FranceList updated October 25, 2011 Country Total = 5079 1563 names on 16 memorials; 3411 named graves and 416 graves of the unknown in 437 cemeteries Completed =4850+ (or 97.48%) ----- Local area volunteers wishing to help should contact Fred Killick SAWGP National Coordinator for France ***Note*** We would like volunteers to take the photos of ALL the South Africa unknown soldier graves and plot them as well.
Cems to be completed Cemetery: CROUY-VAUXROT FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY, CROUY
CHANDLER W T J WILLIAM THOMAS JASPER Lance Corporal 8823
Hampshire Regiment 1st Bn. 16-Sep-14 0 Sp. Mem. B. 2. Killed in action
Born Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD ESQUEHERIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY - Aisne There are 2 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war here.
Cemetery: MARTEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, ATTILLY PATERSON R C RONALD CAMPBELL Private S/41603 Cameron Highlanders 1st
Bn. formerly 100697 R.F.C., 20684 Gordon Hldrs., 29049 Lovat Scouts. 19-Sep-18
0 B. 10. Died of wounds Born Durban, South Africa. Ref. Soldiers Died
in Great War CD Cemetery: MONTCORNET MILITARY CEMETERY LEVY P PHILIP Private 39246 West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's
Own) 7th Bn. 13-Oct-18 20 A. 6. Died Son of the late Simon Levy and of
Sarah Levy, of 14 Myrtle St., Regents St., Leeds, Yorkshire. Born South
Africa. Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD Cemetery: UNICORN CEMETERY, VENDHUILE COLEMAN H HARRY Private D/6684 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) 31-May-17
0 II. H. 16. Killed in action Born in Cape Town, Cape Colony. Ref. Soldiers
Died in Great War CD VADENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, MAISSEMY - Aisne Maissemy is a village about 5 kilometres north-west of St.Quentin and
about two kilometres north of the small town of Vermand. Vadencourt British
Cemetery lies to the north of Maissemy and is on the west side of the
road from Vermand to Bellenglise. Maissemy passed into British hands in
1917. It was captured by the enemy on the 21st March, 1918, in spite of
a strong resistance by the 24th Division and the 2/4th Royal Berks, and
retaken by the 1st Division on the following 15th September. At the beginning
of October, the IX Corps Main Dressing Station was at Vadencourt. Vadencourt
British Cemetery (called at first Vadencourt New British Cemetery) was
begun in August, 1917, by fighting units, and used until March, 1918;
and in October and November, 1918, it was used by the 5th, 47th and 61st
Casualty Clearing Stations (at Bihecourt, on the road to Vermand) as well
as by Field Ambulances. These original graves are in Plots I-III; and
after the Armistice those plots were enlarged, and Plots IV and V made,
by the concentration of graves from the surrounding battlefields and from
a few small burial grounds. These scattered graves were mainly of April,
1917, and March, April, September and October, 1918, and many of them
represented casualties of the 59th (North Midland) Division. At the same
time four French, 31 American and 28 German Graves, all of October, 1918,
were removed to other cemeteries. There are now over 750, 1914-18 war
casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over 200 are unidentified.
Five Indian Cavalry soldiers, whose bodies were cremated, are named on
special memorials. The Cemetery covers an area of 2,953 square metres
and is enclosed by rubble wall. The cemeteries from which British graves
were removed to Vadencourt British Cemetery included these two: VADENCOURT
CHATEAU CEMETERY, a little further West, in which nine soldiers from the
United Kingdom and six from Canada were buried in April-August, 1917.
VENDELLES CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, made by the 59th Division in April, 1917,
and containing the graves of 36 soldiers from the United Kingdom. WOODS J F JACKSON F Private 303469 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
1st/8th Bn. 21-Mar-18 0 V. C. 11. Killed in action Born South Africa.
Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD PLAINE FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY - Bas-Rhin BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY - Calvados STEWART, Lieutenant Colonel, WALTER BRIAN, D S O, M C, 41194. Cdg. 65
(The Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regt. Royal Artillery. 5th August 1944.
Age 36. Son of Walter Hewetson Stewart and Violette Marguerite Stewart,
of Marandellas, Southern Rhodesia; husband of Sybil Margaret Stewart (nee
Roberts), of Nairobi, Kenya. XVI. B. 4. BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY - Calvados The town of Bayeux, in Normandy, lies 24 kilometres north-west of Caen. Bayeux War Cemetery is situated in the south-western outskirts of the town on the by-pass, which is named Rue de Sir Fabian Ware. On the opposite side of the road stands the Bayeux Memorial. The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. There was little actual fighting in Bayeux although it was the first French town of importance to be liberated. Bayeux War Cemetery is the largest Commonwealth cemetery of the Second World War in France and contains burials brought in from the surrounding districts and from hospitals that were located nearby. BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY contains 4,144 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 338 of them unidentified. There are also 505 war graves of other nationalities, the majority German. The BAYEUX MEMORIAL stands opposite the cemetery and bears the names of more than 1,800 men of the Commonwealth land forces who died in the early stages of the campaign and have no known grave. They died during the landings in Normandy, during the intense fighting in Normandy itself, and during the advance to the River Seine in August. FORRESTER, Flying Officer (Pilot), IAN HUGH, 160153. 266 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 28th July 1944. Age 23. Son of Herbert Arthur and Joyce Forrester, of East London, Cape Province, South Africa. XVIII. F. 15 MIDDLETON, Private, JOHN EDWARD EMPSON, 14430028. 5th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment. 6th June 1944. Age 19. Son of Edward Empson Middleton, and of Adelaide Mary Middleton, of Rosettenville, Transvaal, South Africa. XIV. L. 19 McLEOD A ALEXANDER Flight Sergeant Air Gnr. 710159 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 50 Sqdn. 09-Jun-44 38 XV. E. 24. Son of Alexander and Barbara MacLeod, of Clashnessie, Sutherlandshire. RAF Number: Rhodesia for local enlistments ROBERTSON, Lieutenant, COLIN STEPHEN LEWIS, 302972. "B" Sqn.,
4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards. Royal Armoured Corps. 14th June 1944. Age
22. Son of the Revd. Joseph Albert Robertson and of Eva Marion Robertson
(nee Dorman), of Johannesburg, Transvaal. South Africa. Coll. grave XVI.
C. 18-19 ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY - Calvados St Desir is a village on the N13 to Caen, 4 kilometres west of Lisieux.
The war cemetery is about one kilometre west of the village and lies on
a secondary road, the D159. The Allied offensive in north-western Europe
began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. St Desir War Cemetery
is the most easterly of the the Normandy cemeteries. For the most part,
those buried here died in the final stages of the campaign, in pursuit
of the German forces towards the Seine. The cemetery contains 597 Commonwealth
burials of the Second World War. 78 of these graves were brought in from
Chartres (St Cheron) Communal Cemetery after the war, together with the
four First World War burials now at St Desir. ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX - Calvados Cheux is a village 10 kilometres west of Caen. This cemetery is reached from Caen by taking route D9 westwards. After about 8 kilometres, the road by-passes St Manvieu village, while Cheux lies 2 kilometres to the left. You will find St Manvieu War Cemetery on the right hand side. The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. Those buried in St. Manvieu War Cemetery died for the most part in the fluctuating battles from mid June to the end of July 1944, in the region between Tilly-sur-Seulles and Caen. The cemetery contains 1,627 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 49 of them unidentified. There are also 556 German burials. HENDRIE, Second Lieutenant, GEORGE WATT, 307770. 9th. Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.. 10th July 1944. Age 21. Son of John Bryce Hendrie and Frances Maude Hendrie, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. VIII. E. 13. LE FOLGOET COMMUNAL CEMETERY - Finistere Le Folgoet is a village and commune 22 kilometres north-east of Brest, on the Brest-Lesneven road. It is most conveniently reached by taxi from Brest The cemetery is on the western side of the village on the right of the Brest road. In the northern part, near the boundary wall, are the graves of two airmen of the Royal Air Force. MACINTYRE, Squadron Leader (Pilot), ALEXANDER STEWART, 80046. 266 Sqdn. Royal Air Force. 15th August 1943. Age 24. Son of Alexander Stewart MacIntyre and Katherine Lawson MacIntyre, of Knysna, Cape Province, South Africa. LA BOISSIERE-SUR-EVRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY - Maine-et-Loire La Boissiere-sur-Evre is a village some 44 kilometres south-west of Angers and 10 kilometres south-west of Varades. The Cemetery is north of the village, east of the road to Bouzille. There are 7 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, on the left of the entrance against the wall in the far corner. McKECHNIE, Flying Officer (Pilot), DONALD NEIL, 160193. 44 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 27th July 1944. Age 24. Son of Ronald and Minnie McKechnie, of Fort Victoria, Southern Rhodesia. Coll. grave.
Cemetery: LAVENTIE MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE CARTER A J ALBERT JOHN Rifleman 1805 London Regiment (Queen's Westminster
Rifles) 1st/16th Bn. 30-Jan-17 20 III. E. 7. Killed in action Born South
Africa. ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY - Nord OPENING TIMES: April to October: 08.00 - 20.00 November to March: 08.00
- 17.30 Disabled access possible via the large door of the Communal Cemetery.
Access to the cemetery extension is also via the large door of the Communal
Cemetery as the service entrance of the Cemetery Extension is too small
and there are steps. Merville is a town 15 kilometres north of Bethune
and about 20 kilometres south-west of Armentieres. The Communal Cemetery
is on the north-east side of the town to the north of the D38 road to
Neuf-Berquin. Merville was the scene of fighting between the Germans and
French and British cavalry early in October 1914 but from the 9th of that
month to 11 April 1918, it remained in Allied hands. In October 1914,
and in the autumn of 1915, the town was the headquarters of the Indian
Corps. It was a railhead until May 1915, and a billeting and hospital
centre from 1915-1918. The 6th and Lahore Casualty Clearing Stations were
there from the autumn of 1914 to the autumn of 1915; the 7th from December
1914, to April 1917; the 54th (1st/2nd London) from August 1915 to March
1918, and the 51st (Highland) from May 1917 to April 1918. On the evening
of 11 April 1918, in the Battles of the Lys, the Germans forced their
way into Merville and the town was not retaken until 19 August. The cemeteries
were not used again until the concentration of battlefield burials into
the Extension began, after the Armistice. During the Second World War
the river Lys was the southern end of a deep but narrow area held by British
forces at the end of May 1940. Merville is on the territory over which
were fought desperate rearguard actions during the withdrawal of the British
Expeditionary Force to the coast, for evacuation from Dunkirk. MERVILLE
COMMUNAL CEMETERY was used by French troops (chiefly cavalry) in October
1914, and for Commonwealth burials from that date until August 1916 (in
the case of officers, to March 1918). It now contains 1,268 Commonwealth
burials of the First World War, and 12 French war graves. There is also
1 non war burial. MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION was opened in August
1916, and used by Commonwealth and Portuguese hospitals until April 1918.
It was enlarged after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the
battlefields immediately north and east of Merville and from Caudescure
Halte Cemetery, Morbecque. The Extension now contains 920 Commonwealth
burials of the First World War, 345 of them unidentified. The 92 Second
World War burials (18 of them unidentified) occurred mostly during the
fighting in May 1940 and are interspersed among the First World War graves.
The Extension also contains 19 war graves of other nationalities. The
Extension was designed by Sir Herbert Baker. RAE W WALTER Private 6582 South Staffordshire Regiment 1st Bn. 29-Nov-14
0 I. K. 39. Died Resided in Vryburg, South Africa. SDGW has WILLIAM. Ref.
SDGW RATION FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIERES - Nord Ration Farm Military Cemetery is about 2.5 kms south of the village of
La Chapelle-d'Armentieres, on the south-eastern outskirts of Armentieres.
Leave La Chapelle-d'Armentieres on the Fleurbaix road and cross over the
Motorway bridge. The Cemetery is 500 metres further along on the right
hand side of the road. For much of the war, Ration Farm was just over
1 kilometre behind the front line at the end of a communication trench.
The first cemetery, Ration Farm Old Military Cemetery, was begun in February
1915, close beside the farm buildings. It was used until October 1915
chiefly by units of the 6th Division and at the Armistice it contained
73 graves. In April 1923, the graves were moved into Plot VI of the present
cemetery, at the request of the French authorities. The present cemetery
was begun (as Ration Farm New Military Cemetery) in October 1915 and remained
in use until October 1918. It was very greatly increased after the Armistice
when graves were brought in from isolated sites and small cemeteries on
the battlefield. For the most part, Plots I to V contain the original
burials. Among the isolated graves brought in were many of Australian
soldiers who died in the Attack at Fromelles on 19 July 1916. There are
now 1,313 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated
in the cemetery. 677 of the burials are unidentified but there are special
memorials to six casualties know or believed to be buried among them.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker. STORIE J JOHN Gunner 60252 Royal Field Artillery 106th Bty. formerly
British South African Police 1735 03-Dec-14 0 I. A. 21. British South
African Police 1735 - Attested: Sep-1913 TROIS ARBRES CEMETERY, STEENWERCK - Nord Steenwerck is a village on the D77 about 6 kilometres south-east of Bailleul,
and to the east of the road from Bailleul to Estaires. The Cemetery is
situated to the north-east midway between the village and the main road
from Bailleul to Armentieres and north of the recently built motorway.
Steenwerck village remained untouched for much of the First World War,
but on 10 April 1918 it was captured by the Germans and remained in their
possession until the beginning of October. Trois-Arbres passed into German
hands a day later than Steenwerck, after a rearguard defence by the 34th
Division. The site for Trois Arbres Cemetery was chosen for the 2nd Australian
Casualty Clearing Station in July 1916, and Plot 1 and the earlier rows
of Plot II, were made and used by that hospital until April 1918. A few
further burials were made in the cemetery after the German withdrawal
at the end of 1918 and after the Armistice, graves were brought into it
from the battlefields of Steenwerck, Nieppe, Bailleul and Neuve-Eglise.
