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IN MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden

The visit of Commonwealth graves in Communals Cemeteries & Churchyards in Belgium & France

pierre.vandervelden@pi.be

RETHEL French National Cemetery (Ardennes France)

Pte John O. Card 25/08/1918
for his great grandson Nick Forster
Pte Richard Taylor 31/05/1918
Richard was born in Bradley, Bilston to James and Martha Taylor and resided in New Street, Pelsall.
His father was a colliery stallman.
A member of the Primitive Methodist Church, Pelsall, Richard was also a Sunday school teacher.
Richard was employed as a colliery labourer at the Chase Conduit Colliery, Norton Canes when he enlisted in the Army at Walsall in 08/1917.
He was most probably captured during the German spring offensive.
for Graeme Clarke and the people of Walsall
L/Cpl Thomas James Downing 06/08/1918
It seems he died when his company were liberating a prisoner of war camp.
He was moving some gas canisters that had been booby trapped by the Germans prior to the liberators arriving and went off killing him.
for his great nephew Jim Sewell
Thomas is sitting rear centre
Thomas sitting on right
Pte Robert Adamson 1898 - 01/08/1918
The youngest of ten children, he was born in Gateshead, Durham.
for his great nephew Stewart Adamson
Robert in training camp.

106 casualties

ADAMSON R
United Kingdom Private 20/1207Northumberland Fusiliers01/08/1918 (1859)
ANGUS WILLIAM ALEXANDER
United Kingdom Private 205112East Yorkshire Regiment22/09/1918 Age: 20 (1730)
ARMSTRONG H
United Kingdom Private 21121Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers18/04/1918 (1763)
AYRES H F
United Kingdom Private G/33846Middlesex Regiment08/08/1918 Age: 35 (1853)
BAKER E
United Kingdom Private 41850Leicestershire Regiment29/05/1918 (1737)
BAKER RALPH
United Kingdom Sapper 504728Royal Engineers18/08/1918 Age: 28 (1762)
BARKER C F
United Kingdom Private 75436Durham Light Infantry10/06/1918 (1856)
BAXTER A
United Kingdom Private S/21825Gordon Highlanders09/08/1918 (1751)
BEADNELL T
United Kingdom Private 27832West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)17/01/1918 (1837)
BELL J D
United Kingdom Private 44564Lincolnshire Regiment27/08/1918 (1845)
BLACK G
United Kingdom Lance Corporal 834Royal Irish Rifles15/07/1918 (1824)
BLACK G W
United Kingdom Lance Corporal 30144Leicestershire Regiment10/10/1918 (1731)
BLACKWOOD J
United Kingdom Private 24/747Northumberland Fusiliers16/08/1918 (1756)
BOWLES GILBERT WILLIAM
United Kingdom Private 41616Leicestershire Regiment10/09/1918 Age: 19 (1840)
BRAY B
United Kingdom Private 52740East Yorkshire Regiment02/10/1918 (1860)
BRIDGEMAN THOMAS
United Kingdom Private 29811South Lancashire Regiment16/06/1918 Age: 42 (1755)
BROADBENT JOHN STANLEY
United Kingdom Private 137088Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)29/05/1918 Age: 20 (1719)
BROPHY P
United Kingdom Private 21368Royal Irish Fusiliers16/11/1917 (1735)
BURKE P
United Kingdom Private 25/783Northumberland Fusiliers24/09/1918 (1857)
CARD J O
United Kingdom Private 19475King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry25/08/1918 (1710)
CARSON W W
United Kingdom Private 233141Royal Fusiliers05/11/1917 Age: 19 (1749)
CLARK F
United Kingdom Rifleman R/16038King's Royal Rifle Corps27/11/1917 (1838)
COLLINS G W
United Kingdom Private F/1409Middlesex Regiment16/01/1918 (1836)
CONWAY LOUIS ALFRED
United Kingdom Private 20229Royal Berkshire Regiment28/07/1918 Age: 25 (1843)
COOPER FRANK ROBERT
United Kingdom Private 44874Royal Berkshire Regiment29/05/1918 Age: 19 (1831)
COUTTS A
United Kingdom Private 44865Royal Berkshire Regiment27/05/1918 (1720)
COVENTRY ANDREW
