Poperinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium – Cheltenham war memorial archive

Poperinghe New Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Location: Poperinghe, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Visited: November 2004 (see Notes)	“Cheltonians” buried in the Cemetery: 2
CWGC Cemetery Information Sheet can be viewed here

“Cheltonians” buried in this Cemetery
Lt Col Raymond Vernon DOHERTY-HOLWELL, DSO, Royal Engineers Lt Col Herbert STONEY-SMITH, DSO, 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment
	Lt Col Raymond Vernon DOHERTY-HOLWELL, DSO, Royal Engineers, is buried in Plot II, Row B, Grave 12. He was killed in action on 9th January 1917 in the Ypres area of Belgium. He is commemorated on the Cheltenham War Memorial and the Cheltenham College Roll of Honour. He attended Cheltenham College between 1896 and 1899, but other connections with Cheltenham have yet to be traced.
	Lt Col Raymond Vernon Doherty-Holwell Royal Engineers 1882 – 1917

Lt Col Herbert STONEY-SMITH, DSO, 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, is buried in Plot I, Row E, Grave 23.

He was killed in action on 22nd October 1915, aged 47, in the Ypres area of Belgium.

He left a widow, Mrs Mabel Sophia Stoney-Smith who resided at “Burnbrae” Leckhampton Road, Cheltenham.

Notes:

1. Sincere thanks to Mr Aurel Sercu who took the photo of the cemetery and headstones in November 2004 and permitted their use here.

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