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In Memory ofJ BISSETPrivate
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| Additional Information: | Son of William and Charlotte Bisset, of 27, Middle St., Blackhall Colliery, Co. Durham. |
| Cemetery: | CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIERES OLD MILITARY CEMETERY, Nord, France |
| Grave
Reference/ Panel Number: |
C.
12. |
| Location: | La
Chapelle-d'Armentieres is a village 1.5 kilometres to the west of
Armentieres, a large town in the north of France. From the Mairie in La
Chapelle-d'Armentieres turn left onto the main road. The Old Military
Cemetery will be found 500 metres along on the left. |
| Historical Information: | The village of La Chapelle-d'Armentieres was in the hands of Commonwealth forces from October 1914 until the fall of Armentieres on 10 April 1918. It was retaken in the following October. During the Allied occupation, the village was very close to the front line and its cemeteries were made by fighting units and field ambulances in the earlier days of trench warfare. Chapelle-d'Armentieres Old Military Cemetery was begun in October 1914 by units of the 6th Division and used until October 1915. The cemetery contains 103 First World War burials three of them unidentified. The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw. |
In Memory of
5th Bn., Durham Light Infantry
who died aged 16 on Saturday, 2nd October 1915.
Private BISSET was the son of William and Charlotte Bisset, of 27, Middle St.,
Blackhall Colliery, Co. Durham.
Remembered with honour
CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIERES OLD MILITARY CEMETERY, Nord, France.
In the perpetual care of
the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