There are now 1,704 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried
or commemorated in this cemetery. 435 of the burials are unidentified
but there are special memorials to ten casualties known or believed to
be buried among them. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker. AINGWORTH A V ARTHUR VIVIAN Private 45119 South Wales Borderers 2nd Bn.
11-Apr-18 0 II. F. 30. Killed in action Born Durban, Natal, South Africa.
Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD Cemetery: WELLINGTON CEMETERY, RIEUX-EN-CAMBRESIS, Nord BRENNAN H J HAROLD JAMES Drummer 307697 Duke of Wellington's (West Riding
Regiment) 1st/7th Bn. 11-Oct-18 20 II. C. 5. Killed in action Son of William
Edward and Annie Leng Brennan, of 7, Whetley Grove, Whetley Lane, Manningham,
Bradford, Yorks. Born Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Ref. Soldiers Died
in Great War CD Y FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER - Nord Bois Grenier is a small village in the Department of the Nord, about
4 kilometres due South of Armentieres. Leave Bois Grenier on the D222
in the direction of Fleurbaix. After 1200 metres turn left following the
signs for the Cemetery, which can be found on the right hand side after
the farm, approximately 800 metres from the main road. The cemetery was
begun in March 1915 and used by units holding this sector until February
1918. At the Armistice it contained 335 burials but was then increased
when graves were brought in from the battlefields south of Armentieres
and from other cemeteries. Y Farm Military Cemetery now contains 820 burials
and commemorations of the First World War. 284 of the burials are unidentified
and special memorials commemorate one casualty believed to be buried in
the cemetery and an Indian soldier known to have been buried in Marquillies
Communal Cemetery German Extension whose grave could not be found. The
cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker. BIRCH F C FREDERICK CHARLES Serjeant 9894 Worcestershire Regiment 1st
Bn. formerley British South African Police 1937 21-Sep-15 27 M. 27. .
Son of Charles and Rose Ann Birch, of 4, New Rd., Great Hampton, Evesham,
Worcs. British South African Police 1837 - Attested: May-1914 BLARGIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION - Oise DAVIS, Sergeant, G J, 7191. 2nd Regt. South African Infantry. 24th March 1918. I. B. 3 FALALANE, Private, PHILIP, 4709. "A" Coy. 3rd Bn. South African Native Labour Corps. 6th April 1917. Age 30. Cousin of Charles Mila, of Brodie Hill, Blaauwberg, Pietersburg, Transvaal IV. A. 5 MALUSE, Private, CHARLIE, 1203. 5th Coy. South African Native Labour Corps. 20th May 1917. Son of Sibena Lamula, of Moshupya's Loc, Potgietersrust, Transvaal IV. A. 4 MASHIGO, Private, JAN MANEKI, 11595. 6th Coy. South African Native Labour Corps. 13th September 1917. Age 25. Son of Swartbooi Sipiko IV. A. 1 MASIA JIM NYATI, Private, 9884. 21st Coy. South African Native Labour Corps. 13th March 1917. Age 21. Son of Diemela Nyati IV. A. 6 MPAQATI, Private, JIM GEZANE, 13897. 25th Coy. South African Native Labour Corps. 15th June 1917. Son of Mpagato, of Beaufort, Induna Ntsanguisi, Louis Trichardt, Zoutpansberg, Transvaal IV. A. 3 RESENGA, Private, JIM, 13975. 25th Coy. South African Native Labour Corps.
26th June 1917. Son of Nyokane, of Induna, Ngwamanhla IV. A. 2 MARISSEL FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY - Oise Marissel is an eastern suburb of Beauvais, a Cathedral town between Rouen and Compiegne. The Cemetery, known locally as the 'Cimetiere Militaire National de Beauvais-Marissel', is not actually in Marissel. It is located approximately 1 kilometre north of Beauvais town centre on the Rue d'Amiens (N1). The Commonwealth war graves are along the left-hand wall of the cemetery. Beauvais was a French hospital centre during the war. The French National Cemetery was made in 1922. There are 19 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-18 war and 158 of the 1939-45 war commemorated in this site. Of these, 4 from the 1939-45 War are unidentified. The British graves, from the 1914-18 War, came from:- BEAUVAIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, BEAUVAIS, CEMPUIS and GRANDVILLIERS FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERIES. STEWART, Second Lieutenant, HAROLD MALCOLM, 27th Sqdn. Royal Air Force. Killed in air combat 16th June 1918. Age 20. Son of Alexander Malcolm and Mary Elizabeth Stewart, of 357, Commissioner St., Johannesburg, South Africa. 668 Rhodesia Other Units LOGAN, Sergeant (Obs.), JOHN INNES MONTGOMERY, 778687. 12 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 3rd September 1942. Age 19. Son of John Innes Logan and Susan Elizabeth Logan, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. Grave 218. UREN, Flight Sergeant (Nav.), PETER GEORGE, 778979. 61 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 8th July 1944. Age 20. Son of Christopher Trewhella Uren, and of Isabel Jane Uren, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. Coll. grave 305.
NOYON NEW BRITISH CEMETERY - Oise Noyon is a town 32 kilometres north-west of Soissons, on the road to
Roye (D6/D934). The New British Cemetery is on the northern outskirts
of the town, on the road to Ham (D932). Noyon was the British G.H.Q. on
the 26th - 28th August 1914. It was entered by the Germans on the 1st
September 1914, by the French on the 18th March 1917 and by the Germans
again in March 1918. The French finally retook it on the 29th and 30th
August 1918. It was twice bombarded by the enemy and in 1918 practically
destroyed. Noyon Old British Cemetery was made by the 46th Casualty Clearing
Station and the 44th Field Ambulance in March, 1918, in a woodyard near
the railway station. It contained the graves of 144 soldiers from the
United Kingdom, one American medical officer, two Italian and three French
soldiers. All these graves except the French were removed, after the Armistice,
to the New British Cemetery. Noyon French National and New British Cemeteries
are side by side, on the hill North of the town. The former was made in
1919, and contains the graves of 1,721 French soldiers, of whom 693 are
unidentified. Noyon New British Cemetery was made after the Armistice
by the concentration of graves from other burial grounds and from the
battlefields. There are now over 250, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated
in this site. Of these, nearly 100 are unidentified and 108 other identified
collectively but not individually, are marked by headstones superscribed:
"Buried near this spot". The date of death in every case is
in 1918. The New British Cemetery covers an area of 1,085 square metres. BUCKINGHAM R J J REGINALD JOHN JAMES Private 20279 Somerset Light Infantry 6th Bn. 23-Mar-18 27 III. F. 3. Died of wounds Son of J. and S. J. Buckingham, of Ruan, Cornwall; husband of Rhona Greet (formerly Buckingham), of Faircross, Grampound, Cornwall. Born Wynberg, South Africa. Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD
ARRAS MEMORIAL - Pas de Calais The Arras Memorial is in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, which is in
the Boulevard du General de Gaulle in the western part of the town of
Arras. The cemetery is near the Citadel, approximately 2 kilometres due
west of the railway station. FIRMAN H HAROLD Lance Corporal TF/290985 Middlesex Regiment 3rd/10th
Bn. 23-Mar-18 0 Bay 7. Killed in action Born Cape Town, South Africa.
Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD JAY A P ARTHUR PALMER Second Lieutenant Reserve Cavalry Regiment 2nd
attd. 7th (West. and Cumb. Yeomanry) Bn. Border Regiment 21-Mar-18 27
Bay 1. . Son of Maria Rebecca Bryce (formerly Jay), of 27, Prince Alfred
St., Queenstown, South Africa, and the late Charles Thomas Lane Jay NICHOLL W G WILLIAM GEORGE Private 204175 London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
1st Bn. 15-May-17 0 Bay 9. Killed in action Born South Africa. ref. Soldiers
Died in Great War CD STRAUB L P LEOPOLD ALFRED Private 10433 Royal Berkshire Regiment 5th
Bn. 27-Apr-17 27 Bay 7. Killed in action Youngest son of Konrad Straub;
husband of Anne Carey (formerly Straub). Resided in Kimberley, South Africa.
Ref. SDGW Cemetery: BAILLEULMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY MOLLOY E EUGENE Private 32700 King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2nd
Bn. 01-Dec-17 0 C. 1. Killed in action Born Aberdeen, South Africa. Ref.
Soldiers Died in Great War CD Bethune is 29 kilometres north of Arras. From the town centre of Bethune,
turn right in front of the Tribunal and second right at the bottom of
the road down to the cul-de-sac where the cemetery will be found. For
much of the First World War, Bethune was comparatively free from bombardment
and remained an important railway and hospital centre, as well as a corps
and divisional headquarters. The 33rd Casualty Clearing Station was in
the town until December 1917. Early in 1918, Bethune began to suffer from
constant shell fire and in April 1918, German forces reached Locon, five
kilometres to the north. The bombardment of 21 May did great damage to
the town and it was not till October that pressure from the Germans was
relaxed. Bethune Town Cemetery contains 3,004 Commonwealth burials of
the First World War, including 26 men of the 1/8th Manchester Regiment
who were killed by a bomb on 22 December 1917 while marching to rest billets.
Second World War burials number 19. There are also 122 French and 87 German
war graves. The Commonwealth section of the cemetery was designed by Sir
Edwin Lutyens. JEFFARES R T RICHARD THORPE Captain Royal Irish Rifles 4th Bn. attd.
2nd Bn. formerly British South African Police 1635 06-Oct-17 27 III. J.
16. Son of M. H. Jeffares, of Lower Seskin, Leighlinbridge, Bagenalstown,
Co. Carlow. Served also in German East Africa. British South African Police
1635 - Attested: Oct-1912 Mentioned in Despatches BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY - Pas de Calais Boulogne-sur-Mer is a large Channel port. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery,
one of the town cemeteries, lies in the district of St Martin Boulogne,
just beyond the eastern (Chateau) corner of the Citadel (Haute-Ville).
The cemetery is a large civil cemetery, split in two by the Rue de Dringhem,
just south of the main road (RN42) to St Omer. The Commonwealth War Graves
plot is located down the western edge of the southern section of the cemetery,
with an entrance in the Rue de Dringhen. Car parking is available along
the Rue de Dringhen. Boulogne, was one of the three base ports most extensively
used by the Commonwealth armies on the Western Front throughout the First
World War. It was closed and cleared on the 27 August when the Allies
were forces to fall back ahead of the German advance, but was opened again
in October and from that month to the end of the war, Boulogne and Wimereux
formed one of the chief hospital areas. Until June 1918, the dead from
the hospitals at Boulogne itself were buried in the Cimetiere de L'Est,
one of the town cemeteries, the Commonwealth graves forming a long, narrow
strip along the right hand edge of the cemetery. In the spring of 1918,
it was found that space was running short in the Eastern Cemetery in spite
of repeated extensions to the south, and the site of the new cemetery
at Terlincthun was chosen. During the Second World War, hospitals were
again posted to Boulogne for a short time in May 1940. The town was taken
by the Germans at the end of that month and remained in their hands until
recaptured by the Canadians on 22 September 1944. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
contains 5,577 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 224 from
the Second World War. The Commonwealth plots were designed by Charles
Holden. CAESAR J JAMES Private 47712 Northumberland Fusiliers 26th (Tyneside
Irish) Bn. 05-Apr-17 0 IV. D. 24. Died of wounds Born Basutoland, South
Africa. Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, FICHEUX - Pas de Calais Bucquoy Road Cemetery is situated on the D919 heading south from Arras
to Ayette. The Cemetery is on the right hand side of the road, 9 kilometres
from Arras, just before a crossroads with the D36 between Ficheux and
Boisleux-au-Mont. In November 1916, the village of Ficheux was behind
the German front line, but by April 1917, the German withdrawal had taken
the line considerably east of the village and in April and May, the VII
Corps Main Dressing Station was posted near for the Battles of Arras.
It was followed by the 20th and 43rd Casualty Clearing Stations, which
remained at Boisleux-au-Mont until March 1918, and continued to use the
Bucquoy Road Cemetery begun by the field ambulances. From early April
to early August 1918 the cemetery was not used but in September and October,
the 22nd, 30th and 33rd Casualty Clearing Stations came to Boisleux-au-Mont
and extended it. By the date of the Armistice, it contained 1,166 burials
but was greatly increased when graves were brought in from the surrounding
battlefields and from small cemeteries in the neighbourhood. The cemetery
now contains 1,901 burials and commemorations of the First World War.
