True and Fascinating Canadian History
Haynecourt British Cemetery
Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France
In Memory of:
J. Campbell. WWI. KIA
"Haynecourt is a village in the Department of the Nord approximately 6 kilometres north-west of Cambrai and 1 kilometre north of the main Arras to Cambrai road (D939).
On the D939 between the villages of Marquion and Raillencourt the Cemetery is signposted at the intersection of the D939 and the D16E Bourlon to Haynecourt road. Following signposts the road should be followed towards Haynecourt, then to the left after another 100 metres. This road leads into Haynecourt and the cemetery is to be found just outside the village.
The Allied advance in the Battle of Cambrai in 1917 did not reach this district and it was not until September 1918 that the villages of Haynecourt, Sailly and Cantimpre fell into Allied hands. The "Marcoing Line," one of the German defence systems before Cambrai, ran from Marcoing northward through Sailly, to the west of Cantimpre and the east of Haynecourt. On 27 September 1918, the 1st Canadian and 11th Divisions took Haynecourt; and on the next day Sailly was taken. Two cemeteries were made by units which took part in the advance.
Haynecourt British Cemetery contains 289 First World War burials, eight of them unidentified."
The description above was quoted from the website
http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/58100/HAYNECOURT%20BRITISH%20CEMETERY
"438564 Corporal (8th Battalion, Manitoba Regiment) John Campbell MM (b.1883) of Thunder Bay, Thunder Bay district, Ontario, was KIA 1918,09,29 at Haynecourt and is buried at Haynecourt British cemetery northwest of Cambrai, Nord, France.
He was the son of John Robert Campbell of Lairg, Highland, Scotland.
A five year veteran of the NWMP at Regina(?), John was farming when he enlisted at Thunder Bay in 1915."
Source of quote above was taken from website
http://svwm.ca/casualty-display/?ID=A000011648
Notes & Appreciation to: Haynecourt British Cemetry, Nord, France
http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/58100/HAYNECOURT%20BRITISH%20CEMETERY
Commonwealth War Dead.
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/522240/CAMPBELL,%20J
Address:
Haynecourt British Cemetery, northwest of Cambrai, Nord, France
Source for notes about Corporal John Campbell's participation in WWI.
The Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial.http://svwm.ca/casualty-display/?ID=A000011648
