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WHITE CITY CEMETERY

​Bois-Grenier
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Nord

​France


GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.64191, Longitude: 2.88004

White City Cemetery

​Location Information

Bois-Grenier is a village about 4 kilometres south of Armentieres. The Cemetery is south of the village, on the west side of the road (D22) to Radinghem.


Visiting Information

Wheelchair access possible with difficulties. 


Historical Information

White City Cemetery was used by fighting units from October 1914 to December 1915 when it was closed.

The cemetery contains 92 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, nine of them unidentified, and three German graves.

Total Burials: 95.

Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 83, Germany 3. Total 86

Unidentified Casualties: Commonwealth 9, Germany 3. Total 9.

The cemetery was designed by
Sir Herbert Baker and William Harrison Cowlishaw
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Captain
Norman Bowen Challenor
3rd Bn. attached to 2nd Bn. 
Royal Berkshire Regiment
31st July 1915.
​Row C. 12.




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Lieutenant 
Leslie Benito Fisher
12th Bn. 
King's Royal Rifle Corps
14th August 1915, aged 30.
Row C. 5.

Son of Emma Louisa Fisher, of Brampton Park, Brampton, Hunts.

His headstone bears the inscription "Triumphant Be Their Dirge Who Were The Flower Of Mourning England"



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989 Serjeant
James Henry Halsall
1st/5th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
19th June 1915, aged 25.
Row D. 9.


Son of William Fairhurst Halsall and Jane Ellen Halsall, of 21, Dacy Rd., Everton, Liverpool. Native of Lathom, Lancs.

His headstone bears the inscription "He Feared Not And Fought The Good Fight"



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16120 Private
Lewis Albert Heeds
11th Bn. 
Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
20th October 1915, aged 22.
Row A. 8.

Son of William and Emily Heeds, of 187, Kilton Rd., Worksop, Notts. Native of Mosborough, Sheffield.

His headstone bears the inscription "Gone From Our Home But Not From Our Hearts"





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​​​​​Images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem

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8056 Sergeant
Albert Johnson
"C" Company, 2nd Bn. 
Royal Berkshire Regiment
10th October 1915, aged 27.
Row A. 12.

Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Johnson, of 7, King's Meadow Rd., Reading.

His headstone bears the inscription "His Noble Sacrifice Will Ever Live As An Inspiration To Us All"




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14259 Private
C. Wetton
2nd Bn. 
Lincolnshire Regiment
22nd July 1915, aged 25.
Row C. 15.

Son of Charles Wetton, of 53, Stockwell Gate, Mansfield.

His headstone bears the inscription "Hark, They Whisper, Angels Say Kindred Spirit Come Away"



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