168 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to
23 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Other special
memorials commemorate 21 casualties buried by their comrades in Henin-sur-Cojeul
German Cemetery, whose graves could not be found on concentration. The
cemetery was used again in May 1940 for the burial of troops killed during
the German advance. There are 136 burials and commemorations of the Second
World War; 26 of the burials are unidentified and special memorials commemorate
39 soldiers whose graves in the cemetery could not be specifically located.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. HORSEY R R ROBERT REDVERS Private 511760 London Regiment (London Scottish)
1st/14th Bn. 23-Aug-18 18 VI. G. 3. Son of Henry E. and Fanny Elizabeth
Horsey, of Durley Dean, Cliftonville, Margate. Born Woodstock Town, South
Africa LISTER A H ADAM HARKNESS Staff Sergeant 138893 Royal Garrison Artillery
251st Siege Battery 08-Oct-18 0 IV.E.18. Died of wounds Son of John and
Isabella Lister, of St Bees Cottage, Annan. Husband of Charlotte E Robertson
Lister, of St Bees Cottage, Annan, Dumfriesshire. ref. South African Roll
of Honour 1914-1918 M M CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ - Pas de Calais Souchez is a village 3.5 kilometres north of Arras on the main road to Bethune. The cemetery is about 1.5 kilometres south of the village on the west side of the D937 Arras-Bethune Road. On 26 September 1915, Souchez was taken from the Germans by French troops, who handed the sector over to Commonwealth forces the following March. The village was completely destroyed. The "Cabaret Rouge" was a house on the main road about 1 kilometre south of the village, at a place called Le Corroy, near the cemetery. On the east side, opposite the cemetery, were dugouts used as battalion headquarters in 1916. The communication trenches ended here, including a very long one named from the Cabaret. The cemetery was begun by Commonwealth troops in March 1916, used until August 1917 (largely by the 47th (London) Division and the Canadian Corps) and - at intervals - until September 1918; these original burials are in Plots I to V inclusive. It was greatly enlarged after the Armistice when more than 7,000 graves were brought in from the battlefields of Arras and from 103 other burial grounds in the Nord and the Pas-de-Calais. The cemetery now contains 7,655 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, more than half of them unidentified. There is also one Second World War burial. On 25 May 2000, the remains of an unidentified Canadian soldier were entrusted to Canada at a ceremony held at the Vimy Memorial, France. The remains had been exhumed by staff of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission from Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, Plot 8, Row E, Grave 7. The remains were laid to rest within the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in a sarcophagus placed at the foot of the National War Memorial, Confederation Square, Ottawa, Canada. There are also 15 unknown South African headstones to be photographed and PLOTTED UNKNOWN SOLDIER South African Infantry 1st Regt. . 01-Jul-16 29-Oct-18
0 XXX. E. 22. LEWIS P PETER Private 23325 The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st Bn. 01-Jun-16
0 III. B. 15. Killed in action Born Rhodesia. Ref. Soldiers Died in Great
War CD ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY - Pas de Calais Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Military
Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to
Boulogne. During the First World War, the area around Etaples was the
scene of immense concentrations of Commonwealth reinforcement camps and
hospitals. It was remote from attack, except from aircraft, and accessible
by railway from both the northern or the southern battlefields. In 1917,
100,000 troops were camped among the sand dunes and the hospitals, which
included eleven general, one stationary, four Red Cross hospitals and
a convalescent depot, could deal with 22,000 wounded or sick. In September
1919, ten months after the Armistice, three hospitals and the Q.M.A.A.C.
convalescent depot remained. The cemetery contains 10,769 Commonwealth
burials of the First World War, the earliest dating from May 1915. Hospitals
were again stationed at Etaples during the Second World War and the cemetery
was used for burials from January 1940 until the evacuation at the end
of May 1940. After the war, a number of graves were brought into the cemetery
from other French burial grounds. Of the 119 Second World War burials,
38 are unidentified. Etaples Military Cemetery also contains 658 German
burials and a few war graves of other nationalities. The cemetery, the
largest Commission cemetery in France, was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. BAIN A W ANNIE WATSON Nursing Sister St. John's Ambulance Brigade St.
John's Ambulance Brigade Hospital . 01-Jun-18 30 XXVIII. M. 3. Killed
in an air raid at Etaples Daughter of James and Helen Bain, of Harrismith,
Orange Free State, South Africa. Order of St John, Mentioned in Despatches BORAIN H G HAROLD GOLDSMITH Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 32nd
Bde. 27th Bty. . 05-Nov-17 19 XXVIII. C. 11. Died on active service Son
of J. E. and A. C. Borain, of Durban, Natal. COX E W EDGAR WILLIAM Brigadier General General Staff Head of Intelligence
at G.H.Q. formerly Royal Engineers 26-Aug-18 36 XXVIII. O. 4. Drowned
whilst swimming off Berck Plage Son of George William and Louisa Hannah
Cox; husband of Nora I. Cox, of Morningside, Pietermaritzburg, Natal,
S. Africa. D S O, Officer of the Order of the Crown (Belgium), Officer
of the Order of Saint Maurice and Saint Lazarus (Italy), Croix de Cheavlier
(France) Croix de Chevalier (France) LG Sup 8 November 1915, Officer of
the Order of Saint Maurice and Saint Lazarus (Italy) LG Sup 8 March 1920 COXEN H B D HERBERT BRADFIELD DAVEY Rifleman S/6000 Rifle Brigade 8th
Bn. . 06-Oct-15 29 III. C. 3. Died of wounds Son of Henry William Ernest
and Alice Emily Coxen (nee Davey). Native of Beaconsfield, South Africa.
DUDLEY N M C NOEL MONTAGU CHARLES Second Lieutenant The King's (Liverpool
Regiment) 1st/5th Bn. . 11-Oct-16 19 I. A. 60. Died of wounds Son of F.
M. and Margaret Dudley, of "Wentworth," The Avenue, Bushey Grove,
Watford, Herts. Born at Durban, Natal, South Africa. FORBES H S HARRY SEYMOUR Captain Staffordshire Yeomanry 2nd/1st . 03-Nov-18
0 XLVIII. D. 7. . ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918. Educated
at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown FORGE W WILLIAM Driver 79328 Royal Field Artillery 41st Bde. 16 Bty.
. 14-May-16 26 V. C. 20A. . Son of William I. and Annie Forge, of 428,
Church St., Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. Native of Ladysmith,
Natal. His brother also died on service HUBBARD J J JOHN JOSEPH Private 99522 The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
1st/6th Bn. 20-Jun-18 18 LXVI. F. 1. Died of wounds Son of Mr. and Mrs.
James Hubbard, of Glen Parva, nr. Leicester. Born Ladysmith, South Africa.
Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD LEE K W KENNETH WILLOUGHY Captain Royal Field Artillery 95th Bde. "A"
Bty. . 27-Sep-16 0 I. A. 51. . ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
M C MACPHERSON A ANDREW Serjeant 12195 Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Bn. 14-Aug-16
36 IX. E. 7A. Husband of Mrs. Macpherson, of II, Parson St., Townhead,
Glasgow. Born Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Ref. Soldiers Died in Great
War CD MARKUS E B EUGENE BERNAYS Second Lieutenant Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st
Bn. . 05-Apr-17 19 XVII. A. 2. Died of wounds Son of Major J. A. E. and
Maud Markus (nee Meynell), of Cape Town, South Africa. M C LG Sup 26 May
1917 - "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When a party
was held up by uncut wire he went forward and almost succeeded in getting
through the wire, when he was severely wounded. Notwithstanding this,
he managed to struggle through, when he was again wounded. By his pluck
and determination, he set a fine example to all ranks." NEWELL W WILLIAM Private 25121 Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
2nd/7th Bn. 11-Apr-18 20 XXXIII. G. 13. Died of wounds Son of the late
John and Florence Newell, of Bradford, Yorks. Born Cape Town, South Africa.
Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD RICONO M MARTIN Captain Royal Army Medical Corps attd. 5th Bn. South
African Labour Corps 05-Mar-17 46 XVII. A. 1. Died of cerebro spinal meningitis
Son of Pietro and Marianna Ricono, of Alice Superiore, Prov. of Turin,
Italy. Served in the South African Campaign and was for 16 years a well
known district surgeon at Mount Fletcher, South Africa. SCHWARZ R O REGINALD OSCAR Major King's Royal Rifle Corps 6th Bn. attd.
H.Q., 1st Echelon 18-Nov-18 43 XLV. A. 4. Died of influenza South African
Cricketer - played in twenty test matches. M C STEWART J JAMES Private 16315 Essex Regiment 11th Bn. 27-Oct-16 26 VIII.
D. 10A. Died of wounds Son of Thomas and Mary Stewart, of 19, Ash St.,
Walworth, London. Born Cape Town, South Africa. Ref. Soldiers Died in
Great War CD WADDELL J JOHN Private 21592 Cameron Highlanders 5th Bn. . 29-Apr-16
24 V. B. 19A. . Brother of Alexander Waddell, of 9, Petit St., Germiston,
Transvaal, South Africa. GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY - Pas de Calais Cuinchy is a village about 7 kms east of the town of Bethune and north
of the N41 which runs between Bethune and La Bassee. About 1 km north-west
of the village are cross roads known as Windy Corner, and Guards Cemetery
is a little west of these cross roads. A little west of the crossroads
known to the army as 'Windy Corner' was a house used as a battalion headquarters
and dressing station. The cemetery grew up beside this house. The original
cemetery is now Plots I and II and Rows A to S of Plot III. It was begun
by the 2nd Division in January 1915, and used extensively by the 4th (Guards)
Brigade in and after February. It was closed at the end of May 1916, when
it contained 681 graves. After the Armistice it was increased when more
than 2,700 graves were brought in from the neighbouring battlefields -
in particular the battlefields of Neuve-Chapelle, the Aubers Ridge and
Festubert - and from small cemeteries. Guards Cemetery now contains 3,443
burials and commemorations of the First World War. 2,197 of the burials
are unidentified but there are special memorials to 36 casualties known
or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials commemorate
six casualties buried in Indian Village North Cemetery, whose graves were
destroyed by shell fire, and five Indian soldiers originally buried in
the Guards Cemetery but afterwards cremated in accordance with the requirements
of their faith. The cemetery was designed by Charles Holden. MAHER H HENRY Corporal 10033 Royal Munster Fusiliers 2nd Bn. 09-May-15
0 VII. K. 42. Killed in action Born Cape Town, South Africa. Ref. Soldiers
Died in Great War CD LAPUGNOY MILITARY CEMETERY - Pas de Calais Lapugnoy is a village 6 kilometres west of Bethune. From the centre of Lapugnoy, head south-west on the D70 in the direction of Marles-les-Mines. On the outskirts there is a crucifix at the side of the main road, turn right here towards Allouagne. After approximately 500 metres there is a track on the left hand side (the Cemetery is signposted here) and the Cemetery can be found on the left hand side, approximately 500 metres, along this track. The first burials were made in Plot I of the cemetery in September 1915, but it was most heavily used during the Battle of Arras, which began in April 1917. The dead were brought to the cemetery from casualty clearing stations, chiefly the 18th and the 23rd at Lapugnoy and Lozinghem, but between May and August 1918 the cemetery was used by fighting units. Lapugnoy Military Cemetery contains 1,323 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 11 from the Second World War, all dating from May 1940. The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. ANDREWS M A H MONTAGUE ALEXANDER HARDING Private 688231 Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment) 47th Bn. 16-Jan-18 36 VI. B. 1. Died of illness Born Cape Town, South Africa, October 17, 1881. Friend of Dr. Morton Smale, of Fitzroy Square, London West, England. Wounded April 9, 1917 operations in support of Vimy Ridge assault. 6 years prior military service with Woolwich Rifle Brigade; and, 9 months with 102nd Regiment, Rocky Mountain Rangers.
LE TOURET MEMORIAL - Pas de Calais Le Touret Memorial is located at the east end of Le Touret Military Cemetery,
on the south side of the Bethune-Armentieres main road. From Bethune follow
the signs for Armentieres until you are on the D171. Continue on this
road through Essars and Le Touret village. Approximately 1 kilometre after
Le Touret village and about 5 kilometres before you reach the intersection
with the D947, Estaires to La Bassee road, the Cemetery lies on the right
hand side of the road. The Memorial takes the form of a loggia surrounding
an open rectangular court. The court is enclosed by three solid walls
and on the eastern side by a colonnade. East of the colonnade is a wall
and the colonnade and wall are prolonged northwards (to the road) and
southwards, forming a long gallery. Small pavilions mark the ends of the
gallery and the western corners of the court. The names of those commemorated
are listed on panels set into the walls of the court and the gallery,
arranged by Regiment, Rank and alphabetically by surname within the rank.
Over 13,000 names are listed on the memorial of men who fell in this area
before 25 September 1915 and who have no known grave. The Memorial in
Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-l'Avoue, is one of those erected
by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to record the names of the officers
and men who fell in the Great War and whose graves are not known. It serves
the area enclosed on the North by the river Lys and a line drawn from
Estaires to Fournes, and on the South by the old Southern boundary of
the First Army about Grenay; and it covers the period from the arrival
of the II Corps in Flanders in 1914 to the eve of the Battle of Loos.
It does not include the names of officers and men of Canadian or Indian
regiments; they are found on the Memorials at Vimy and Neuve-Chapelle. BAINBRIDGE W WILLIAM Rifleman R/5753 King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Bn.
10-Jan-15 24 Panel 32 and 33. Killed in action Son of the late Harry Boorman
Bainbridge and Katharine Mary Bainbridge. Served in the South African
Campaign with the Cape Town Highlanders. Born Natal, South Africa. Ref.
Soldiers Died in Great War CD BARRISH B BERT Private 17616 East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Bn. 11-Jan-15
0 Panel 18. Killed in action Born Cape Town, enlisted Wynberg, resided
at Woodstock. ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD BOWEN J H JOHN HENRY Lance Corporal 12139 Scots Guards 2nd Bn. . 16-May-15
22 Panel 3 and 4. Died on active service Son of James and Ann Rebecca
Bowen, of The Firs, Malvern, Natal, South Africa. BRUNTON P PRESTON Private 52 2nd King Edward's Horse . 25-May-15 33 Panel
1. Killed in action Son of Fred S. and Mary Brunton, of 29, Twickenham
Rd., Teddington, Middx.; husband of the late Janet Taylor. ref. South
African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 FARRAR J H JOHN HAROLD Captain Northamptonshire Regiment 3rd Bn. attd.
1st Bn. 09-Apr-15 27 Panel 28 to 30. . Son of Capt. J.P. Farrar, D.S.O.
and Mrs. A. Mary Farrar, of 110, Elm Park Gardens, Chelsea, London. Gazetted,
June, 1906. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 FERGUSON R F RAYMOND FOX Private 9277 Leicestershire Regiment 2nd Bn.
13-Mar-15 0 Panel 11. . ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 GREAVES G M GEOFFREY MILLETT Corporal G/4659 Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd
Bn. 09-May-15 0 Panel 20 and 21. Killed in action Born Grahamstown, South
Africa. Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD HILL W T WALTER THOMAS Private 7208 King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
2nd Bn. "C" Coy. . 31-Oct-14 36 Panel 31. . Son of William Hill,
of 141, Argyle, Leicester; husband of Helen Georginia Lomas (formerly
Hill), of 54, Lyell St., Ladysmith, Natal, South Africa. Served in the
South African Campaign with Leicestershire Regt. HUDSON A W ALFRED WILLIAM Private 8696 East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Bn.
. 04-Jan-15 34 Panel 18. . Husband of Katherine Johanna Hudson, of 78,
Foundry Rd., Salt River, South Africa. JONES N K NORMAN KEPPEL Private 17618 East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Bn.
