Will O'Brien Posted 12 November , 2004 Share Posted 12 November , 2004 As per CWGC Name: PAGE Initials: H Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Gunner Regiment: Royal Field Artillery Unit Text: "C" Bty. 33rd Bde. Age: 34 Date of Death: 12/11/1917 Service No: 92155 Additional information: Husband of Elizabeth Page, of 113, Upper Abbey Rd., Belvedere, Kent. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: III. M. 19. Cemetery: MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 12 November , 2004 Author Share Posted 12 November , 2004 & the cemetery info Cemetery: MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY Country: Belgium Locality: Ieper, West-Vlaanderen Location Information: Menin Road South Military Cemetery is located 2 kilometres east of Ieper town centre, on the Meenseweg (N8), connecting Ieper to Menen. From Ieper town centre the Meenseweg is located via Torhoutstraat and right onto Basculestraat. Basculestraat ends at a main crossroads, directly over which begins the Meenseweg. The Cemetery is located 800 metres along the Meenseweg on the right hand side of the road. Historical Information: The Menin Road ran east and a little south from Ypres (now Ieper) to a front line which varied only a few kilometres during the greater part of the war. The position of this cemetery was always within the Allied lines. It was first used in January 1916 by the 8th South Staffords and the 9th East Surreys, and it continued to be used by units and Field Ambulances until the summer of 1918. The cemetery was increased after the Armistice when graves were brought in from Menin Road North Military Cemetery and from isolated positions on the battlefields to the east. There are now 1,657 servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 119 of the burials are unidentified but special memorials are erected to 24 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. In addition, there are special memorials to 54 casualties who were buried in Menin Road North Military Cemetery, whose graves were probably destroyed by shell fire and could not be found. These are numbered between 1 and 57. The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield. No. of Identified Casualties: 1538 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrtle Posted 13 November , 2004 Share Posted 13 November , 2004 SDGW Gunner Herbert Page Enlisted: Woolwich Kent Residence: Belvedere Kent DoW Formerly 17559 RAVC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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