WARGNIES-LE-GRAND CHURCHYARD
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.30864, Longitude: 3.66067
Location Information
Wargnies-Le-Grand is a small village in the department of the Nord.
The graves are situated in the North Boundary.
Historical Information
This cemetery is within the area traversed by the British Expeditionary Force in August 1914, but was then occupied by the Germans until almost the end of the war.
Wargnies-le-Grand Churchyard contains 24 Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
235314 Sergeant
Horatio John Canty
8th Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment
4th November 1918, aged 26.
Son of William Horatio and Maria Canty, of 5, Nursery St, Market Rasen, Lincs.
Horatio John Canty
8th Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment
4th November 1918, aged 26.
Son of William Horatio and Maria Canty, of 5, Nursery St, Market Rasen, Lincs.
72214 Private
Reginald Thomas Dunstan
9th Bn. Cheshire Regiment
4th November 1918.
Reginald Thomas Dunstan
9th Bn. Cheshire Regiment
4th November 1918.
52370 Private
Campbell Shirtcliffe
8th Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment
4th November 1918, aged 20.
Son of Thomas and Kate Shirtcliffe, of 42, Verdon St., Sheffield.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Sacrificed The Greatest Of All His Life For Us All"
Campbell Shirtcliffe
8th Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment
4th November 1918, aged 20.
Son of Thomas and Kate Shirtcliffe, of 42, Verdon St., Sheffield.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Sacrificed The Greatest Of All His Life For Us All"
Second Lieutenant
Lionel Percy Tate
"C" Coy. 8th Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment
4th November 1918, aged 26.
Son of Robert William and Emma Tate, of 111, Spencer St., Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Lionel Percy Tate
"C" Coy. 8th Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment
4th November 1918, aged 26.
Son of Robert William and Emma Tate, of 111, Spencer St., Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
41953 Private
Harold Wadsworth
8th Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment
4th November 1918, aged 23.
Son of Mr. G. Wadsworth, of 91, Stamford Rd., Mossley, Manchester.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That We Might Live"
Harold Wadsworth
8th Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment
4th November 1918, aged 23.
Son of Mr. G. Wadsworth, of 91, Stamford Rd., Mossley, Manchester.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That We Might Live"
