WAMBAIX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.12528, Longitude: 3.3087
Location Information
Wambaix is a village some 10 kilometres south-south-east of Cambrai on the D142.
From the centre of the village, take the Rue de la Chapelle (opposite the French War Memorial in front of the mairie). The cemetery is on the left-hand side of this road.
The Commonwealth war graves are divided between 2 single plots - a plot of 2 at the end of the main path and one single plot on the left of the main path
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
Lieutenant
Gavin Ralston Mure Caldwell
2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards
9th October 1918, aged 21.
Son of the Rev. William H. McK. Caldwell and Elsie Caldwell, of Fetcham Rectory, Leatherhead, Surrey.
His headstone bears the inscription "Gratias Ago Deo Meo In Omni Memoria Vestri"
Gavin Ralston Mure Caldwell
2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards
9th October 1918, aged 21.
Son of the Rev. William H. McK. Caldwell and Elsie Caldwell, of Fetcham Rectory, Leatherhead, Surrey.
His headstone bears the inscription "Gratias Ago Deo Meo In Omni Memoria Vestri"
Captain
Gerald Maurice Ponsonby Mentioned in Despatches
2nd Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
31st August 1914.
Son of the Rev. Lord de Mauley, 4th Baron, and Lady de Mauley, of Langford House, Lechlade, Glos.
His headstone bears the inscription "Grant Him O Lord Eternal Rest"
Gerald Maurice Ponsonby Mentioned in Despatches
2nd Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
31st August 1914.
Son of the Rev. Lord de Mauley, 4th Baron, and Lady de Mauley, of Langford House, Lechlade, Glos.
His headstone bears the inscription "Grant Him O Lord Eternal Rest"
Other Burial Details
22749 Lance Corporal A. E. Warner, M. M. 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards, died 10th October 1918, aged 31. Son of George and Caroline Warner, of Denbury, Devon; husband of Dora Elizabeth Warner, of Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, Berks. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This"
Second Lieutenant Arthur John Woodthorpe, Royal Garrison Artillery, 276th Siege Battery, died 9th October 1918, aged 37. Son of John William Woodthorpe; husband of Estella E. Woodthorpe, of 86, Trinity Rd., Upper Tooting, London. His headstone bears the inscription "In Memory Of My Beloved He Among Others Made The Supreme Sacrifice"
Second Lieutenant George Edward Wright, M. C. Army Service Corps, attached to 276th Siege Bty Royal Garrison Artillery, died 9th October 1918, aged 26. Son of William and M. A. Wright, of 55, St. Mildred's Rd., Lee, London. Born at West Hartlepool. His headstone bears the inscription "Unselfish, Brave, Heroic, True He Died To Save His Fellow Men"
22749 Lance Corporal A. E. Warner, M. M. 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards, died 10th October 1918, aged 31. Son of George and Caroline Warner, of Denbury, Devon; husband of Dora Elizabeth Warner, of Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, Berks. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This"
Second Lieutenant Arthur John Woodthorpe, Royal Garrison Artillery, 276th Siege Battery, died 9th October 1918, aged 37. Son of John William Woodthorpe; husband of Estella E. Woodthorpe, of 86, Trinity Rd., Upper Tooting, London. His headstone bears the inscription "In Memory Of My Beloved He Among Others Made The Supreme Sacrifice"
Second Lieutenant George Edward Wright, M. C. Army Service Corps, attached to 276th Siege Bty Royal Garrison Artillery, died 9th October 1918, aged 26. Son of William and M. A. Wright, of 55, St. Mildred's Rd., Lee, London. Born at West Hartlepool. His headstone bears the inscription "Unselfish, Brave, Heroic, True He Died To Save His Fellow Men"
