Bellicourt British Cemetery

Cemetery Details

Location Bellicourt, Aisne, France
Co‑ordinates N49.96128, E3.22899
Description

General Directions: Bellicourt is a village 13 kilometres north of St. Quentin and 28 kilometres south of Cambrai on the N44 road which connects the two cities. The Cemetery is signposted at the junction of the D331 and N44 and is 100 metres from the main road along the D331 in the direction of Peronne.
The Canal de St. Quentin passes under the village of Bellicourt in a tunnel five kilometres long, built under the orders of Napoleon I. The Hindenburg Line ran west of the village, and the barges in the tunnel were used to shelter German reserves. About five kilometres south of Bellicourt, where the canal is open, is the village of Bellenglise, where another great tunnel or dug-out was made by the Germans. On 29 September - 2 October 1918, the Battle of the St. Quentin Canal was fought. The 46th (North Midland) Division stormed the Hindenburg Line at Bellenglise and captured 4,000 prisoners and 70 guns. The 30th United States Division captured Bellicourt and Nauroy, which were cleared by the 5th Australian Division. The North Midland and Australian dead of this engagement fill most of the graves in Bellicourt British Cemetery. The cemetery was made after the battle, when 73 dead were buried in what is now Plot I. It was greatly enlarged after the Armistice, when graves were brought from smaller cemeteries and from the surrounding battlefields.

The cemetery was designed by Charles Henry Holden & William Harrison Cowlishaw

Source: http://www.ww1cemeteries.com (www.ww1cemeteries.com)

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Names

Showing 8 people of interest from cemetery

PICKETT, Clyde Thomas

Service number 3359
Private
46th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

ELDRIDGE, Spencer James

Service number 3623
Private
Born 31 Mar 1880

MCDOUGALL, Norman Alexander

Service number 1600
Sergeant
31st Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

LYNALL, George Sylvester

Service number 6854
Private
28th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

BROWNING, Bernard Manning

Service number 7392
Private
28th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 18 Jan 1888

SINCLAIR, Aubrey Clyde

Service number 1185
Lieutenant
32nd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

WATSON, William

Service number 2478
Sergeant
24th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1891

MASON, Charles Alfred Robe

Service number 2388
Corporal
27th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 10 Mar 1895

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