. 10-Jan-15 26 Panel 18. Killed in action Son of Mrs. C. Keppel Jones,
of Roslyn, Tamboers Kloof, Cape Town, South Africa. Remembered on Wynberg
Boys' High School War Memorial gates LANGDON W F WILLIAM FRANK Corporal 9145 Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd Bn.
11-Mar-15 27 Panel 12 and 13. Killed in action Born Devon, England, 23/12/1887.
Prior to joining police, served 6½ yrs with Royal Scots Fusiliers.
Attested police 31/03/1913. Stationed Johannesburg. Released to rejoin
2nd Bn Royal Scots Fusiliers LETTERS T A THOMAS ARTHUR Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders 3rd Bn. . 13-Mar-15
21 Panel 39 to 41. . Son of Jessie B. Letters, of 173, Garrioch Rd., Glasgow,
and the late Thomas Gilfillan Letters. Born at Fort Beaufort, South Africa.
Student of Medicine at Glasgow University, B.A., B.Sc. On Jeppe High School
for Boys Roll of Honour MASON F FRANK Private 15910 Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd Bn. 25-Mar-15 0
Panel 12 and 13. Killed in action Born Cape Town, South Africa. Ref. Soldiers
Died in Great War CD MOORE A C ALFRED CHARLES Private Bandsman 9387 Royal Scots Fusiliers
1st Bn. . 24-Oct-14 26 Panel 12 and 13. . Son of Michael and Susan Moore,
of Davis St., Hurst, Twyford, Berks. Also served in Egypt, India, and
South Africa. PINNOCK C S CHARLES STANLEY Private 11259 Worcestershire Regiment 3rd
Bn. 24-Oct-14 0 Panel 17 and 18. Killed in action, in France & Flanders
ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 PRICE L O L LLOYD OWEN LLOYD Rifleman R/5798 King's Royal Rifle Corps
2nd Bn. . 10-Jan-15 30 Panel 32 and 33. . Son of Meredydd Lloyd Price
and F. M. Price, of Bryncothi, Carmarthenshire. Came from Rhodesia to
serve in Oct., 1914. SLOW F FRED Rifleman R/5802 King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Bn. . 09-May-15
19 Panel 32 and 33. . Son of Joseph and Susan S. M. Slow, of 5, Anderson
St., Somerset, Strand, South Africa. SMOOTHEY W A WILLIAM ALFRED Private 9897 East Lancashire Regiment 2nd
Bn. . 12-Mar-15 27 Panel 18. . Son of Elizabeth Smoothey and the late
William R. Smoothey, of Canewdon, Rockford, Essex; husband of Fredricka
Anna E. Smoothey, of Heatherlea Estate, Claremont, South Africa. THOMAS W L WILFRED LIONEL Serjeant 11091 Worcestershire Regiment 1st
Bn. 13-Mar-15 0 Panel 17 and 18. Killed in action Born Woodstock, Cape
Town, Cape Colony. Enlisted Wynberg, Cape Colony, Resided P.O. Trichardts,
Transvaal, South Africa. Ref. SDGW. ref. South African Roll of Honour
1914-1918 TRYON R RICHARD Captain Rifle Brigade 6th Bn. attd. 2nd Bn. King's Royal
Rifle Corps 10-Jan-15 0 Panel 44. . ref. South African Roll of Honour
1914-1918 VAN BLERK A D J ALBERT D J Private 315 King Edward's Horse 2nd 26-May-15
0 Panel 1. Killed in action Born Cape Town, South Africa. Ref. Soldiers
Died in Great War CD WALLIS R RICHARD Serjeant 6103 Wiltshire Regiment 2nd Bn. 12-Mar-15 30
Panel 33 and 34. Killed in action, at Neuve Chapelle Son of William and
Kate Wallis, of 27, Highfield Rd., Stoneycroft, Liverpool. ref. Gallantry
Awards to the South Africa Police. Born Liverpool, England, 28/02/1885.
Prior to joing police, served 8 years with Wiltshire Regiment. Attested
Transvaal Police at Pretoria 7/Oct-1911. Stationed Johannesburg (21-Nov-1911).
Released to join 2nd Wiltshire Regiment 17-Aug-1914. WATHES L J LEONARD JOHN Lance Corporal R/5749 King's Royal Rifle Corps
2nd Bn. 09-May-15 31 Panel 32 and 33. Killed in action Son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Wathes. Born and resided in Cape Town, South Africa.
ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD Cemetery: LE TROU AID POST CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX QUINE J JAMES Private 17620 East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Bn. 09-May-15
0 O. 11. Killed in action Born Douglas, Isle of Man. Enlisted at Wynberg,
South Africa. Ref. SDGW Cemetery: LE VERTANNOY BRITISH CEMETERY, HINGES HOLDER H HARRY Lance Corporal 18154 Duke of Wellington's (West Riding
Regiment) 2nd Bn. 18-Jul-18 0 E. 10. Killed in action Resided in Durban,
South Africa. Ref. SDGW LEBUCQUIERE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION - Pas de Calais Lebucquiere is a village 8 kilometres east of Bapaume and about 2 kilometres
south of the main straight road from Bapaume to Cambrai. From Bapaume
take the N30 in the direction of Cambrai. After passing the village of
Beugny continue for approximately 1 kilometre. Turn right onto the D18
and continue for 1.7 kilometres. Turn left at the CWGC signpost, then
right following the second CWGC signpost into a lane. 300 metres down
the lane, Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery will be found situated behind
the old communal cemetery. Lebucquiere village was occupied by Commonwealth
forces on 19 March 1917, following the German withdrawal to the Hindenburg
Line. It was recaptured by the Germans on 23 March 1918, after fierce
resistance by the 19th (Western) Division, and was finally reoccupied
by the 5th Division on 3 September 1918. The communal cemetery extension
was begun on 24 March 1917 and was used by the 1st Australian Division
and other units for almost a year. After the reoccupation of the village
in September 1918, it was used again for a fortnight. At the Armistice,
the cemetery contained 150 burials, but it was then greatly enlarged when
graves were brought in from the surrounding battlefields. The extension
now contains 774 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First
World War. 266 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials
20 casualties known or believed to be buried among them and to one soldier
buried in Bertincourt German Military Cemetery, whose remains could not
be found on concentration. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker. ROSE C CHARLES Gunner 53133 Royal Garrison Artillery 23rd Siege Bty.
25-May-17 0 I. C. 6. Son of Mrs. J. Smith, of The Homestead, Oponrai,
Traneama, New Zealand. Born Sheba Hill Transvaal. Ref. SNWM LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, SANGATTE - Pas de Calais Les Baraques Military Cemetery will be found on the western side of Calais.
It is just off the D940, the road to Sangatte, and CWGC signposts are
in place directing visitors to the cemetery. In April 1915, No 6 Base
Supply Depot was started at Calais to help relieve the pressure on Boulogne
and to provide a base nearer to the front than Havre or Rouen. The base
remained open until the last Commonwealth forces left France in March
1921. The 30th, 35th and 38th General Hospitals, No 9 British Red Cross
Hospital and No 10 Canadian Stationary Hospital were also stationed in
the town providing about 2,500 beds. For three years, Commonwealth burials
were made in Calais Southern Cemetery, but it later became necessary to
start a new site and in September 1917, the first burials took place at
Les Baraques. The cemetery continued in use until 1921. The cemetery now
contains 1,303 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, together with
more than 250 war graves of other nationalities, most of them German.
The cemetery also contains seven Second World War burials. The cemetery
was designed by Sir Herbert Baker. RADCLIFFE E B ETHEL BLUNDELL Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military
Nursing Service 10-Mar-19 0 XVIII. A. 1. "Sister of Mrs. W. Haigh,
of 'Fair Oaks' Samares, Jersey, Channel Islands. She was born in Calcutta,
India and had a brother and a sister living in the UK. But I think that
she considered Cemetery: L'HOMME MORT BRITISH CEMETERY, ECOUST-ST. MEIN PASCOE A H ALBERT HENRY Private 28507 Grenadier Guards 1st Bn. 20-Aug-18
27 I. A. 7. Killed in action Son of Henry and Mary Jane Pascoe; husband
of Mynette Pascoe, of Sea View, Tolcarne, Newlyn, Penzance, Cornwall.
Native of Hilston. Born Barberton, South Africa. Ref. Soldiers Died in
Great War CD LILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY - Pas de Calais Lillers is a small town about 15 kilometres west-north-west of Bethune
and the Communal Cemetery and Extension lie to the north of the town.
From the Mairie in the centre of the town, head north on the D182, after
500 metres turn right onto Rue St Venant. The cemetery is a further 200
metres on the left hand side. Within the Communal Cemetery the Commonwealth
war graves are situated on the right hand side half way up the cemetery
central path, and the Extension is at the far right end of the Communal
Cemetery. Both cemeteries are signposted. Lillers was used for billets
and headquarter offices from the autumn of 1914 to April 1918. At that
time it was a hospital centre with the 6th, 9th, 18th, 32nd, 49th and
58th Casualty Clearing Stations in the town at one time or another. These
units buried their dead on the right of the central path of the communal
cemetery, working back from Plot I. In April 1918, the Germans advanced
as far as Robecq; Lillers came under shell-fire, and the units holding
this front continued to bury beyond the cemetery boundary, in the extension.
The COMMUNAL CEMETERY contains 894 Commonwealth burials of the First World
War, 67 of which are unidentified. There are also 15 German graves in
the Commonwealth plots. The EXTENSION contains 71 Commonwealth burials
of the First World War, six of them unidentified. BAILEY W J P WILLIAM JAMES PERCIVAL Sapper 1603 Royal Engineers 1st/2nd
(Hants) Army Troops Coy. 26-Sep-15 29 IV. C. 3. Died of wounds Husband
of H. J. Cable (formerly Bailey), of 14, Milner St., Shirley, Southampton.
Born Cape Town, South Africa. Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD LOOS MEMORIAL - Pas de Calais The Loos Memorial forms the side and back of Dud Corner Cemetery, and
commemorates over 20,000 officers and men who have no known grave, who
fell in the area from the River Lys to the old southern boundary of the
First Army, east and west of Grenay. Loos-en-Gohelle is a village 5 kilometres
north-west of Lens, and Dud Corner Cemetery is located about 1 kilometre
west of the village, to the north-east of the N43 the main Lens to Bethune
road. Dud Corner Cemetery stands almost on the site of a German strong
point, the Lens Road Redoubt, captured by the 15th (Scottish) Division
on the first day of the battle. The name "Dud Corner" is believed
to be due to the large number of unexploded enemy shells found in the
neighbourhood after the Armistice. On either side of the cemetery is a
wall 15 feet high, to which are fixed tablets on which are carved the
names of those commemorated. At the back are four small circular courts,
open to the sky, in which the lines of tablets are continued, and between
these courts are three semicircular walls or apses, two of which carry
tablets, while on the centre apse is erected the Cross of Sacrifice. ADDISON N G NOEL GOODRICKE Lieutenant 1st King Edward's Horse . 09-Apr-18
25 Panel 2. Killed in action Son of W. H. and Florence Addison, of Natal,
South Africa. Educated at New College, Oxford. M C LG Sup 2 December 1918
- "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the defence
of a village. He organised local counter-attacks when the enemy had penetrated
into the position. It was largely due to his fine behaviour and leadership
that these defences were held for three hours after the first penetration
by the enemy." AGNEW G GRAHAM Captain Northumberland Fusiliers 13th Bn. 26-Sep-15 0
Panel 20 to 22. Died on active service BOWLEY J D JOHN DOUGLAS Lance Corporal 9544 Royal Berkshire Regiment
1st Bn. 28-Sep-15 0 Panel 93 to 95. Killed in action Born Cape Town, South
Africa. Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD BRAND L M LACHAN MUNRO Private 12133 King's Own Scottish Borderers 6th
Bn. . 25-Sep-15 21 Panel 53 to 56. Died on active service Son of Charles
and Jessie Brand, of Benoni, South Africa. BURMESTER E ERIC Lance Corporal 3267 London Regiment 1st/19th Bn. 25-Sep-15
20 Panel 130 to 135. Died on active service Son of W. E. and Nita Burmester,
of 71, Warwick Rd., Earl's Court, London. ref. South African Roll of Honour
1914-1918. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown CHASE P PERCY Private 1894 1st King Edward's Horse . 09-Apr-18 0 Panel
2. Killed in action Born Bungay, Suffolk. ref. South African Roll of Honour
1914-1918 CROSS J J JOHN JOSEPH Lance Corporal 10729 Border Regiment 2nd Bn. .
25-Sep-15 22 Panel 68 and 69. . Son of John Joseph and Margaret Cross,
of I, Wales St., Kimberley, South Africa. DICKSON W M WALTER MICHAEL Second Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
11th Bn. 26-Sep-15 0 Panel 125 to 127. . ref. South African Roll of Honour
1914-1918 DUIRS M W MEARNS WILLIAM Second Lieutenant King's Own Scottish Borderers
7th Bn. . 25-Sep-15 22 Panel 53 to 56. . Son of the late Dr. D. P. Duirs,
M.D., of Johannesburg, South Africa, and of Mrs. A. E. Duirs. EDWARDS G GARNET Corporal 14046 Devonshire Regiment 8th Bn. 25-Sep-15
0 Panel 35 to 37. Killed in action Born and resided in South Africa. ref.
Soldiers Died in Great War CD FINNEY V J VINCENT Private 1223 1st King Edward's Horse . 09-Apr-18 42
Panel 2. Killed in action Son of Mr. and Mrs. Lude Finney, of 19, Witham
Rd., Isleworth, Middx. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 FITZGERALD J JOHN Private 13861 Royal Berkshire Regiment 8th Bn. 25-Sep-15
0 Panel 93 to 95. Killed in action Born and resided in Port Elizabeth,
South Africa. Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD GILLAM J G JOHN GRAHAM Lance Corporal 15685 Northamptonshire Regiment
7th Bn. "D" Coy. . 27-Sep-15 24 Panel 91 to 93. . Son of John
and Clara Gillam, of Winslow, Bucks; husband of Dorothy de Villiers (formerly
Gillam, Nee Juffs), of 11, George St., Stuart's Cottages, Germiston, Transvaal.
