Find A Grave - Departement du Nord

Algie, Wallace Lloyd b. June 10, 1891 d. October 11, 1918
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Ontario, Canada, he served as a Lieutenant in the 20th Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. On October 11, 1918, north east of Cambrai, France, Lieutenant Algie was with attacking troops which came under heavy German machine-gun fire from a village. Rushing forward with nine volunteers he shot the crew of an enemy machine-gun and then turned the gun on the enemy, enabling his party to reach the village. He rushed another machine-gun...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Niagara Cemetery, Iwuy, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Plot: C.7.
Ball, Albert b. August 14, 1896 d. May 7, 1917
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Nottingham, England, he served as a Captain in the 56 Squadron, British Royal Flying Corps. Throughout his flying service he was known as a lone-wolf pilot and his country's first most popular ace. On May 7, 1917, near Douai, France, Captain Ball led a group of eleven British aircraft on a patrol when they encountered German fighters. A running dogfight in deteriorating visibility resulted, and the aircraft became scattered. Captain Ball was last...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Annoeullin Communal Cemetery, Annoeullin, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Plot: Grave No# 649
Bart, Jean b. October 21, 1650 d. April 27, 1702
Admiral of France, born in Dunkirk, who began his career as a notorious pirate. At the Battle of Texel (May 1694) against the Dutch, he captured 30 boats carrying wheat, which virtually saved France from famine. This made him a popular hero and led to his being given a patent of nobility by the King.Married to Marie(q.v.) (Bio by: David Conway)
Cause of death: Pleurisy
Church of St. Eloi, Dunkirk (Dunquerque), Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Plot: Altar
Cairns, Sgt. Hugh b. December 4, 1896 d. November 2, 1918
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient.
Auberchicourt British Cemetery, Auberchicourt, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Plot: I.A.8.
Cambrai Memorial
The Cambrai Memorial commemorates more than 7000 servicemen of the United Kingdom and South Africa who died in the Battle of Cambrai in November and December 1917 and whose graves are not known.
Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Clare, George William Burdett b. May 18, 1889 d. November 29, 1917
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient.
Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Plot: Cambrai Memorial, Panel 1 (No Known Grave)
Dancox, Pvt. Frederick George “Frank” b. 1879 d. November 30, 1917
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient.
Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Plot: Cambrai Memorial, Panel 6 (No Known Grave)
De Fehr, Benjamin b. March 29, 1888 d. August 25, 1916
Canadian Soldier. Born in Winkler, Manitoba, Canada. A driver the Canadian Army Service Corps (CASC), 1st Canadian Reserve Park, Benjamin De Fehr was one of two Canadian volunteer soldiers who were executed by the British Command in France/Belgium during World War I for the crime of murder (the other being Alexander Butler). On August 19, 1916, while serving in a rear area near Hazebrouck, France, De Fehr inexplicably...[Read More] (Bio by: Todd Young)
Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Hazebrouck, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Plot: Plot I, Row A, Grave 13
Dufay, Guillaume b. August 5, 1397 d. November 27, 1474
Composer. The central figure of the Burgundian School, he was the most famous and influential musician of the 1400s. Pietro de Medici called him "The ornament of our age", and present-day historians regard his work as representing the dawn of the Renaissance in music. Dufay was born in Cambrai, France, then in the Duchy of Burgundy, and received his first musical training as a choirboy in the cathedral there. Ordained a priest in 1428, he spent many years in Italy, serving in the Vatican's...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cambrai Cathedral (Defunct), Cambrai, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Plot: Saint Étienne Chapel
Dufay, Guillaume [cenotaph] b. August 5, 1397 d. November 27, 1474
Composer. The central figure of the Burgundian School, he was the most famous and influential musician of the 1400s. Pietro de Medici called him "The ornament of our age", and present-day historians regard his work as representing the dawn of the Renaissance in music. Dufay was born in Cambrai, France, then in the Duchy of Burgundy, and received his first musical training as a choirboy in the cathedral there. Ordained a priest in 1428, he spent many years in Italy, serving in the Vatican's...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Lille, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Plot: Tombstone on display at the Galleries of the Former Netherlands, 15th and 16th Centuries, Room 4
Emerson, Lieut. James Samuel b. August 3, 1895 d. December 6, 1917
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient.
Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Plot: Cambrai Memorial, Panel 5 and 6 (No Known Grave)
Fénelon, François b. August 6, 1651 d. January 7, 1715
Theologian. His real name was François de Salignac de la Mothe. He was archbishop of Cambrai from 1695 to 1715. He is best remembered for his book "Les Aventures de Télémaque." He also wrote "Traité de l'education des filles" and "Traité de l'existence et des attributs de Dieu." (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cambrai Cathedral (Defunct), Cambrai, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Found ., Pvt. Louis b. 1889 d. December 5, 1917

