Lagnicourt Hedge Cemetery
Location
Lagnicourt-Marcel is a village situated north of the Bapaume to Cambrai road. From Bapaume take the N30 in the direction of Cambrai. After passing the village of Beugny, continue for approximately one kilometre and then turn left onto the D18 in the direction of Croissilles. Continue for 3.6 kilometres. Once in the village of Lagnicourt-Marcel, turn first left at the CWGC signpost. The Cemetery will be found 300 metres further on the right.
| GPS | N | E | OSM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decimal | 50.154700 | 2.952855 | Map |
Historical Information
Lagnicourt was taken in April 1917. On the 15th April it was the scene of a desperate counter-attack by the Prussian Guard, which was repelled. It was lost on the 21st March 1918, and retaken by the 2nd Guards Brigade on the following 3rd September.
Lagnicourt Hedge Cemetery was begun by the 7th Somerset Light Infantry in June 1917 (though one Australian grave of April 1917, is in Row C), and used until November 1917. Plot II was made in March 1918 by the enemy (who called the cemetery Lagnicourt Cemetery No. 2, having three others in the commune). Plot I was completed by the Guards Division in September 1918.
This cemetery contains the graves of 63 First World War Commonwealth casualties, one of which is unidentified and 15 burials of other nationalities.
German graves
L/Corporal Howard Seton 510121
1/14th Bn London Regiment
London Scottish
Died on 23rd September 1917 aged 22
Son of George and Mary Seton
of 39, Elgin Avenue, Maida Vale, London
Native of Edinburgh
Grave: I B 15
Where he felt
His honour grip
He made that
Aye his border
Robert Burns : Epistle to a Young Friend (1786)
Private William Blanchard 21041
1st Bn Wiltshire Regiment
Died on 25th March 1918 aged 20
Son of James and Susan Blanchard
of Ogbourne St. Andrew, Marlborough, Wilts
Grave: II A 4