La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial
La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre
Siene-et-Marne
France
Picture courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and used with permission. www.cwgc.org
Names are listed on the memorial by Regiments in order of precedence, under the title of each Regiment by rank, and under each rank alphabetically.
La Ferte-sous-Jouarre is a small town 66 kilometres to the east of Paris, located on the main road (N3) running east from Paris. The Memorial is situated in a small park on the south-western edge of the town, on the south bank of the River Marne, just off the main road to Paris, The Memorial Register is kept at the Town Hall. The La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial commemorates nearly 4,000 officers and men of the British Expeditionary Force who died in August, September and the early part of October 1914 and who have no known grave. The monument consists of a rectangular block of stone, 62 feet by 30 feet and 24 feet high, with the names of the dead engraved on stone panels on all sides of the monument. The monument is surmounted by a sarcophagus and a trophy carved in stone. At the four corners of the pavement are stone piers with urns, carved with the coats of arms of the Empire.
Number of Identified Casualties: 3740
8793 Private
Henry Bryans
4th Bn. (Queen's Own) Hussars.
11/09/1914, aged 21.
Son of Samuel and
Rachel Bryans, of 150, Cambrai
St., Belfast.
One of 5 brothers who fought in the war, two were killed; Henry and Frederick, 1 was badly wounded and the other two came through physically unharmed.
Picture courtesy of Robert Bryans, Great nephew of this soldier
8980 Private
William John Plater
1st Bn. Coldstream Guards
04/10/1914, aged 23.
Son of William John and Jane Plater, of 7, Icknield Cottage, Little Kimble, Princes Risboro', Bucks.
Picture courtesy of Mike Thomas, Great nephew of this soldier
553 Lance Corporal
Harry McGrevy
1st Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers.
14/09/1914, aged 30.
Son of Henry McGrevy and the late Margaret McGrevy; husband of Ruth McGrevy, of 94, Milling St., Teams, Gateshead, Co. Durham.
Picture courtesy of Theresa Newbegin, granddaughter of this soldier
6802 Private
John Henry Kennel
3rd Bn. Coldstream Guards
13/09/1914, aged 37.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Kennel, of 30, Arundel Rd., Newbold Moor, Chesterfield; husband of Emily 1 Kennel, of 5, Red Lion Row, Thames Avenue, Windsor.
Picture courtesy of John Barker
9951 Private
Ernest Dalton
1st Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
23/08/1914, aged 27.
Son of Tom and Ellen Dalton, of The Cross, King's Somborne, Winchester, Hants.
Picture courtesy of Peter Rolison, great nephew of this soldier
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