IN MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden

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

VILLERS COTTERETS FRENCH NATIONAL Cemetery (Aisne France)

H. Williamson

R. L. Bradley

Unknown

J. E. Heslin buried in the ossuary behind his gravestone

Pte James E. Heslin for his great great grandson Paul Fallick
Letter sent on 19/11/1914 to James's widow announcing his dead in the French Auxiliary Hospital in Villers Coteret, from wounds received in action (tetanus)
Letter from the Imperial War Grave Commission sent on 12/06/1922 who explains that James was initialy buried in a French sector, exhumed and placed in the French ossuary by the Frenchs. This mistake was probably due to the fact that he was buried in a grave without cross. So it was too late to try to identify him among the others. Reason he has a Special Memorial stone in front of the ossuary.

3 casualties

BRADLEY RICHARD LEONARD
Canadian Private Fort Garry Horse "A " Sqdn. Age: 23 Date of Death: 25/03/1918 Service No: 552785

HESLIN J E
United Kingdom Private Grenadier Guards 2nd Bn. Age: 23 Date of Death: 14/09/1914 Service No: 14574

WILLIAMSON H
United Kingdom Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st/8th Bn. Date of Death: 29/07/1918 Service No: 290195

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

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