The Vevey (St Martin's) Cemetery in Switzerland where a number of Commonwealth soldiers, who died ...

The Vevey (St Martin's) Cemetery in Switzerland where a number of Commonwealth soldiers, who died in captivity, lie buried. Under an agreement made in 1916 between the Swiss Government and the French, British and German Governments, a number of wounded prisoners of war (POWs) were interned in Switzerland, some of whom died before repatriation. The graves in the front row, identified left to right: 106065 Corporal (Cpl) William Atkinson, 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles, born 28 February 1888 and died 24 October 1918; 28816 Private (Pte) Alfred Stanaway, Auckland Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF), born 8 March 1883 and died 3 November 1918; 5102 Pte Albert Greenwood, 46th Battalion, wounded and taken prisoner at Bullecourt on 11 April 1917, transferred to Switzerland and died of sickness, aged 28, on 4 November 1918; 2242 Cpl George Goudie, 1st Battalion, Royal Newfoundland Regiment, born 21 July 1897 in Botwood, Newfoundland, and died 6 November 1918; 8587 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) William G Scott, 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment, born 6 October 1887 and died 2 November 1918; 1339 L Cpl Charles Frederick Bromfield, 14th Battalion, wounded and taken prisoner at Bullecourt, transferred to Switzerland and died, aged 21, on 7 November 1918. Note that a number of these men died just a few days before the signing of the armistice on 11 November 1918.