CHARLEROI COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Charleroi

Hainaut

Belgium

GENERAL DIRECTIONS: The cemetery is off the E42 motorway between Mons and Namur. From the E42 motorway turn onto the A54 towards Charleroi, this can be found between junctions 16 and 17. Continue along this road until junction 26, the Lodelinsart/Gilly junction. Take this turning and keep right, at the lights bear right and then immediately left into rue lodinsart (road runs parallel to the motorway access), after 500m do a U turn and go right into rue P Paulus, then next left into rue Cayauderie and second right into rue de Bethleem followed by the first right into rue de Presbytere, the cemetery is straight ahead, and is easily accessible and there is parking. It should be noted that the cemetery is subject to local opening hours. The Commonwealth plot can be found to the left of the main entrance.

The battle of Charleroi was fought between August 21^st- 24^th 1914, for the remainder of the war the Germans used the city as a military and administrative centre. The majority of burials here are those who died of wounds received in the Final Advance in 1918.

CASUALTY DETAILS: UK 170, Canada 18, Australia 79, South Africa 1, New Zealand 1, Germany 5, India 2,

Total Burials; 276

Those with awards buried/commemorated within this cemetery:

AUSTIN, Pte. S., M.M. 1st Bn. Royal West Kent Regt. (Queen's Own) Accidentally killed 8th Feb. 1919, aged 36. A 5

BEATTY, Maj. W. J., O.B.E. Royal Army Service Corps. Died 10th Feb. 1919. S 9

BILLING, S.M. Bertie, M.S.M. 20th Sqdn. Royal Air Force. Died 16th Feb. 1919, aged 29. E 5

BLENKINSOP, Cpl. Michael Arthur, M.M. 2nd Div. Train, Australian Army Service Corps. Died of sickness 26th Jan. 1919, aged 40. R 20

BRYANT, Gnr. Fredrick Thomas, M.S.M., Mentioned in Despatches. "F" Bty. 14th Brig. Royal Horse Artillery. Died 2nd Dec. 1918, aged 29. O 4

BUCHANAN, Q.M.S. Stewart Robert, M.S.M., Croix de Guerre (France), Mentioned in Despatches. 2nd Bn. Scots Guards. Died of pneumonia 30th Nov. 1918, aged 31. T 2

CARLESS, C.S.M. Frederick James, D.C.M. 1/5th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers. Died of pneumonia 27th Jan. 1919, aged 22. R 21

COUNSELLOR, 2nd Lt. T. B. S., M.M. 7th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers. Died of pneumonia 8th Dec. 1918, aged 29. Born at Gateshead. O 13

LAMBERT, Maj. Arnold Stuart, M.C. and Bar, Mentioned in Despatches. 459th Field Coy. Royal Engineers. Died of pneumonia 25th Dec. 1918, aged 29. Proceeded overseas with London Scottish in 1914. Q 17

LAWRENCE, Capt. Henry Ruthven, M.C. 1st Field Amb. South African Medical Corps. Died of pneumonia 14th Dec. 1918, aged 34. Born at Mossel Bay, South Africa. P 10

PRICE, L/Bmdr. Edgar, M.M. Royal Field Artillery. Died 30th Nov. 1918. T 3

SMITH, Cpl. Frank, M.S.M. "A" Coy. 47th Bn. Canadian Inf. (British Columbia Regt.) Died of pneumonia 17th Feb. 1919, aged 30. Born at Bournemouth, England. E 9

SMITH, Pte. W. L., M.M. Mechanical Transport, Royal Army Service Corps, attd. Royal Garrison Artillery. Died 22nd Feb. 1919, aged 35. H 7

STEWART, Q.M.S. William Stanley, M.S.M. 75th Bn. Canadian Inf. (1st Central Ontario Regt.) Died 3rd Feb. 1919, aged 27. R 8

VALLANS, Pte. Thomas, M.M. 1/9th Bn. Durham Light Inf. Died 6th Dec. 1918, aged 29. O 9

Amongst others buried in this cemetery

BALDRY, Sh. Smith Cpl. Donald. 14th Brig. Royal Horse Artillery. Died of pneumonia 10th Dec. 1918, aged 30. Service four years in France and Italy. P 17

CREEARS, Sgt. David Helm. "A" Bty. 211th Brig. Royal Field Artillery. Died of pneumonia 14th Feb. 1919, aged 24. Enlisted Jan. 1915. Born at Altham, Accrington. C 8

KELLOUGH, 2nd Lt. William Roy. 88th Sqdn. Royal Air Force. Killed whilst flying 3rd March 1919, aged 23. Son of Mr. & Mrs. Kellough of Ontario, Canada. K 3

MOORS, Cpl. Mech. Richard. 20th Sqdn. Royal Air Force. Killed whilst flying 3rd Dec. 1918, aged 32. N 14

MORISOLI, A/C II. Edwin. 51st Wing, Royal Air Force. Accidentally drowned 23rd Feb. 1919, aged 34. J 5

QUINN, Dvr. Trevor. Australian Graves Service. Died of sickness 18th April 1919, aged 21. Born at Apslawn, Tasmania. M 1

Information collated by Barry Cuttell

Number of burials by Unit

Australian Units	78	Royal Air Force	25
Royal Army Service Corps	21	Canadian Units	18
Royal Field Artillery	17	Royal Garrison Artillery	14
Royal Engineers	13	Lancashire Fusiliers	8
Manchester Regt	7	Royal Horse Artillery	7
Coldstream Guards	3	King's Liverpool Regt	3
Kings Royal Rifle Corps	3	Lincolnshire Regt	3
Middlesex Regt	3	Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt)	3
Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys Regt)	3	Durham Light Inf	2
Hertfordshire Regt	2	Northumberland Fusiliers	2
Rifle Brigade	2	Royal Army Veterinary Corps	2
Royal Scots (Lothian Regt)	2	Royal Scots Fusiliers	2
18th Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)	1	6th Dragoon Guards (Caribineres)	1
8th Bn London Regt (P. O. Rifles)	1	Australian Graves Service	1
Devonshire Regt	1	Duke of Cornwall's Light Inf	1
Gloucestershire Regt	1	King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt	1
Kings Shropshire Light Inf	1	Machine Gun Corps (Inf)	1
Military Police Corps	1	New Zealand Units	1
North Staffordshire Regt	1	Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regt)	1
Royal Army Medical Corps	1	Royal Army Ordnance Corps	1
Royal Irish Rifles	1	Royal Munster Fusiliers	1
Royal Warwickshire Regt	1	Royal West Kent Regt (Queen's Own)	1
Scots Guards	1	South African Units	1
West Yorkshire Regt	1	Wiltshire Regt	1
York & Lancaster Regt	1
Identified Burials	268
Unidentified Burials	0
Total Burials	268	Information collated by Barry Cuttell

Plan of the cemetery

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