Porte-de-Paris Cemetery

Historical Information (Source: CWGC)

Cambrai was occupied by the Germans on the 26th August 1914 and in spite of the early British successes in the Battle of Cambrai 1917, it was not captured until the 8th October 1918. It was heavily mined before its evacuation by the Germans, and left in a largely ruined condition after the War. Porte-de-Paris Cemetery is the more modern of the two town cemeteries. A great part of it was used by the enemy for the burial of German and Allied dead during the War, and a large German obelisk was erected. It contained at one time German burials, French, Russian, Rumanian and Belgian. The German graves, however, were removed after the Armistice, and the British graves were regrouped in two Plots on either side of the local War Memorial, near the middle of the cemetery. The body of a New Zealand officer, originally buried at St. Olle, was reburied in a grave by itself on the North side of the cemetery.

There are now over 100, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified.

 

Served with

  • Australian (7)
  • Belgian (6)
  • Canadian (10)
  • New Zealand (1)
  • South African (1)
  • United Kingdom (93)

Served in

  • Air Force (6)
  • Army (86)
  • Navy (1)
Porte De Paris Cemetery
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Six Belgian war graves First World War

These are workers who were deployed to carry out work for the German occupier.

 

BINTEIN Charles Julius

Date of birth: 27/02/1856 - unmarried

Date of death: February 2, 1917, aged 61 - Cambrai (FR)

Operations: Zivilarbeiter - Unit: 2° Section ouvrière Bouy

 

LIENART Julien

Date of death : February 3, 1917 - Cambrai (FR)

Operations: Zivilarbeiter

 

SPECHT Hector Emiel

Date of birth: 30/05/1897 - Target - unmarried

Father's name: Carolus Maria

Mother's name: DE LEE Mathildis Amelia

Occupation: boatman

Date of death: February 10, 1917, age 20 - Cambrai (FR)

Operations: Zivilarbeiter - Unit: Colonne ouvrière

 

VANDENABEELE Albert

Date of birth: 04/11/1898 - Velaines - unmarried

Address: Popuelles

Father's name: Frédéric

Mother's name: PESIN Marie Elodie

Occupation: tailor

Date of death: February 4, 1917, age 19

Cause of death: disease (pleurisy)

Date of entry into service: 21/10/1916

Operations: Zivilarbeiter - Unit: Z.A.B. 22

 

VINDEVOGEL Henri Joseph

Date of birth: 04/01/1866 - Wijtschate

Father's name: Charles Louis

Mother's name: DUPOND Cathérine Thérèse

Date of death: February 4, 1917, aged 51 - Cambrai (FR)

Operations: Zivilarbeiter

 

WAUQUIER Gustave

Date of birth: 10/07/1887 - Jemappes - unmarried

Address: Denain

Father's name: Auguste

Mother's name: LÉVÊQUE Aimée

Date of death: March 2, 1917, age 30 - Cambrai (FR)

Operations: Zivilarbeiter