Huy Communal Cemetery

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Huy Communal Cemetery
Cemetery Huy La Sarte.jpg
Country: Belgium
Location: Liege
Coordinates: 50°30′54.5″N 5°15′15.2″E / 50.515139, 5.254222
Type: Public
Owned by: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Number of gravesites: 107
Website: Huy (La Sarte) Communal Cemetery

The Huy (La Sarte) Communal Cemetery is located in Belgium and contains burials from the Great War including 55 Canadians.

History

The 50th (Northumbrian) Casualty Clearing Station was posted to Huy from January to May 1919.

The Communal Cemetery contains a plot of 109 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and seven war graves of other nationalities.

Location

Huy is a town in the Province of Liege, on the river Meuse, between Namur and Liege. The cemetery of La Sarte serves the hamlet of that name. It stands high up the hill on the south side of the town, commanding wide views of the Meuse valley. From the centre of Huy follow the N66 up the hill in the direction of Hamoir. Take the turning on the right signed to La Sarte (chemin De La Sauveniere) and the cemetery is along here on the right.

"We Rest Here"

The following Canadian Signals related member is buried here.

Headstone Service Number Rank and Name Grave Location
Stokes, Lyall Arnold grave marker.jpg
507236 Sapper Lyall Arnold Stokes I. B. 10.

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