Meath Cemetery
Location
Villers-Guislain is a village sixteen kilometres south-south-west of Cambrai and four kilometres east of Gouzeaucourt, which is a large village on the main road from Cambrai to Péronne. Villers Hill British Cemetery is one kilometre south-east of the village and well signposted from the centre.
From that cemetery continue down the track until you reach Targelle Ravine Cemetery. Now turn right and then left. At the end of this track you will see Meath Cemetery off to your right about three hundred metres away.
| GPS | N | E | OSM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decimal | 50.021969 | 3.157325 | Map |
Historical Information
Villers-Guislain was occupied by Commonwealth forces from April 1917 until the German counter attacks (in the Battle of Cambrai) at the end of November 1917. It was lost on 30th November and retained by the Germans on 1st December in spite of the fierce attacks of the Guards Division and tanks. The village was finally abandoned by the Germans on 30th September 1918, after heavy fighting.
Meath Cemetery is due south of the village, in the fields between Targelle Ravine and Pigeon Ravine.
It was made by the 33rd Division Burial Officer in October 1918. The cemetery contains 125 burials and commemorations of the First World War, the majority of whom belonged to the Cameronians, the Queen’s Royal West Surreys and the London Regiment.
21 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to three men of the 1st Cameronians known or believed to be buried among them.
The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw.
Pigeon Ravine Cemetery in the distance
NB It cannot be reached from here. You have to come in from Epehy
Two soldiers from the 1st Battalion The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
who died on 21st September 1918 aged 18
Son of Mr. A Morey
of 178, Cator St, Camberwell, London
Son of W and M Nunn
Sudbury, Suffolk
Private John Annand 26467
1st Bn The Cameronians
Scottish Rifles
Died on 21st September 1918
Husband of Mrs M Annand
of 29, Rose St., Dundee
Grave: I A 11