HATCH L C LAURENCE COLLIER Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 14th Bn.
27-Sep-15 22 Panel 106 and 107. . Son of Dr. Frederick H. Hatch, O.B.E.,
of 23, St. James's Square, Pall Mall, London, and the late Mary Elizabeth
Hatch. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918. His brother also died
on service HUTCHINSON J W JAMES WALTER Captain Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Bn. 25-Sep-15
0 Panel 41. Died on active service ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
KYBETT J H JOHN HAROLD Gunner 47386 Royal Field Artillery 104th Bty.
26-Sep-15 26 Panel 3. Killed in action Son of John Kybett, of 301, Monega
Rd., Manor Park, Essex, and the late Harriet Kybett. Born Lymehouse, London,
England, 13/07/1889. Prior to joining police, served 5 yrs with Royal
Horse Artillery. Attested Transvaal Police 01/10/1912. Stationed Johannesburg.
Released to rejoin 104 Bty Royal Field Artillery 17/08/1914, no. 47386.
LEEKBLADE A T ALBERT T Corporal S/9909 Gordon Highlanders 2nd Bn. 25-Sep-15
0 Panel 115 to 119. Killed in action Born Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD PALMER A P ARTHUR PERCY Captain Welsh Guards 1st Bn. 27-Sep-15 43 Panel
10. . Husband of Josephine H. Palmer, of 26, Compayne Gardens, Hampstead,
London. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 D S O PERRINS F H W FRANK HENRY WALTER Private R/9340 King's Royal Rifle Corps
2nd Bn. 25-Sep-15 0 Panel 101 and 102. Killed in action Born Natal, South
Africa. Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD SOAMES A ALFRED Major The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 6th Bn. formerly
Major Bechuanaland Borderers 13-Oct-15 53 Panel 15 to 19. . Son of the
Rev. Charles Soames, Rector of Mildenhall, Marlborough, and Lydia Gordon
Soames. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918. Temporary Major.
Dated 19th November, 1914. D S O, Mentioned in Despatches M.I.D. LG 25
April 1902. Page 11 of 100 - With BUSHMANLAND BORDERERS - "For good
service from 25th November, 1901, to 3rd December, 1901." STANFORD J V JAMES VESEY Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders 8th Bn. . 25-Sep-15
21 Panel 112 to 115. Killed in action, at Loos Son of James and Mary Caroline
Stanford, of 32, Weston Rd., Congella, Durban, South Africa. STAPLES O O OSRIC OSMOND Second Lieutenant Royal Scots Fusiliers 6th
Bn. . 25-Sep-15 23 Panel 46 to 49. . Son of A. Warner Staples, of Springfontein,
South Africa. A Rhodes' Scholar at Oxford, formerly Serjt. in King Edward's
Horse. On St. George's College War Memorial, Harare, Zimbabwe STUART R A ROBERT ALEXANDER Second Lieutenant Cameron Highlanders 7th
Bn. 25-Sep-15 0 Panel 119 to 124. . ref. South African Roll of Honour
1914-1918 TIFFANY H W HARRY WADDINGTON Captain Royal Fusiliers 12th Bn. . 15-Nov-16
22 Panel 25 to 27. . Son of William Henry and Charlotte Catherine Tiffany
(nee Farish), of The Grotto, Rondebosch, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
Gazetted Lieut. in the Union Defence Force, 1913, from the Military School,
Tempe, Bloemfontein. Promoted Capt. (6th Infantry Regt.) Jan., 1915; With
official permission he then proceeded to England and was posted to the
Royal Fusiliers. Mentioned in a Despatch from General the Rt. Hon. Louis
Botha for gallant and distinguished services in the Field in German South-West
Africa in 1915. Asst. Military Instructor Kilworth Camp, Ireland. Captain
6th Infantry Regt. (Duke of Connaught and Strathearn's Own Cape Town Highlanders)
Defence Force, Union of South Africa. On Rondebosch War Memorial in St.
Paul's Anglican Churchyard M C, Mentioned in Despatches MC LG Sup 20 October
1916 - "For conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty on the occasion
of a large fire at an ammunition dump. When several casualties had been
caused by explosions due to the fire this officer rushed in with Sergt.
Maj. Flack, and succeeded in rescuing the wounded at great personal risk.
He has previously been recommended for good leading and bravery."
MID LG Sup 8 July 1916 "22nd Sept. 1915" VAUGHAN H J HAROLD JOHN Second Lieutenant Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st
Bn. . 08-Jun-16 24 Panel 130. . Son of John and Gertrude Emma Vaughan,
of 67, Rissik St., Johannesburg, South Africa. Also served in South West
Africa with 1st Imp. Light Horse. (Corporal.). WILLIAMS C T CLIFFORD THOMAS Private G/7943 Middlesex Regiment 13th Bn.
. 28-Sep-15 26 Panel 99 to 101. Killed in action Son of Evan and Annie
Williams, of 14, Cole St., Kensington, Johannesburg, South Africa. PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE - Pas de Calais Philosophe lies between Bethune and Lens. From the Lens-Bethune road
(N43), follow the D165E road for 400 metres to a right turn. The cemetery
lies to the left 100 metres along this track. The first CWGC sign for
the cemetery is at the junction of the N43 and the D165E. The cemetery
was started in August 1915. In 1916 it was taken over by the 16th (Irish)
Division, who held the Loos Salient at the time, and many of their dead
were brought back to the cemetery from the front line. Succeeding divisions
used the cemetery until October 1918, and men of the same Division, and
often the same battalion, were buried side by side. After the Armistice,
many isolated graves from the Loos battlefield were brought into the cemetery,
including those of 41 men of the 9th Black Watch. There are now 1,996
Commonwealth burials of the First World War in the cemetery, 277 of them
unidentified. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker. POINT-DU-JOUR MILITARY CEMETERY, ATHIES - Pas de Calais Athies is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, approximately
4 kilometres east of Arras, in the Scarpe valley. The cemetery is situated
on the right of the road from St. Laurent-Blangy to Douai, the N50. Athies
was captured by the 9th (Scottish) Division, which included the South
African Brigade, on 9 April 1917. It remained in Allied hands until the
end of the war. Point-Du-Jour was a house on the road from St. Laurent-Blangy
to Gavrelle and by 1917 it had become a German redoubt, captured by the
34th Division on 9 April. Two cemeteries were made on the right of the
road from St. Laurent-Blangy to Point-du-Jour, No. 1 Cemetery becoming
the present Point-Du-Jour Military Cemetery. It was used from April to
November 1917, and again in May 1918, and contained at the Armistice 82
graves (now part of Plot I). It was then enlarged when graves were brought
in from the battlefields and small cemeteries north, east and south of
Arras. There are now 794 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War
buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 401 of the burials are unidentified
but special memorials commemorate 22 casualties known or believed to be
buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of six casualties
buried in other cemeteries, whose graves were destroyed by shell fire.
There are also three Second World War burials and six French war graves.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield. TAMPLIN G H GERALD HORNBY Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Hood
Bn. R.N. Div. . 23-Apr-17 28 III. G. 14. Killed in action, in Second Battle
of the Scarpe Son of Ernest Hornby Tamplin and Kate Woolfield Tamplin,
of 35, West Hill, W'andsworth, London; husband of Doris Margueritte Smeeton
(formerly Tamplin, nee Lawford. Native of London. ref. South African Roll
of Honour 1914-1918 UNKNOWN SOLDIER South African Infantry . 01-Jul-16 29-Oct-18 0 . CWGC
has 8 SA Unknowns listed for this cem, but only 7 can be found ROCLINCOURT VALLEY CEMETERY - Pas de Calais Roclincourt is a village a little to the east of the road from Arras
to Lens. Take the N17 from Arras until the junction of this road and the
D60. Travel along the D60 into Roclincourt village. Roclincourt Valley
Cemetery lies to the north-east of the village. It is on a farm track
signposted off the Thelus road. Roclincourt was just within the Allied
lines before the Battle of Arras in 1917 and it was from here that the
51st (Highland) and 34th Divisions advanced on 9 April 1917. The 1st Canadian
Division attacked further north, across the Lens road. Roclincourt Valley
Cemetery (originally called Roclincourt Forward Cemetery No. 2) was begun
after 9 April 1917 by the units which fought on that day. It was used
until the following August when it contained the graves of 94 soldiers,
of whom 40 belonged to the 51st Division. The cemetery was enlarged after
the Armistice when graves, almost all of April 1917 and mostly from the
34th and 51st Divisions, were brought in from smaller cemeteries* and
from the battlefields. The cemetery now contains 518 burials and commemorations
of the First World War. 83 of the burials are unidentified but there are
special memorials to four casualties known, or believed, to be buried
among them. The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield. * The
more important cemeteries concentrated into Roclincourt Valley Cemetery
were the following:-. KING CRATER CEMETERY, ROCLINCOURT: a mine crater,
it contained 99 burials in five big graves, made by the 34th Division
in the middle of April 1917, all dating from 9 April. All but two belonged
to the Tyneside Brigades of the Northumberland Fusiliers. KITE CRATER
CEMETERY, ST LAURENT-BLANGY: containing 53 burials of 9 April 1917 in
five big graves, mainly of the 34th Division. RABS ROAD CEMETERY, ST LAURENT-BLANGY:
containing 20 burials of 9 or 13 April 1917, 16 belonging to the 15th
or 16th Royal Scots. ROCLINCOURT LONG CEMETERY (called at one time Roclincourt
Forward Cemetery No. 3): containing 68 burials of 9 April 1917, all 51st
Division. THELUS ROAD CEMETERY, ROCLINCOURT: made by the XVII Corps and
containing 42 burials of 9 April 1917, 51st Division. BROUNGER W H P WILLIAM HENRY PRESCOTT Second Lieutenant Northumberland
Fusiliers 22nd (Tyneside Scottish) Bn. 09-Apr-17 0 II. A. 17. Died on
active service ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 RUE-DU-BACQUEROT (13th LONDON) GRAVEYARD, LAVENTIE - Pas de Calais Laventie is a village some 6 kilometres south-west of Armentieres and
11 kilometres north of La Bassee. Leave Laventie on the D174 at the junction
with the D169, which is 2 kilometres from the church. Turn left and the
Cemetery is 200 metres on the left hand side of the road. The 13th London
Graveyard was begun by the 1st Royal Irish Rifles in November, 1914, and
during and after the following December graves of the 13th London Regiment
(The Kensingtons) were added. The cemetery was closed in July, 1916. It
was known also as the Red House Cemetery from a ruined house, now rebuilt,
on the South side of the road. There are 192 Commonwealth burials of the
1914-18 war commemorated in this site, 1 of which is unidentified. The
cemetery covers an area of 1,516 square metres and is enclosed by rubble
walls. FLETCHER A E V ALBERT EDWARD VICTOR Serjeant S/281 Rifle Brigade 10th
Bn. 30-Aug-15 29 D. 18. Killed in action Son of Mrs. S. T. Fletcher, of
11, Vineyard St., Speke Rd., Garston, Liverpool. Resided at Sydenham,
London. Born Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Ref. Soldiers Died in Great
War CD Cemetery: RUE-DES-BERCEAUX MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE CLARK C J R CHARLES JAMES RANDALL Rifleman R/6443 King's Royal Rifle
Corps 2nd Bn. 15-May-15 0 II. E. 8. Killed in action Born in Cape Colony
and resided in Kimberley, South Africa. Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War
CD. ***Last name may be CLARKE SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No. 1 - Pas de Calais The village of Serre is 11 kilometres north-north-east of Albert. Using
the D919 from Arras to Amiens you will drive through the villages of Bucquoy,
Puisieux then Serre-Les Puisieux (approximately 20 kilometres south of
Arras). On leaving Serre Les Puisieux, 700 metres further along the D919,
Serre Road No.1 Cemetery can be found on the right hand side. In June
1916, the road out of Mailly-Maillet to Serre and Puisieux entered No
Man's Land about 1,300 metres south-west of Serre. On 1 July 1916, the
31st and 4th Divisions attacked north and south of this road and although
parties of the 31st Division reached Serre, the attack failed. The 3rd
and 31st Divisions attacked once more on the 11 November, but again without
success. Early in 1917, the Germans fell back to the Hindenburg Line and
on 25 February, Serre was occupied by the 22nd Manchesters. The village
changed hands once more in March 1918 and remained under German occupation
until they withdrew in August. In the spring of 1917, the battlefields
of the Somme and Ancre were cleared by V Corps and a number of new cemeteries
were made, three of which are now named from the Serre Road. Serre Road
Cemetery No 1 was begun in May 1917 when Plot I, Rows A to G, were filled,
but it was greatly enlarged after the Armistice when further graves were
brought in from the battlefields. There are now 2,426 casualties of the
First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 1,728 of the
graves are unidentified but special memorials commemorate 22 casualties
known or believed to be buried among them. Most of the graves date from
1916. The cemetery was designed by N A Rew. BROWN J J JOHN JAMES Company Serjeant Major 3/5027 Hampshire Regiment
14th Bn. 03-Sep-16 43 VIII. H. 11. Killed in action Husband of Caroline
Brown, of 84, West St., Southsea, Portsmouth. Born Cape Town, South Africa.
Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD ST. PATRICK'S CEMETERY, LOOS - Pas de Calais The village of Loos-en-Gohelle is just north of Lens on the N43, Lens
to Bethune road. Turn right off the N43 onto the D165, signposted for
Wingles and La Bassee, and continue along this road for 0.5 kilometres.
Turn left at the village square and left again. Continue along this road
and the cemetery is on the right after approximately 200 metres. St. Patrick's
Cemetery was begun during the battle by French and British troops, and
used in 1916 very largely by the units of the 16th (Irish) Division. It
was closed in June, 1918, but a small number of graves were brought into
it after the Armistice from the battlefields between Loos and Hulluch.