United Kingdom Private 67826Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)22/09/1918 (1848)
CRAWFORD C W
United Kingdom Private 235463Leicestershire Regiment09/09/1918 (1839)
DAY ALFRED LOMAS
United Kingdom Rifleman S/20305Rifle Brigade29/11/1917 (1841)
DIXON G H
United Kingdom Private 13223Leicestershire Regiment27/09/1918 (1850)
DOWNING T J
United Kingdom Lance Corporal 230709London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)06/08/1918 (1825)
DUMBLE JOHN HENRY
United Kingdom Private 36302Leicestershire Regiment29/05/1918 Age: 30 In North-East part.
FAIRCLOTH E R
United Kingdom Rifleman 47640Royal Irish Rifles18/08/1918 (1759)
GARNER S
United Kingdom Private 26762Bedfordshire Regiment29/08/1918 (1844)
GILLIAT ROBERT VINCENT
United Kingdom Lieutenant Manchester Regiment25/05/1918 Age: 27 (1832)
GLADWELL DOUGLAS ALEXANDER
United Kingdom Rifleman 41363Rifle Brigade29/08/1918 Age: 19 (1709)
GRAYSHAN ALFRED
United Kingdom Private 242743Lancashire Fusiliers31/10/1917 Age: 36 (1748)
HACKER G
United Kingdom Private 11007Royal Berkshire Regiment20/11/1917 (1867)
HALFORD ARTHUR HENRY
United Kingdom Captain Rifle Brigade30/05/1918 Age: 24 (1833)
HALL G H
United Kingdom Lance Corporal 1608Lincolnshire Regiment02/10/1918 (1866)
HARDISTY JOHN MANN
United Kingdom Rifleman S/12989Rifle Brigade06/09/1918 Age: 22 (1842)
HARRISON E
United Kingdom Private 40807East Yorkshire Regiment09/06/1918 (1847)
HAWORTH JOHN
United Kingdom Gunner 160143Royal Field Artillery20/08/1918 Age: 28 (1729)
HEALEY J B
United Kingdom Private 47280Leicestershire Regiment27/08/1918 (1711)
HIGGINS J
United Kingdom Private 20100Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)06/01/1918 (1758)
HINDHAUGH W J
United Kingdom Private 91194Durham Light Infantry27/05/1918 (1858)
HOBBS H M
United Kingdom Private 43609Royal Berkshire Regiment31/05/1918 (1826)
HOLMES A H
United Kingdom Private 30651East Yorkshire Regiment29/05/1918 (1739)
HOLMES F
United Kingdom Private 107531Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)17/06/1918 (1864)
HOUGHTON E
United Kingdom Private 340493Northumberland Fusiliers13/07/1918 Age: 39 (1760)
HOWLETT H
United Kingdom Private 42405East Yorkshire Regiment15/07/1918 Age: 21 (1736)
HUBBARD ALEXANDER ROBERT
United Kingdom Private 100073Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)05/06/1918 Age: 19 (1723)
HUTCHINSON R H
United Kingdom Private 21232Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers19/07/1918 (1865)
JACKSON ALBERT
United Kingdom Private 30908Lincolnshire Regiment12/10/1918 Age: 38 (1822)
JACKSON J
United Kingdom Private 58961West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)10/06/1918 (1713)
JEFFERSON L J M
United Kingdom Private 235484Northumberland Fusiliers19/09/1918 Age: 20 (1869)
JESSON G N
United Kingdom Private 52785East Yorkshire Regiment01/09/1918 (1871)
JOHNSON FRANK
United Kingdom Gunner 69522Tank Corps05/12/1917 (1855)
JONES E
United Kingdom Private 12610Somerset Light Infantry11/11/1917 (1733)
JONES H
United Kingdom Private 203964Royal Welsh Fusiliers04/06/1918 Age: 20 (1725)
KAY R H V
United Kingdom Private G/89520Middlesex Regiment13/06/1918 Age: 19 (1747)
KIRBY HERBERT
United Kingdom Private 22964Leicestershire Regiment10/09/1918 Age: 21 (1746)
KIRKLAND FRANK
United Kingdom Private 291318Gordon Highlanders01/08/1918 Age: 26 (1753)
LAY ALBERT HENRY
United Kingdom Private 42086Leicestershire Regiment27/05/1918 Age: 19 (1732)
LIGHTFOOT HERBERT
United Kingdom Private 21104King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry30/05/1918 Age: 21 (1741)
MacKENZIE HARRY ALEXANDER
United Kingdom Private S/3100Seaforth Highlanders12/11/1917 Age: 19 (1754)
MARCH WILLIAM CLARE
