyrhiw Villa, Devynock, Brecon. Observer in the first Royal Flying Corps aircraft to be shot down by the 'Red Baron' - Baron Manfred von Richthofen.
Tom Rees
11th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, attached to 14th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
17th September 1916, aged 21.
Row C. 2.
Son of Thomas and Alice Rees, of Troedyrhiw Villa, Devynock, Brecon. Observer in the first Royal Flying Corps aircraft to be shot down by the 'Red Baron' - Baron Manfred von Richthofen.
Image © Johan Pauwels. Click on image to enlarge
19673 Lance Corporal
William Charles Sims
8th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
20th November 1917.
Row A. 18.
Adopted son of Mr and Mrs Ashton, Wildspur Bottom, New Mill, Holmfirth.
William Charles Sims
8th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
20th November 1917.
Row A. 18.
Adopted son of Mr and Mrs Ashton, Wildspur Bottom, New Mill, Holmfirth.
