St. Olle is a village in the Department of the Nord 1 kilometre west of Cambrai on the main road towards Arras. From Cambrai follow the D939 road towards Arras. After about 2 kilometres turn left at a large roundabout towards the A2-A26 Motorway. The British Cemetery is about 600 metres down this road on the left.
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Royal Canadians buried at the St. Olle British Cemetery are listed below.
Regt. No. | Rank. | Given Names. | Surname. | Date of Death. | Remarks. | CVWM/CWGC Link; Grave Ref. |
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715251 | Pte | William O. | FAGE | 28-Sep-18 | CVWM B. 27. | |
877191 | Pte | Archie | MacDONALD | 29-Sep-18 | CVWM C. 6. | |
1033023 | Pte | John | McMILLAN | 28-Sep-18 | CVWM B. 30. | |
470490 | Pte | Churchill Freeman | WEST | 28-Sep-18 | CVWM C. 5. | |
513505 | Pte | Harry | WOODHAMS | 30-Sep-18 | CVWM B. 39. |
Photos by Maj G., while serving at SHAPE in Mons Belgium.
The RCR in the Great War
War Diary
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Honours and Awards
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Prisoners of War
Cemetery List
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Officers
RSMs of The RCR (1914-1919)
NCOs and Soldiers
An Officer's Diary (1914-1918)
Recollections of a Nonagenerian (R. England) (1916-1919)
On to Bermuda (1914-15)
England and France 1915-1916 (Hayes; 1931)
Overseas with The Royals (1915)
Regimental History Pamphlet (1917)
Amiens (1918)
Cambrai (1918)
Monchy-le-Preux (1918)
Under-aged Soldiers in The RCR
Not All Were Volunteers; The RCR and the Military Service Act
Sentenced to Death by Court Martial
The 7th Trench Mortar Battery
A Regimental Goat
Regiment and Family, Bermuda 1914-15
"March the Guilty Bastard In"
Surrendered as Stowaway
Re-Visiting the Great War Roll of Honour for The RCR
Canadian Corps Trench Standing Orders (1916)