ZUYDCOOTE MILITARY CEMETERY
& ZUYDCOOTE FRANCO-GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 51.06191, Longitude: 2.48561
Location Information
Zuydcoote is a village in the Department of the Nord about 10 kilometres north-east of Dunkirk. The Military Cemetery is west of the village and about 550 metres east of Zuydcoote Halte.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
In the autumn of 1917, while the XV Corps was holding the Nieuport section, the 34th and 36th Casualty Clearing Stations were posted at Zuydcoote. The Military Cemetery contains, for the most part, the graves of officers and men who died in these hospitals.
Two of the British graves were brought after the Armistice from ZUYDCOOTE CHURCHYARD FRENCH MILITARY EXTENSION.
There are 327, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 313, Canada 5, New Zealand 4, South Africa 2, Australia 1, Belgium 1. Total 326.
Unidentified Casualty: United Kingdom 1.
The cemetery covers an area of 1,042 square metres and is enclosed by a wall.
On the West side of it is ZUYDCOOTE FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY, made after the Armistice, and containing over 1,000 French and 170 German graves.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and George Hartley Goldsmith
Cemetery images in galley below © Werner Van Caneghem
651176 Sapper
William Austin Anstead
4th Bn. Canadian Railway Troops
9th November 1917, aged 28.
Plot II. B. 11.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Anstead, of Paisley, Ontario; husband of Mrs. Annie I. Anstead, of Chesley, Ontario.
William Austin Anstead
4th Bn. Canadian Railway Troops
9th November 1917, aged 28.
Plot II. B. 11.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Anstead, of Paisley, Ontario; husband of Mrs. Annie I. Anstead, of Chesley, Ontario.
Flight Sub-Lieutenant
John Turner Bone
Royal Naval Air Service
18th October 1915, aged 22.
Plot II. E. 5.
Son of Peter Turner Bone and Elizabeth Bone, of 340, Fourth Avenue West, Calgary, Canada.
John Turner Bone
Royal Naval Air Service
18th October 1915, aged 22.
Plot II. E. 5.
Son of Peter Turner Bone and Elizabeth Bone, of 340, Fourth Avenue West, Calgary, Canada.
5859 Serjeant
Henry Clark
48th Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps.
27th September 1917, aged 26.
Plot I. D. 15.
Son of William Henry and Margaret Clark, of 24, Caroline St., Hetton-le-Hole, Co. Durham.
Picture courtesy of Pam Stones
Henry Clark
48th Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps.
27th September 1917, aged 26.
Plot I. D. 15.
Son of William Henry and Margaret Clark, of 24, Caroline St., Hetton-le-Hole, Co. Durham.
Picture courtesy of Pam Stones
Captain
George Clarence Rogers, M. C.
52nd Squadron, Royal Flying Corps
30th October 1917, aged 25.
Plot II. C. 6.
George Clarence Rogers, M. C.
52nd Squadron, Royal Flying Corps
30th October 1917, aged 25.
Plot II. C. 6.
Image above © Werner Van Caneghem
648853 Sapper
William Stephen
4th Bn. Canadian Railway Troops
10th November 1917, aged 36.
Plot II. B. 26.
Husband of Margaret Stephen of North Bay, Ontario
William Stephen
4th Bn. Canadian Railway Troops
10th November 1917, aged 36.
Plot II. B. 26.
Husband of Margaret Stephen of North Bay, Ontario
Captain
Adrian Cannell Taylor
15th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
24th September 1917, aged 25.
Plot I. E. 30.
Son of Archibald and Jean Taylor, of Myrtlebank, Kilmarnock. M.A. (Glasgow University).
His headstone bears the inscription "In The Armour Of A Fure Intent"
Adrian Cannell Taylor
15th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
24th September 1917, aged 25.
Plot I. E. 30.
Son of Archibald and Jean Taylor, of Myrtlebank, Kilmarnock. M.A. (Glasgow University).
His headstone bears the inscription "In The Armour Of A Fure Intent"
Flight Sub-Lieutenant
Mosley Gordon Woodhouse
9th (Naval) Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service
9th August 1917, aged 18.
Plot I. A. 1.
Son of Arthur Lionel and Isobel Woodhouse, of Tofts, Little Baddow, Essex.
His headstone bears the inscription "Blessed Are The Pure In Heart For They Shall See God"
Mosley Gordon Woodhouse
9th (Naval) Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service
9th August 1917, aged 18.
Plot I. A. 1.
Son of Arthur Lionel and Isobel Woodhouse, of Tofts, Little Baddow, Essex.
His headstone bears the inscription "Blessed Are The Pure In Heart For They Shall See God"
Image above © Geerhard Joos
L/14885 Driver William Sheppard Wilkinson, 32nd Division, Ammunition Col., Royal Field Artillery, died 19th September 1917, aged 19. Plot I. E. 12. Son of J. W. and Jessie Wilkinson, of The Farm, Westcott St., Hull. Born at Sutton, Hull. His headstone bears the inscription "To Him The Honour And Glory R. I. P."
William also had two brothers who died in the Great War. 10/1038 Sergeant John Henry Wilkinson, 10th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment who died on 2nd June 1917, aged 25 and is buried in Étaples Military Cemetery and 830234 Private Arthur Frederick Wilkinson, 44th Bn. Canadian Infantry who died on 27th October 1917, aged 21 and is buried in Passchendaele New British Cemetery.
William also had two brothers who died in the Great War. 10/1038 Sergeant John Henry Wilkinson, 10th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment who died on 2nd June 1917, aged 25 and is buried in Étaples Military Cemetery and 830234 Private Arthur Frederick Wilkinson, 44th Bn. Canadian Infantry who died on 27th October 1917, aged 21 and is buried in Passchendaele New British Cemetery.
