WARGNIES-LE-PETIT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.29656, Longitude: 3.67661
Location Information
Wargnies-Le-Petit is a small village in the Department of the Nord, halfway between Valenciennes and Bavay on the D49.
On the left hand side of the road is Wargnies-Le-Grand Churchyard and Wargnies-Le-Petit Communal Cemetery is on the right hand side of the road.
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-Petit Communal Cemetery contains 13 Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
Lieutenant
Andrew Lusk, Mentioned in Despatches
1st Bn. Irish Guards
4th November 1918, aged 36.
Son of James and Janet Bain, of 12, Netherhall Gardens, Hampstead, London.
Andrew Lusk, Mentioned in Despatches
1st Bn. Irish Guards
4th November 1918, aged 36.
Son of James and Janet Bain, of 12, Netherhall Gardens, Hampstead, London.
Lieutenant
Edward Gerald Beal
12th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
6th November 1918, aged 21
Son of Arthur Edward and Annie Elizabeth Beal, of 16, Henry Rd., West Bridgford, Nottingham.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Everlasting Remembrance"
Edward Gerald Beal
12th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
6th November 1918, aged 21
Son of Arthur Edward and Annie Elizabeth Beal, of 16, Henry Rd., West Bridgford, Nottingham.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Everlasting Remembrance"
17528 Lance Corporal
H. Lewis Hopkins
2nd Bn. Grenadier Guards
4th November 1918, aged 24.
Husband of Annie M. Hopkins, of 43, Ynysllwyd St., Aberdare, Glam.
H. Lewis Hopkins
2nd Bn. Grenadier Guards
4th November 1918, aged 24.
Husband of Annie M. Hopkins, of 43, Ynysllwyd St., Aberdare, Glam.
Lieutenant
B. R. Osborne, M. C.
2nd Bn. Grenadier Guards
4th November 1918, aged 19.
Son of Maj. and Mrs. Arthur Osborne.
His headstone bears the inscription "And So He Passed Over And The Trumpets Sounded For Him On The Other Site"
B. R. Osborne, M. C.
2nd Bn. Grenadier Guards
4th November 1918, aged 19.
Son of Maj. and Mrs. Arthur Osborne.
His headstone bears the inscription "And So He Passed Over And The Trumpets Sounded For Him On The Other Site"
27821 Private
William Wright
2nd Bn. Grenadier Guards
4th November 1918, aged 23.
Son of William Wright and of Hannah Hunt (formerly Wright), of 78, Lancashire Hill, Heaton Norris, Stockport, Cheshire. Born at South Reddish, Stockport.
His headstone bears the inscription "To Live In The Hearts Of Those We Leave Behind Is Not To Die"
William Wright
2nd Bn. Grenadier Guards
4th November 1918, aged 23.
Son of William Wright and of Hannah Hunt (formerly Wright), of 78, Lancashire Hill, Heaton Norris, Stockport, Cheshire. Born at South Reddish, Stockport.
His headstone bears the inscription "To Live In The Hearts Of Those We Leave Behind Is Not To Die"