United Kingdom Private 235199Lincolnshire Regiment08/08/1918 Age: 21 (1875)
MARSHALL E
United Kingdom Private 206242Worcestershire Regiment08/06/1918 (1846)
MAWER G A
United Kingdom Lance Corporal 98750Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)02/09/1918 (1873)
McCALL A
United Kingdom Private 202799Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders01/11/1917 (1761)
McKIE J
United Kingdom Private 31038East Yorkshire Regiment20/09/1918 (1870)
McLEOD A
United Kingdom Private 266332Seaforth Highlanders12/12/1917 Age: 31 (1750)
McMURRAY J D
United Kingdom Private 41937Leicestershire Regiment19/08/1918 (1874)
MORTON S
United Kingdom Private 40906South Wales Borderers14/09/1918 (1876)
NORTHOVER J
United Kingdom Private 41949Leicestershire Regiment03/09/1918 Age: 19 (1872)
ORRISS C F
United Kingdom Private 42410East Yorkshire Regiment05/06/1918 Age: 36 (1715)
PADDOCK F T
United Kingdom Private 21745Worcestershire Regiment05/06/1918 (1724)
PEARSON ROBERT
United Kingdom Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment07/08/1918 Age: 23 (1854)
PERRIN ERNEST ALFRED
United Kingdom Private 29563Border Regiment01/06/1918 Age: 21 (1714)
RADFORD J E
United Kingdom Private 29901East Yorkshire Regiment28/05/1918 (1712)
REAY WILLIAM
United Kingdom Sapper 438575Royal Engineers29/05/1918 Age: 35 (1835)
RENSHAW W T
United Kingdom Private 40138Worcestershire Regiment29/09/1918 (1734)
RICHE G T
United Kingdom Rifleman 574676London Regiment28/05/1918 (1828)
RING H
United Kingdom Private 42117Leicestershire Regiment11/09/1918 (1849)
ROBINSON G
United Kingdom Private 40590Leicestershire Regiment20/09/1918 Age: 21 (1868)
ROBINSON J
United Kingdom Private 42459Worcestershire Regiment01/06/1918 (1752)
RODDY E C
United Kingdom Private 50712Royal Berkshire Regiment28/05/1918 Age: 18 (1827)
SAGGETS W G
United Kingdom Private 69413Northumberland Fusiliers28/05/1918 (1834)
SANKEY H
United Kingdom Private 25074Leicestershire Regiment01/06/1918 (1716)
SHAWE DUDLEY CHESTNEY
United Kingdom Private F/260Middlesex Regiment04/11/1917 Age: 23 (1852)
SKEGGS F
United Kingdom Lance Corporal 33186Leicestershire Regiment30/05/1918 (1738)
SUMMERSCALES G
United Kingdom Private 200917King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry27/05/1918 (1717)
TASKER E
United Kingdom Private 41979Leicestershire Regiment09/09/1918 Age: 19 (1745)
TAYLOR R
United Kingdom Private 39943South Staffordshire Regiment31/05/1918 (1727)
TEASDALE H
United Kingdom Private 82505Durham Light Infantry28/07/1918 Age: 20 (1862)
TEASDALE J
United Kingdom Private 54619West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)31/07/1918 Age: 23 (1726)
TONER HARRY
United Kingdom Rifleman 10203Royal Irish Rifles16/11/1917 Age: 19 (1757)
TROUT H
United Kingdom Private 82511Durham Light Infantry03/06/1918 (1740)
TULL G
United Kingdom Rifleman S/35962Rifle Brigade28/05/1918 (1829)
VINCENT A R
United Kingdom Private 315303Devonshire Regiment05/06/1918 (1764)
WAKE W C T
United Kingdom Private 55879Northumberland Fusiliers28/05/1918 (1830)
WARNER W H
United Kingdom Private 52681East Yorkshire Regiment01/06/1918 (1742)
WASLEY W
United Kingdom Lance Corporal 24062Royal Welsh Fusiliers12/06/1918 (1744)
WEBBER FRANK
United Kingdom Private 20644Devonshire Regiment19/01/1918 Age: 40 (1861)
WILLIAMS C
United Kingdom Private 91749Durham Light Infantry27/08/1918 (1851)
WILSON F G F
United Kingdom Private 81363Durham Light Infantry16/06/1918 (1743)

IF You have a casualty picture, please send me a copy, I'll be glad to show it on this page.

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Casualties informations come usualy from Commonwealth War Graves Commission, see links for more informations

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