RUE-DU-BACQUEROT (13th LONDON) GRAVEYARD

Laventie

Pas de Calais

France

General Directions: Laventie is a village some 6 kilometres south-west of Armentieres and 11 kilometres north of La Bassee. Leave Laventie on the D174 at the junction with the D169, which is 2 kilometres from the church. Turn left and the Cemetery is 200 metres on the left hand side of the road.

The 13th London Graveyard was begun by the 1st Royal Irish Rifles in November, 1914, and during and after the following December graves of the 13th London Regiment (The Kensingtons) were added. The cemetery was closed in July, 1916. It was known also as the Red House Cemetery from a ruined house, now rebuilt, on the South side of the road.

Casualty Details: UK 168, Australia 28, Total Burials: 196

2867A Private

George Ronald Shaw

9th Bn. Australian Infantry

A. I. F.

20/04/1916, aged 22

Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Shaw, of Brisbane, Queensland. Born at Dalby, Queensland.

Row F. 42.

Two other Shaw brothers are commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

Picture courtesy of Carmel McMullen

1955 Private

William Edward Weaver

1st Bn. London Regiment, (Royal Fusiliers).

04/05/1915, aged 18.

Row G. 5.

Son of Mary Ann Weaver, of 147, Whitfield St., Tottenham Court Rd., London.

"Remembered by nephews, Edward T. Hedges and Thomas E. Hofford"

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