MILITARY CEMETERY
(White stone recoloured for readability)
| Roland Donogh was killed at the battle of Vimy Ridge in World War I. The following information is contained in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Web site. | ||||
| Son of Alexander and Eliza Ann Hill Donogh, of Souris, Manitoba. Born in Griswold, Manitoba (not Ontario as stated in original CWGC) | ||||
| Cemetery:
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LA CHAUDIERE
MILITARY CEMETERY, VIMY, Pas de Calais, France |
| Grave Reference/ Panel Number: |
VII. D. 12. |
| Location:
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La Chaudiere
Military Cemetery is approximately 3 kilometres south of Lens and is
situated on the north-western outskirts of Vimy. |
| Historical
Information: |
Vimy Ridge,
which gave its name to the battle of the 9th-14th April, 1917, rises
across the Lens-Arras road, from North-West to South-East, and at the
beginning of April, 1917, it faced the Canadian Corps front. It had
been in May, 1916, the scene of heavy fighting in which the 25th and
47th (London) Divisions took part. On the 9th April, the four Canadian
Divisions stormed the whole of the Ridge except the Northern end (Hill
145), and on the 10th, the success was completed. Vimy itself was
occupied on the 13th April. The Cemetery was made at the foot of the
Ridge, on the further (North-Eastern) side, next to a house which had
contained a camouflaged German gun position. It remained very small
until, in the summer of 1919, it was used, under the name of Vimy
Canadian Cemetery No. 1, for the concentration of many other small
graveyards and isolated graves made by the troops on or near the Ridge.
Among the Cemeteries moved were Annapolis Cemetery (CC. 118, a group of
52 Canadian graves at the Bois de la Chaudiere); Sumack (or Gables)
Cemetery (C.D. 19, close to Annapolis, containing 39 Canadian and 3
British graves); Chinook Cemetery (C.D. 31, on the Western side of the
main road, 800 metres North of La Chaudiere, containing 33 Canadian and
6 British graves); the 38th Canadian Cemetery (C.D. 16, a little
North-West of La Chaudiere, containing 16 Canadian graves and 7 of the
16th Royal Warwicks); and Avion British Cemetery (C.D. 33, or The
Sandpits, a group of 20 Canadian and 3 British graves in the woods West
of Avion); and among the isolated graves found were those of several
men of the 8th Border Regiment who fell in the 1916 fighting. There are
now 906 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-18 war commemorated in this
site. Of these, 314 are unidentified. Special Memorials are erected to
6 British and 3 Canadian soldiers, believed to be buried among them.
Other Special Memorials record the names of 3 Canadians, whose graves
in Sumack Cemetery were destroyed in subsequent fighting. The Cemetery
covers an area of 3,004 square metres and is enclosed by a low stone
wall.
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| The Vimy Ridge Canadian Memorial | The trenches of Vimy Ridge as seen today | |||
| LA CHAUDIERE
MILITARY CEMETERY |
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| The
grave of Roland Donogh (White stone recoloured for readability) |
Some of the Other Graves in the La Chaudiere Cemetery |
For a Closer look at the Vimy Memorial and Grounds, Click Here