Caestre War Cemetery

Cemetery Details

Location Caestre, Nord, France
Co‑ordinates N50.759101, E2.5966846
Description

203 Rue du Four à Briques, Caëstre, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais,  France.
Note this cemetery has access, from the main road, only by foot or bicyle, travelling down a lane way,
(which in winter does become muddy), which is used by livestock.

Total burials: 32 Australia; 150 UK; 8 South Africa; 5 Germany

The cemetery opened in mid April 1918 by the Australian Corps and troops of the 9th (Scottish) Division. It was used until September 1918 for the burials of casualties sustained during the German offensive. The cemetery now contains 190 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and five German war graves

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan.  8/5/2015.  Lest we forget.

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Names

Showing 7 people of interest from cemetery

LAURIE, Leonard Buxton

Service number 7120
Lieutenant
10th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 9 Oct 1893

MCNICOL, Reginald Hugh

Service number 116
Lieutenant
1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies
AIF WW1
Born 3 Jul 1895

SIZER, Leonard

Service number 3572A
Sergeant
6th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

BUSCH, Frederick

Service number 2343A
Private
9th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 12 Jun 1894

LOXTON, Ernest Adshead Dudley

Service number 2067
Private
9th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1889

WARNER, Thomas Horace Henry

Service number 3627
Lance Corporal
1st Machine Gun Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 29 Aug 1885

ALLAN, Walter Clarence

Service number 7442
Private
6th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 17 Nov 1895