In Memory of
G Starling
Rifleman
R/41237
King's Royal Rifle Corps
who died on
Sunday, 28th July 1918.
Additional Information:
Son of Mrs. E. Starling, of 2, Cley Rd., Swaffham, Norfolk.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery:
MONT NOIR MILITARY CEMETERY, ST. JANS-CAPPEL
Grave Reference/
Panel Number:
I. B. 2.
Location:
St. Jans-Cappel is a village 3 kilometres north of Baillieul.
Leave St. Jans-Cappel on the D223 heading north. Mont-Noir Military Cemetery is on the
southern slope of the hill to the left of the D223. It is reached by a 100 metre track
which is
unsuitable for private cars.
Historical Information:
The hill was captured by the Cavalry Corps on the 13th October, 1914, and held throughout
the Battles of the Lys, 1918.
On the North side of the Berthen-Westoutre road, is the Battle Memorial of the 34th
Division, marking the final position of Divisional Headquarters in the Battles of the Lys.
The Cemetery was made in April-September, 1918, and at the Armistice it contained 91
British graves and 33 French (all of the 26th Dragoons or the 88th Infantry Regiment). It
was then enlarged by the concentration of British and French graves (including one of
November, 1914) from the battlefields immediately South of it.
There are now over 100, 1914-18 and a small number of 1939-45 war casualties
commemorated in this site. Of these, 15 from the 1914-18 War are unidentified.
The cemetery covers an area of 1,315 square metres and is enclosed by a low rubble wall.
WOLFHOEK BRITISH CEMETERY, ST. JANS-CAPPEL, from which the graves of 23 United
Kingdom soldiers were transferred to Mont-Noir Military Cemetery, was by the roadside,
nearly 200 metres South-West of the hamlet of Wolfhoek. It was made in
August-September, 1918, mainly by the 36th (Ulster) Division.
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