The irregular arrangement of the rows is due to the conditions under which
the burials were carried out. There are now nearly 600, 1914-18 war casualties
commemorated in this cemetery. Of these, over 40 are unidentified and
the graves of 23, destroyed by shell fire, are now represented by special
memorials. The cemetery covers an area of 3,001 square metres and is enclosed
by a brick wall. O'HANLOW R RICHARD Corporal 11044 Royal Irish Regiment 6th Bn. "A"
Coy. 12-Aug-16 20 I. A. 16. Killed in action Son of John and Bridget O'Hanlow,
of Ballyfrory, Ballymitty, Co. Wexford. Born Cape Town, South Africa.
Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD Cemetery: SUCRERIE CEMETERY, ABLAIN-ST. NAZAIRE ALLISON F FREDERICK Gunner 233291 Royal Field Artillery 107th Bde. "B"
Bty. 23-Jul-18 0 V. D. 15. Killed in action Born Cape Colony. Ref. Soldiers
Died in Great War CD Terlincthun British Cemetery is situated on the northern outskirts of Boulogne. From Calais follow the A16 to Boulogne, come off at Junction 3 and follow the D96E for Wimereux Sud. Continue on this road for approximately 1 kilometre when the Cemetery will be found on the left hand side of the road. However, it should be noted that the entrance to the cemetery is in St Martin's Road, which is the road on the left immediately after the cemetery. The first rest camps for Commonwealth forces were established near Terlincthun in August 1914 and during the whole of the First World War, Boulogne and Wimereux housed numerous hospitals and other medical establishments. The cemetery at Terlincthun was begun in June 1918 when the space available for service burials in the civil cemeteries of Boulogne and Wimereux was exhausted. It was used chiefly for burials from the base hospitals, but Plot IV Row C contains the graves of 46 RAF personnel killed at Marquise in September 1918 in a bombing raid by German aircraft. In July 1920, the cemetery contained more than 3,300 burials, but for many years Terlincthun remained an 'open' cemetery and graves continued to be brought into it from isolated sites and other burials grounds throughout France where maintenance could not be assured. During the Second World War, there was heavy fighting in the area in 1940. Wimille was devastated when, from 22 - 25 May, the garrison at Boulogne fought a spirited delaying action covering the withdrawal to Dunkirk. There was some fighting in Wimille again in 1944. The cemetery suffered considerable damage both from the shelling in 1940 and under the German occupation. The cemetery now contains 4,378 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and more than 200 war graves of other nationalities, most of them German. Second World War burials number 149. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker. DE VOS J H JOHN HENRY Lance Corporal S/41463 Gordon Highlanders 1st/7th
Bn. 02-Aug-18 0 XVI. A. 2. Born Port Elizabeth Cape Colony. Ref. SNWM Vermelles is a village 10 kilometres north-west of Lens. From Lens take
the N43, towards Bethune, to its junction with the D75 in Mazingarbe.
Turn right at this junction and continue for approximately 900 metres
when Vermelles British Cemetery will be found on the left hand side of
the road. Vermelles was in German hands from the middle of October to
the beginning of December, 1914, when it was recaptured by the French.
The cemetery was begun in August, 1915 (though a few graves are slightly
earlier), and during the Battle of Loos (when the Chateau was used as
a Dressing Station) Plot I was completed. It was laid out and fenced by
the Pioneers of the 1st Gloucesters, and known for a long time as "Gloucester
Graveyard". The remaining Plots were made by the Divisions (from
the Dismounted Cavalry Division onwards) holding the line 1.6 kilometres
East of the cemetery until April, 1917, and they incorporated a few isolated
French graves of October, 1914. From April, 1917, to the Armistice, the
cemetery was closed; but after the Armistice graves were brought in (to
Plots II, IV and VI) from the battlefields to the East. There are now
over 2,000, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these,
nearly 200 are unidentified and special memorials are erected to six soldiers
from the United Kingdom, known to be buried among them. The cemetery covers
an area of 9,259 square metres and is enclosed by low rubble walls. DURRANT W H G WILLIAM HEINZ GILBERT Second Lieutenant Dorsetshire Regiment
6th Bn. attd. 2nd Bn. Wiltshire Regiment 26-Sep-15 35 I. H. 39. . Long
Service and Good Conduct Medal. Son of Henry and Frances E. A. Durrant,
of 16, Branksome Wood Rd., Bournemouth. Served in the South African Campaign.
ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 VIMY MEMORIAL - Pas de Calais The land for the battlefield park was "the free gift in perpetuity
of the French nation to the people of Canada". Eleven thousand tonnes
of concrete and masonry were required for the base of the memorial and
5,500 tonnes of "trau" stone were brought from Yugoslavia for
the pylons and the sculptured figures. Construction of the massive work
began in 1925, and 11 years later, on 26 July 1936, the monument was unveiled
by King Edward VIII. In the park around the memorial are restored and
preserved trenches and tunnels. It is recommended by the Visitors Centre
at Vimy that visitors wishing to view the tunnels should pre-book tours.
To make a booking, please contact The Interpretation Centre at Vimy: Tel:
03 21 58 19 34, Fax: 03 21 58 58 34. Visitors who turn up without pre-booking
will still be able to view the tunnels, but on very busy days this could
mean a long wait. The Vimy Memorial overlooks the Douai Plain from the
highest point of Vimy Ridge, about eight kilometres northeast of Arras
on the N17 towards Lens. The memorial is signposted from this road to
the left, just before you enter the village of Vimy from the south. The
memorial itself is someway inside the memorial park, but again it is well
signposted. On the opening day of the Battle of Arras, 9 April 1917, the
four divisions of the Canadian Corps, fighting side by side for the first
time, scored a huge tactical victory in the capture of the 60 metre high
Vimy Ridge. After the war, the highest point of the ridge was chosen as
the site of the great memorial to all Canadians who served their country
in battle during the First World War, and particularly to the 60,000 who
gave their lives in France. It also bears the names of 11,000 Canadian
servicemen who died in France - many of them in the fight for Vimy Ridge
- who have no known grave. The memorial was designed by W S Allward. ASHPLANT W N WILLIAM NORMAN Major Civil Engineer Canadian Infantry (Western
Ontario Regiment) 1st Bn. . 22-Sep-16 39 Killed in action Son of William
and Henrietta Ashplant, of Haverhill, Suflolk, England. A Life Member
of Corona Club, Westminster, England. Served as Chief (and Assistant)
Engineer in various places in South Africa, Bahamas, Southern Nigeria,
and more recently as City Engineer for London, Ontario. BATY R ROBERT Private 13061 Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
5th Bn. 24-May-15 25 Killed in action, at Festubert Son of William and
Sarah Baty, of 1215, 11th Street West, Saskatoon. Born at Port Elizabeth,
South Africa, and was working as a jeweller when he enlisted at Saskatoon
on the outbreak of the war. His brother also died in service (E Baty) CARRICK L S LAWRENCE STANLEY Lieutenant Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
49th Bn. 15-Sep-16 34 Killed in action, at Chalk Pits, map ref. X.10.c
Son of John and Catharine Elizabeth Carrick, of "The Grange,"
Brampton, Cumberland, England. Served in the South African Campaign. Also
served in the R.N.W.M.P. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 CHAPMAN H HAROLD Private 646232 Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
7th Bn. 15-Aug-17 39 Killed in action, at Chalk Quarry Son of Mr. I. I.
Chapman, of 17, St. Hilda's Terrace, Whitby, Yorks; husband of Irene Lethbridge
Chapman, of Tarafal, Crowthorne, Berks, England. Served in the South African
Campaign with B.S.A. Police. Served at Gallipoli, 1915, with rank of Maj.
(acting Col.). Invalided back to British Columbia, 1916. ref. South African
Roll of Honour 1914-1918 CORNWELL G T GEORGE THOMAS Private 160162 Canadian Infantry (Alberta
Regiment) 50th Bn. 19-Nov-16 37 Killed in action, at Regina Trench Husband
of Peggy Cornwell, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Born Black Rock, Dublin,
Ireland. Previous service with Cape Town Western Mounted Rifles. ref.
South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 HOSKIN J E JOHN EDWARD Sergeant 441280 Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan
Regiment) 28th Bn. 15-Sep-16 0 Killed in action, at Courcelette John was
born at Queenstown, Cape Colony (South Africa), and was working as a clerk
when he enlisted at Battleford early in 1915, leaving a wife Effie. JENSEN E P ERNEST PETER Lieutenant Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario
Regiment) 58th Bn. "C" Coy. 08-Oct-16 27 Killed in action, at
Regina Trench Son of Fred Jensen, Brandsdrift, Wasminster, South Africa.
Born in South Africa. Previous service with Imperial Light Hosre in South
African War. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918. Educated at
St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown RANDALL R G ROBERT GEORGE Lance Corporal 6877 Canadian Infantry (Western
Ontario Regiment) 1st Bn. 15-Jun-15 34 Killed in action Born May 12, 1881.
Next of kin Caradog Owen Jones N.E.R. Pinetown Natal, South Africa. Previous
service 3 years active experience with South Africa Mounted Irregular
Forces, Imperial Light Horse, Durban L.I. THOMSON F W FRED WILLIAM Private 160274 Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
49th Bn. . 09-Apr-17 39 Killed in action, at Vimy Ridge Son of David and
Charlotte Thomson, of 9, Mount St., Cape Town, South Africa. WEDDERBURN L H LORIMER HAMILTON Private 696110 Canadian Infantry (Alberta
Regiment) 31st Bn. . 03-May-17 19 Missing in action, near Arleux Loop
Son of Philip H. and Elizabeth G. Wedderburn, of 719, McLeod Building,
Edmonton, Alberta. Born at Nigel, Transvaal, South Africa. VIS-EN-ARTOIS MEMORIAL - Pas de Calais The Panel Numbers quoted at the end of each entry relate to the panels
dedicated to the Regiment served with. In some instances where a casualty
is recorded as attached to another Regiment, his name may alternatively
appear within their Regimental Panels. Please refer to the on-site Memorial
Register Introduction to determine the alternative panel numbers if you
do not find the name within the quoted Panels. Vis-en-Artois and Haucourt
are villages on the straight main road from Arras to Cambrai about 10
kilometres south-east of Arras. Within the grounds of Vis-en-Artois British
Cemetery, which is west of Haucourt on the north side of the main road,
will be found the Vis-en-Artois Memorial. This Memorial bears the names
of over 9,000 men who fell in the period from 8 August 1918 to the date
of the Armistice in the Advance to Victory in Picardy and Artois, between
the Somme and Loos, and who have no known grave. They belonged to the
forces of Great Britain and Ireland and South Africa; the Canadian, Australian
and New Zealand forces being commemorated on other memorials to the missing.
The Memorial consists of a screen wall in three parts. The middle part
of the screen wall is concave and carries stone panels on which names
are carved. It is 26 feet high flanked by pylons 70 feet high. The Stone
of Remembrance stands exactly between the pylons and behind it, in the
middle of the screen, is a group in relief representing St George and
the Dragon. The flanking parts of the screen wall are also curved and
carry stone panels carved with names. Each of them forms the back of a
roofed colonnade; and at the far end of each is a small building. JENNS E EDWARD Private 44797 Northumberland Fusiliers 2nd Bn. 03-Oct-18
0 Panel 3. Died Born South Africa. Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY - Pas de Calais Warlencourt British Cemetery lies on the east side of the D929, to the
south-east of Warlencourt village and 5 kilometres south-west of Bapaume.
CWGC signposts on the D929 give advance warning of arrival at the Cemetery.
Warlencourt, the Butte de Warlencourt and Eaucourt-L'Abbaye were the scene
of very fierce fighting in 1916. Eaucourt was taken by the 47th (London)
Division early in October. The Butte was attacked by that and other divisions
but it was not relinquished by the Germans until the following 26 February,
when they withdrew to the Hindenburg Line. The 51st (Highland) Division
fought a delaying action here on 25 March 1918 during the great German
advance, and the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division recaptured the ground
on 25 August 1918. The cemetery was made late in 1919 when graves were
brought in from small cemeteries and the battlefields of Warlencourt and
Le Sars. The cemetery now contains 3,505 Commonwealth burials and commemorations
of the First World War. 1,823 of the burials are unidentified but there
are special memorials to 55 casualties known or believed to be buried
among them. Other special memorials commemorate 15 casualties buried in
Hexham Road Cemetery, whose graves were destroyed by shell fire. The cemetery
was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens UNKNOWN SOLDIER South African Infantry 2nd Regt. . 01-Jul-16 29-Oct-18
0 I. K. 31 WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY - Pas de Calais Wimereux is a small town situated about 5 kilometres north of Boulogne.
From Boulogne take the A16 to Calais and come off at Junction 4. Take
the road to Wimereux north, D242, for approximately 2 kilometres, following
the road through the roundabout. Take the first turn on the left immediately
after the roundabout and the Cemetery lies approximately 200 metres down
this road on the left hand side. The Commonwealth War Graves are situated
to the rear of the Communal Cemetery. Wimereux was the headquarters of
the Queen Mary's Army Auxilliary Corps during the First World War and
in 1919 it became the General Headquarters of the British Army. From October
1914 onwards, Boulogne and Wimereux formed an important hospital centre
and until June 1918, the medical units at Wimereux used the communal cemetery
for burials, the south-eastern half having been set aside for Commonwealth
graves, although a few burial were also made among the civilian graves.
By June 1918, this half of the cemetery was filled, and subsequent burials
from the hospitals at Wimereux were made in the new military cemetery
at Terlincthun. During the Second World War, British Rear Headquarters
moved from Boulogne to Wimereux for a few days in May 1940, prior to the
evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk. Thereafter,
Wimereux was in German hands and the German Naval Headquarters were situated
on the northern side of the town. After D-Day, as Allied forces moved
northwards, the town was shelled from Cap Griz-Nez, and was re-taken by
the Canadian 1st Army on 22 September 1944. Wimereux Communal Cemetery
contains 2,847, Commonwealth burials of the First World War, two of them
unidentified. Buried among them is Lt.-Col. John McCrae, author of the
poem "In Flanders Fields." There are also five French and a
plot of 170 German war graves. The cemetery also contains 14 Second World
War burials, six of them unidentified. The Commonwealth section was designed
by Charles Holden. Because of the sandy nature of the soil, the headstones
lie flat upon the graves. PAGE C CYRIL Bombardier 285005 Royal Garrison Artillery 329th Siege Bty.
