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IN MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden

The visit of Commonwealth graves in Communals Cemeteries & Churchyards in Belgium & France

CABARET ROUGE British Cemetery (Souchez) (Pas de Calais France)

Page 1 The Pictures

Page 2 List of Casualties

Cpl Herbert Lawson 26/09/1915
for his Great Niece, Mrs Jan Webb


Lt Charles Morley Houfton 12/11/1915 aged 28 for Anthony Bagshaw (Mansfield Woodhouse UK)


Sjt Patrick Lenihan 26/03/1915 aged 27 (Here with his daughter Mary Margaret aged 3, who is Aileen's mother) For Jim & Aileen Newcombe

S/Lt Sidney A. Goldsmid 07/11/1914


Rfm Frank Fleetwood 26/05/1916 aged 21 For Peter Brooksbank (Nova Scotia, Can.)


2nd/Lt Trevor Allington Crosland 22/06/1916 aged 19	Pte W. Chatwin 22/06/1916
For the Royal Welch fusiliers & Dr H.J. Krijnen

Pte Alexander Smith Morton 28/10/1916 aged 21
He enlisted in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 01/10/1915 in the 92nd Highlanders Bn, along with his friend from Longford, Carl Filkin.
He was born 21/05/1895, in Rama Twp. (Longford Mills), a son of James Morton & Janet Smith McGill.
Alexander trained in Toronto, that he left in 04/1916, on arrival in England, he was transferred to the 15th Bn, a Toronto 48th Highland unit of the first contingent.
He had only been in the trenches, just one month, when he was KiA.
Pte Carl Filkin, who served with him wrote to his brother, " Alex, was hit with a piece of shrapnel in the right arm and that the missile pierced his chest. I helped to carry him to the dressing station but he died a few minutes after the wound was dressed"
A grave marker in the Longford Mills Cemetery also honours his sacrifice for our county.
for the Ramara Historical Society http://ramarahistoricalsociety.net/

IF You have a casualty picture, please send me a copy, I'll be glad to show it on this page.

IF You want a king size copy of this picture (300/900 ko - 2592/1944 pixels) please e-mail me.

Casualties informations come usualy from Commonwealth War Graves Commission, see links for more informations