Ribecourt British Cemetery, Ribecourt-la-Tour, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Plot: I. E. 9.
Furness, Christopher b. May 17, 1912 d. May 24, 1940
World War II Victoria Cross Recipient.
Dunkirk Town Cemetery, Dunkirk (Dunquerque), Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Plot: Dunkirk Memorial, Column 34 (No Known Grave)
Garin, Maurice b. March 3, 1871 d. February 19, 1957
Champion Cyclist. Known as "The Little Chimney Sweep", he was the winner of the first Tour de France. He and his family moved to France from their native Italy in 1885 and he began work as a chimney sweep. He bought his first bicycle in 1889 and started racing in northern France in 1892, the year he adopted French nationality. He won his first race in 1893, in spite of having to commandeer a rival's spare bike because his own had punctured. His won his first professional event while still an...[Read More] (Bio by: js)
Sallaumines Communal Cemetery, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Gough, John Edmond b. October 25, 1871 d. February 22, 1915
Victoria Cross Recipient. He served as a unit commander in Rifle Brigade Prince Consort's Own, British Army during the Third Somaliland Expedition, 1902 to 1903. Citation reads: On April 22, 1903, after the action at Daratoleh, Somaliland, now known as Somalia, Major Gough who was in charge of the column, came back to help two captains who were with a mortally wounded officer. They managed to get him on a camel, but he was wounded again and died immediately. He later achieved the rank of...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Estaires Communal Cemetery, Estaires, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Plot: II, Row A, Grave 7
Grenon, Nicolas b. 1375 d. October 17, 1456
Composer. He was a founder of the Burgundian School, the first important movement of Renaissance music. Grenon's earliest known activity was as a clerk at Notre Dame in Paris (1399 to 1403). When he joined the court of John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, in 1412, his fame as a musician and teacher was already widespread. In 1425 Pope Martin V summoned him to Rome to serve as Master of the Choirboys at the Papal Chapel. Throughout his career Grenon was drawn to the Flemish city of Cambrai (...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cambrai Cathedral (Defunct), Cambrai, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Plot: Cathedral destroyed in 1793
Hansen, Pvt. Emanuel Carl b. May 24, 1887 d. April 16, 1918

Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Hazebrouck, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Plot: III. E. 14.
Holmes, Pvt. William Edgar b. June 26, 1895 d. October 9, 1918
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Wood Stanway, England, he served as a Private in the 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, British Army. In actions at Cattenieres, France, on October 9, 1918, Private Holmes carried in two men under the most intense fire and while attending to a third case, he was severely wounded. In spite of this, he continued to carry in wounded and was shortly afterwards fatally wounded and died from his injury. For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty, he...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Carnieres Communal Cemetery, Carnieres, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Plot: I.B.3.
Holmes, William b. September 12, 1862 d. July 2, 1917
World War I Australian Army Major General. In 1872, at the age of 10 he joined the 1st Infantry Regiment of the New South Wales Military Forces as a bugler and served in every enlisted rank. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1886, promoted 1st Lieutenant in 1890, Captain in 1894 and Major in 1900. After serving in the Boar War, he commanded the 1st Australian Infantry (1902-1911) and was promoted Colonel in command the 6th Infantry Brigade in 1912. With the advent of World War I, he...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Plot: I. X. 42.

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