05-Dec-17 30 VIII. A. 10A. Died of wounds Son of Capt. Page (27th Inniskilling
Fusiliers) and Mrs. J. A. Page, of 123, Shirley Avenue, Shirley, Southampton.
Born Cape Town, South Africa. Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD Boitron Churchyard - Seine-et-Marne Boitron is a small village in the Department of Seine-et-Marne, north of the town Rebais, on the D55 road. It lies a few kilometres south of the road D407 between La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre and Montrurail along the D55. The churchyard lies on the D55 on the northern outskirts of the village. The War Graves will be found in the far right hand corner from the entrance. Boitron Churchyard contains five Commonwealth burials of the First World War, two of them unidentified. Number of Identified Casualties: 3 SHANNON G GEORGE Private 11365 Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Bn. 09-Sep-14
0 1 Died of wounds Resided in Cape Town, South Africa. Ref. SDGW LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL - Seine-et-Marne Names are listed on the memorial by Regiments in order of precedence,
under the title of each Regiment by rank, and under each rank alphabetically.
La Ferte-sous-Jouarre is a small town 66 kilometres to the east of Paris,
and the Memorial is situated in a small park on the south bank of the
River Marne, just off the main road to Paris. The Memorial Register is
kept at the Town Hall. The La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial commemorates
nearly 4,000 officers and men of the British Expeditionary Force who died
in August, September and the early part of October 1914 and who have no
known grave. The monument consists of a rectangular block of stone, 62
feet by 30 feet and 24 feet high, with the names of the dead engraved
on stone panels on all sides of the monument. The monument is surmounted
by a sarcophagus and a trophy carved in stone. At the four corners of
the pavement are stone piers with urns, carved with the coats of arms
of the Empire. DOREE H HAROLD Corporal L/5161 Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
1st Bn. 01-Sep-14 0 Killed in action Born South Africa. Ref. Soldiers
Died in Great War CD Le Vaudoue is a village and commune 14 miles (23 kilometres) south-south-west of Melun, and 9 miles (15 kilometres) south-west of Fontainebleau. Midway between the west and north corners are the graves of 6 airmen belonging to the Royal Air Force and 1 to the Royal Canadian Air Force. SCRIVENER, Flying Officer (Pilot), RENDAL ANTHONY FENWICK, 160001. 57 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 4th May 1944. Age 20. Son of William John and Nora Mary Skrimshire Scrivener, of Kitwe, Northern Rhodesia. Joint grave 1.
Dieppe is a seaport at the mouth of the River Arques. Janval is one of
the suburbs of Dieppe and the 'Cimetiere de Janval' is one of the town
cemeteries. It is situated to the south-west of the port area. From the
town square, the Place du Martyrs, head south on the Avenue Gambetta (direction
Rouen), then take the 3rd exit on your right into the Avenue Boucher-de-Perthes.
The cemetery entrance is at the end of this road on the Rue Montigny.
A CWGC sign is at the entrance of the cemetery. Dieppe was used by Commonwealth
forces as a minor base from December 1914 onwards, particularly for supplies
of small arms ammunition, forage and flour. From January 1915 to May 1919,
"A" Section of No. 5 Stationary Hospital was stationed in the
town. During this period, 219 Commonwealth burials were made in Janval
Cemetery, a large civil burial ground. Most of the graves form two plots
in Section T, but there are also three burials among the French and Belgian
military graves in Section U. Section F of the cemetery also contains
a small plot of 29 Second World War burials, mostly dating from the early
months of occupation, before the evacuation of the British Expeditionary
Force in May 1940. BARNARD L C LAURENCE CLAUDE Major Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport 11th
Aux. Horse Transport Coy. 12-Jan-18 45 I. L. 6. Died of pneumonia Son
of the late Col. W. A. M. Barnard (Grenadier Guards and 96th Regiment).
Served in German South West Africa and German East Africa. Brought to
the Notice of the Secretary of State for War LG Sup 22 August 1918 - "For
distinguished service in the Field and in connection with the campaign
in German South-West Africa, 1914-15" ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN - Seine-Maritime OPENING TIMES: 1 March - 1 November: Monday-Saturday : 0815-1815 Sundays/Bank
Holidays : 0815-1745 2 November-28 February: Every Day : 0815-1645 St.
Sever Cemetery and Extension is situated about 3 kilometres south of Rouen
Cathedral and a short distance west of the road from Rouen to Elbeuf.
Coming from Elbeuf/Caen on the N.138 follow Avenue Des Canadiens right
down to the roundabout. Take the fourth exit into Boulevard Stanislas
Girardin, and the cemetery lies 150 metres on the left. If coming from
station Rive Gauche, Gare St Sever, follow Quai D'Elbeuf, Quai Jean Moulin,
Quai Cavelier De La Salle into Avenue Jean Rondeaux, Av. De La Liberation,
Bd. Du 11 Novembre to the roundabout. Take first exit into Boulevard Stanislas
Girardin, the cemetery lies 150 metres on the left. St Sever is part of
Le Petit Quevilly. The first CWGC signpost is just when you get to the
entrance of the cemetery. During the First World War, Commonwealth camps
and hospitals were stationed on the southern outskirts of Rouen. A base
supply depot and the 3rd Echelon of General Headquarters were also established
in the city. Almost all of the hospitals at Rouen remained there for practically
the whole of the war. They included eight general, five stationary, one
British Red Cross and one labour hospital, and No. 2 Convalescent Depot.
A number of the dead from these hospitals were buried in other cemeteries,
but the great majority were taken to the city cemetery of St. Sever. In
September 1916, it was found necessary to begin an extension, where the
last burial took place in April 1920. During the Second World War, Rouen
was again a hospital centre and the extension was used once more for the
burial of Commonwealth servicemen, many of whom died as prisoners of war
during the German occupation. The cemetery extension contains 8,345 Commonwealth
burials of the First World War (ten of them unidentified) and 328 from
the Second World War (18 of them unidentified). The extension was designed
by Sir Reginald Blomfield. COSTIFF H W HERBERT WILLIAM Private 63563 King's Own Yorkshire Light
Infantry 2nd Bn. 11-Oct-18 0 S. II. S. 8. Died of wounds Born Port Elizabeth,
South Africa. Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD LAWN G GEOFFREY Corporal 202953 Yorkshire Regiment 4th Bn. 30-Mar-18
23 P. IX. G. 7B. Died of wounds Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Lawn, of 358, Tong
Rd., Wortley, Leeds. Born Cape Town, South Africa. Ref. Soldiers Died
in Great War CD M M ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY - Somme The town of Abbeville is on the main road from Paris to Boulogne (N1),
about 80 kilometres south of Boulogne. The communal cemetery and communal
cemetery extension are located on the left hand side of the road when
leaving the town in a north-east direction for Drucat. CWGC direction
signs will be found within the cemetery. Enter the Communal Cemetery by
the left hand side main gate and follow CWGC signs within the Cemetery. GENDERS H V HERBERT VICTOR Lance Corporal S/5509 Royal Army Ordnance
Corps 28-Jan-16 26 III. E. 7. Died Son of Joshua and the late Jane Genders,
of 55, Nightingale Vale, Woolwich Common, London. Born Durban, South Africa.
Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY - Somme Assevillers is a village approximately 10 kilometres south-west of Peronne. Assevillers New British Cemetery will be found at the entrance of the village after crossing the A1 motorway and the high speed train line. Assevillers was taken by the French in the autumn of 1916, evacuated by the Fifth Army on the 26th March, 1918, and retaken by the 5th Australian Division on the 28th August, 1918. A number of cemeteries were made by the French troops at Assevillers, and in one ("E"), at the West end of the village, 13 soldiers from the United Kingdom were buried by Field Ambulances in February and March, 1917; they are now reburied in Fouquescourt British Cemetery. Assevillers New British Cemetery was made after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from the battlefields of the Somme and from other burial grounds. There are over 800, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, two-fifths are unidentified and special memorials are erected to 25 soldiers and one airman from the United Kingdom, known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of nine soldiers and two airmen from the United Kingdom, buried in other cemeteries, whose graves were destroyed by shell fire. The cemetery covers an area of 2,655 square metres and is enclosed by a stone rubble wall. The following were among the burial grounds from which British graves were brought to Assevillers New British Cemetery:- BARLEUX GERMAN CEMETERY, about 365 metres North-East of Barleux, in which ten Australian soldiers were buried by their comrades in August and September, 1918. BOUCHAVESNES (or PERONNE ROAD) GERMAN CEMETERY, between Marrieres Wood and Bouchavesnes, in which seven South African soldiers and three from the United Kingdom were buried by the enemy in March, 1918. It was at Marrieres Wood that the South African Brigade was annihilated on the 24th March, 1918. ESTREES-DENIECOURT GERMAN CEMETERY, between Estrees and Fay, where two Australian soldiers were buried by the enemy. FOUCAUCOURT FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY, at the South-West corner of the village, where four soldiers from the United Kingdom were buried in 1915 and 1917. HIGHWAY CEMETERY, CAPPY, a French Military Cemetery midway between Cappy and Herbecourt, where six men of the R.H.A. and one Australian soldier were buried in August and September, 1918. HYENCOURT-LE-GRAND GERMAN CEMETERY, made by the 61st Infantry Regiment on the Chaulnes-Marchelepot road, where two R.A.F. officers were buried in May, 1918. KIBOKO WOOD CEMETERY, BIACHES, by a small copse between Biaches and Flaucourt, where 30 United Kingdom soldiers were buried by the 40th Division in February and March, 1917. All but one belonged to the Royal Warwicks, and twenty of these to the 1st/6th Battalion. MISERY CHATEAU GERMAN CEMETERY, where 16 soldiers from the United Kingdom were buried by a German Field Hospital in March, 1918. P.C. HEDEVAUX FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY, 548 metres South of Belloy-en-Santerre, where ten soldiers from the United Kingdom were buried by their comrades in February and March, 1917. (P.C. means Poste de Commandement.) PLANTATION CEMETERY, a French Military Cemetery in the large Orchard 914 metres East of Cappy, where one United Kingdom soldier was buried in February, 1917, and four Australian in August and September, 1918. VAUVILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY, in which four soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in March, 1918, were reburied. VERMANDOVILLERS FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY, at the West end of the village, where two United Kingdom soldiers were buried in March, 1917, by their comrades. There are 3 South African unknowns that still need to be photographed and PLOTTED in this cemetery. If attempting these unknowns ask for the plotting of the others first. UNKNOWN SOLDIER South African Infantry 1st Regt. . 01-Jul-16 29-Oct-18
0 VII. F. 1. Likely killed at Marrieres Wood where the South African Brigade
was annihilated on the 24th March, 1918. BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT - Somme Gezaincourt is a village in the Department of the Somme, situated 2 kilometres
to the south-west of the town of Doullens, and Bagneux British Cemetery
lies to the south of the village. There is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission
signpost in Gezaincourt village opposite the "Chateau" entrance.
The cemetery was begun in April 1918 after the close of the German offensive
in Picardy. At the end of March, the 3rd, 29th and 56th Casualty Clearing
Stations had come to Gezaincourt where they were joined for a short time
in April by the 45th. They remained until September. The 3rd Canadian
Stationary Hospital, in the citadel at Doullens, also buried in this cemetery
in May and June 1918, and the 2nd Canadian Division in April and May.
The graves in Plot III, Row A relate to a bombing raid over Doullens on
30 May 1918. There are 1,374 servicemen of the First World War buried
or commemorated in the cemetery. The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin
Lutyens. LAWRENCE P PETER Private 14558 Scots Guards 2nd Bn. 31-May-18 0 II. D.
7. Born Bredadorp Cape Colony. Ref. SNWM BAZENTIN-LE-PETIT MILITARY CEMETERY - Somme Bazentin is in the Department of the Somme, to the north-east of Albert,
containing the villages of Bazentin-le-Grand and Bazentin-le-Petit. Take
the D929 (Albert-Bapaume road) from Albert and travel 8 kilometres. In
the village of Pozieres, turn south onto the D73 to Bazentine and the
village of Bazentin-le-Petit is 3 kilometres further on. The Military
Cemetery will be found on the west side of the village. Bazentin was in
German hands until 14 July 1916 when the 3rd and 7th Divisions captured
the two villages (and the communal cemetery) and held them against counter-attacks,
and the 21st Division captured Bazentin-le-Petit Wood. The ground was
lost in April 1918 during the great German advance but recaptured on the
following 25 August by the 38th (Welsh) Division. The military cemetery
was begun at the end of July 1916 and used as a front-line cemetery until
May 1917. It contains 182 First World War burials, 15 of them unidentified. ALLISON G H GEORGE HENRY Gunner RMA/7075 Royal Marine Artillery attd.
71st Siege Bty. South African Heavy Artillery . 26-Oct-16 0 C. 20. Killed
in action, The 71st Siege Battery was in position in front Bazentin from
late September 1916 to January 1917 On Cape Town "Company Gardens"
Artillery Memorial ANNALL E G Private 9000 South African Infantry 2nd Regt. . 11-Oct-16
21 B. 8. Died of wounds, the 2nd SAI, in line at Eaucourt-l'Abbaye, was
heavily shelled on the 10th and 11th October 1916 Son of Mrs. M. Annall,
of 10, Cedar Lane, East London, South Africa. BANDS A ARTHUR Lance Corporal 9205 South African Infantry 3rd Regt. .
11-Oct-16 0 B. 12. Died of wounds, in operations in front the Butte de
Warlencourt. FEREMAN L W LENNARD WILLIAM Private 988 South African Infantry 1st Regt.
"B" Coy. . 19-Oct-16 23 C. 10. Died of wounds, in operations
in front the Butte de Warlencourt. Son of William Henry and Helena Sara
Fereman, of 64, Clevedon Rd., Port Elizabeth, South Africa. HEATHCOTE J B JOHN BASIL Private 6899 South African Infantry 4th Regt.
. 14-Oct-16 16 C. 13. Died of wounds, in operations in front the Butte
de Warlencourt. Son of Mr John Robert Heathcote and Mrs. Amelia Heathcote,
of Glen-Avent, Umtata, Cape Province, South Africa. HUMPHREY H T HARRY TEAL Private 5993 South African Infantry 2nd Regt.
. 15-Oct-16 0 C. 14. . LENNOX J G JOHN GREY Private 9347 South African Infantry 2nd Regt. .
15-Oct-16 36 B. 10. Died of wounds, in operations in front the Butte de
Warlencourt. Son of James and Emily Lennox. LONDT J Private 4329 South African Infantry 1st Regt. . 18-Oct-16 0 C.
18. Died of wounds, in operations in front the Butte de Warlencourt. McCANN F Sergeant 3016 South African Infantry 2nd Regt. . 13-Oct-18 27
B. 13. Died of wounds, in operations in front the Butte de Warlencourt.
Son of Francis and Sarah Arm McCann, of 16, Edward St., Lurgan, Co. Armagh,
Ireland. PERKINS O OSMOND Private M2/119636 Royal Army Service Corps 562nd Mechanical
Transport Coy, XI Corps attd to 71st Siege Battery, SA Heavy Artilery
. 26-Oct-16 38 C.22. Killed in action, the 71st Siege Battery was in position
in front Bazentin from late September 1916 to January 1917 Husband of
Annie Perkins, of 30, Newton Rd, Hove, Sussex. RAAB C E CECIL EWAN Private 4167 South African Infantry 1st Regt. . 11-Oct-16
24 B. 9. Killed in action, in operations in front the Butte de Warlencourt.
Son of Mrs. A. E. Raab, of 9, Park Lane, Uitenhage, Cape Province, South
Africa, and the late Arthur Joseph Raab. CATERPILLAR VALLEY (NEW ZEALAND) MEMORIAL - Somme Longueval is a village approximately 13 kilometres east of Albert and
10 kilometres south of Bapaume. The Memorial is situated on a terrace
in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, which lies a short distance west of Longueval,
on the south side of the road to Contalmaison. Caterpillar Valley was
the name given by the army to the long valley which rises eastwards, past
"Caterpillar Wood", to the high ground at Guillemont. The ground
was captured, after very fierce fighting, in the latter part of July 1916.
It was lost in the German advance of March 1918 and recovered by the 38th
(Welsh) Division on 28 August 1918, when a little cemetery was made (now
Plot 1 of this cemetery) containing 25 graves of the 38th Division and
the 6th Dragoon Guards. After the Armistice, this cemetery was hugely
increased when the graves of more than 5,500 officers and men were brought
in from other small cemeteries, and the battlefields of the Somme. The
great majority of these soldiers died in the autumn of 1916 and almost
all the rest in August or September 1918. CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY
now contains 5,569 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First
World War. 3,796 of the burials are unidentified but there are special
memorials to 32 casualties known or believed to be buried among them,
and to three buried in McCormick's Post Cemetery whose graves were destroyed
by shell fire. On 6 November 2004, the remains of an unidentified New
Zealand soldier were entrusted to New Zealand at a ceremony held at the
Longueval Memorial, France. The remains had been exhumed by staff of the
Commonwealth War Graves Commission from Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval,
France, Plot 14, Row A, Grave 27 and were later laid to rest within the
Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, at the National War Memorial, Wellington,
New Zealand. On the east side of the cemetery is the CATERPILLAR VALLEY
(NEW ZEALAND) MEMORIAL, commemorating more than 1,200 officers and men
of the New Zealand Division who died in the Battles of the Somme in 1916,
and whose graves are not known. This is one of seven memorials in France
and Belgium to those New Zealand soldiers who died on the Western Front
and whose graves are not known. The memorials are all in cemeteries chosen
as appropriate to the fighting in which the men died. Both cemetery and
memorial were designed by Sir Herbert Baker. MOWLEM J JAMES Serjeant 23/42 New Zealand Rifle Brigade 1st Bn. 3rd 15-Sep-16
39 Killed in action Son of Capt. and Mrs. John Mowlem, of Palmerston North,
Wellington; husband of Gladys Victoria Phillips (formerly Mowlem), of
8, Bank Place, Portmadoc, Wales, formerly of care of J. Thompson, Church
Square Cape Town, South Africa Also served in the South African Campaign
and in Egypt. COMBLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION - Somme The large village of Combles is 16 kilometres east of Albert and 13 kilometres south of Bapaume. From Bapaume take the N17 towards Peronne. Just after the village of Suilly Suillisel, take the D172 towards Combles. The Communal Cemetery is on the right just before the village, and the Extension is at the back, or north-east, of the Communal Cemetery. The village was entered in the early morning of the 26th August, 1916, by units of the 56th (London) Division and of the French Army; and it remained in Allied occupation until the 24th March, 1918, when the place was captured after a stubborn stand by the South African Brigade at Marrieres Wood. It was retaken on the 29th August, 1918, by the 18th Division. The village was later "adopted", with Flers, by the County Borough of Portsmouth. The cemetery was begun in October, 1916 by French troops, but the 94 French graves made in 1916 have been removed to another cemetery. The first British burials took place in December, 1916. From March, 1917, to the end of May, 1918, the Extension was not used. In June, July and August, 194 German soldiers were buried in what was afterwards called Plot I, but these graves, too, have been removed; and in August and September further burials were made by the 18th Division. Plots II, V, VI and VII and most of Plot IV were added after the Armistice by the concentration of 944 graves from the battlefields in the neighbourhood and from a few smaller cemeteries. There are now over 1,500, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over half are unidentified and special memorials are erected to nine soldiers from the United Kingdom and one from South Africa, known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of three soldiers from the United Kingdom, buried in Maurepas and Longtree Dump Military Cemeteries, whose graves were destroyed by shell fire. The Extension covers an area of 5,356 square metres. It is enclosed by brick walls on the North-East and South-West. The following were among the Burial Grounds from which British graves were brought to the Extension:- FREGICOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY, in a hamlet between Combles and Saillisel, in which four soldiers from the United Kingdom were buried in the winter of 1916-17. LEUZE WOOD CEMETERY, COMBLES, at the North-East corner of Leuze Wood, containing the graves of eleven soldiers from the United Kingdom and five French soldiers who fell in September, 1916-January, 1917. LONGTREE DUMP MILITARY CEMETERY, SAILLY-SAILLISEL, a little South of the road from Morval to Sailly-Saillisel, in which 20 French soldiers and 12 from the United Kingdom were buried in December, 1916, and February, 1917. MAUREPAS MILITARY CEMETERY, on the South-West side of Maurepas village, in which 12 French soldiers and nine from the United Kingdom and one German prisoner were buried in December, 1916-February, 1917. Maurepas was taken by the French 1 Corps in August, 1916, and the present MAUREPAS FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY, which contains 2,114 French graves, 19 Russian and one Rumanian, is on the East side of the village. *** Marked for visit by Project Director November 2011 DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL - Somme Longueval is a village 11 kilometres east of Albert. Delville Wood Cemetery
is east of the village and on the south side of the road from Longueval
to Ginchy. Delville Wood was a tract of woodland, nearly 1 kilometre square,
the western edge of which touched the village of Longueval in the Somme.
On 14 July 1916 the greater part of Longueval village was taken by the
9th (Scottish) Division and on the 15th, the South African Brigade of
that Division captured most of Delville Wood. The wood now formed a salient
in the line, with Waterlot Farm and Mons Wood on the south flank still
in German hands, and, owing to the height of the trees, no close artillery
support was possible for defence. The three South African battalions fought
continuously for six days and suffered heavy casualties. On 18 July, they
were forced back and on the evening of the 20th the survivors, a mere
handful of men, were relieved. On 27 July, the 2nd Division retook the
wood and held it until 4 August when the 17th Division took it over. On
18 and 25 August it was finally cleared of all German resistance by the
14th (Light) Division. The wood was then held until the end of April 1918
when it was lost during the German advance, but was retaken by the 38th
(Welsh) Division on the following 28 August. DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY was
made after the Armistice, when graves were brought in from a few small
cemeteries and isolated sites, and from the battlefields. Almost all of
the burials date from July, August and September 1916. There are now 5,523
burials and commemorations of the First World War in this cemetery. 3,593
of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 27
casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials
record the names of three soldiers buried in Courcelette Communal Cemetery
German Extension, whose graves were destroyed by shell fire. The cemetery
was designed by Sir Herbert Baker Opposite the cemetery stands the SOUTH
AFRICAN NATIONAL MEMORIAL. Originally intended as a memorial to the South
African servicemen who served and died in all theatres during the First
World War, this was later extended to include the Second World War and
Korean War. UNKNOWN SOLDIER Private South African Infantry . 01-Jul-16 29-Oct-18
0 I. F. 4. *** Marked for visit by Project Director November 2011 DOINGT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION - Somme Doingt is a small village on the eastern outskirts of Peronne, on the
left hand side of the D44 road to Ham and St. Quentin. The Cemetery is
signposted from the centre of the village on the D199 road (towards Tincourt)
and is situated behind the Communal Cemetery, which is to the left of
the church. Doingt was captured by the 5th Australian Division on 5 September
1918, and the village was completely destroyed in the fighting. In the
same month, the 20th, 41st and 55th Casualty Clearing Stations arrived,
remaining until October, when the cemetery was closed. It was made in
three plots; Plot I contained only Commonwealth graves, Plot II only American,
and Plot III the graves of both armies. The American graves were later
removed by the American Graves Registration Services. Doingt Communal
Cemetery Extension contains 416 Commonwealth burials of the First World
War, and two burials from the Second World War. The extension was designed
by Sir Herbert Baker. HIGGS S STANGER Corporal 48569 Royal Berkshire Regiment 5th Bn. 26-Sep-18
19 I. E. 39. Died of wounds Son of Martin Stanger Higgs and Catherine
Higgs, of 43, Park Rd., Gloucester. Born Transvaal, South Africa EPEHY WOOD FARM CEMETERY, EPEHY - Somme Epehy is a village between Cambrai and Peronne about 18 kilometres north-east
of Peronne. Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery is a little west of the village and
on the north side of the road to Saulcourt. The village of Epehy was captured
at the beginning of April 1917. It was lost on 22 March 1918 after a spirited
defence by the Leicester Brigade of the 21st Division and the 2nd Royal
Munster Fusiliers. It was retaken (in the Battle of Epehy) on 18 September
1918, by the 7th Norfolks, 9th Essex and 1st/1st Cambridgeshires of the
12th (Eastern) Division. The cemetery takes its name from the Ferme du
Bois, a little to the east. Plots I and II were made by the 12th Division
after the capture of the village, and contain the graves of officers and
men who died in September 1918 (or, in a few instances, in April 1917
and March 1918). Plots III-VI were made after the Armistice when graves
were brought in from smaller cemeteries and from the battlefields surrounding
Epehy. The cemetery now contains 997 burials and commemorations of the
First World War. 235 of the burials are unidentified but there are additional
special memorials to 29 casualties known or believed to be buried among
them, and to two casualties buried in Epehy New British Cemetery, whose
graves could not be found when that cemetery was concentrated. The cemetery
was designed by Sir Herbert Baker. COPELAND R REGINALD Private 92409 Royal Fusiliers posted to 3rd Bn London
Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 10-Sep-18 0 I. C. 4. Killed in action Born
Cape Town, South Africa. Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD. On St. George's
College War Memorial, Harare, Zimbabwe EUSTON ROAD CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS - Somme Colincamps is a village 11 kilometres north of Albert. From Arras take
the D919 in the direction of Amiens for 28 kilometres. The cemetery is
situated about 1 kilometre from the D919 on the right hand side of the
road. Pass Serre Road Cemetery No 2 and continue for 2 kilometres. Take
the first right, and the CWGC direction sign to Euston Road Cemetery will
be seen at the next Y junction. Colincamps and "Euston", a road
junction a little east of the village, were within the Allied lines before
the Somme offensive of July 1916. The cemetery was started as a front
line burial ground during and after the unsuccessful attack on Serre on
1 July, but after the German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line in March
1917 it was scarcely used. It was briefly in German hands towards the
end of March 1918, when it marked the limit of the German advance, but
the line was held and pushed forward by the New Zealand Division allowing
the cemetery to be used again for burials in April and May 1918. The cemetery
is particularly associated with three dates and engagements; the attack
on Serre on 1 July 1916; the capture of Beaumont-Hamel on 13 November
1916; and the German attack on the 3rd New Zealand (Rifle) Brigade trenches
before Colincamps on 5 April 1918. The whole of Plot I, except five graves
in the last row, represents the original cemetery of 501 graves. After
the Armistice, more than 750 graves were brought in from small cemeteries
in the neighbouring communes and the battlefields. The cemetery now contains
1,293 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War.
170 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to
32 casualties known or believed to be buried among them, and to two soldiers
whose graves in nearby small cemeteries were destroyed in later battles.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield. WELSH T P THOMAS PATRICK WALSH Private 32916 Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
2nd Bn. 27-Jul-18 0 IV. L. 6. (Served as WALSH). Brother of John Welsh,
of Te Puke, Thames, New Zealand. ***SA ROH LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL - Somme Longueval is a village 40 kilometres north-east of Amiens and 12 kilometres
east-north-east of Albert, a town on the D929 road from Amiens to Bapaume
and Cambrai. From the D929 direction Bapaume-Albert take the 2nd turning
for Martinpuich and continue along the D6 direction Longueval, for 2 kilometres.
London Cemetery and Extension will be found on the right hand side of
the road. High Wood was fiercely fought over during the Battle of the
Somme until cleared by 47th (London) Division on 15 September 1916. It
was lost during the German advance of April 1918, but retaken the following
August. The original London Cemetery at High Wood was begun when 47 men
of the 47th Division were buried in a large shell hole on 18 and 21 September
1916. Other burials were added later, mainly of officers and men of the
47th Division who died on 15 September 1916, and at the Armistice the
cemetery contained 101 graves. The cemetery was then greatly enlarged
when remains were brought in from the surrounding battlefields, but the
original battlefield cemetery is preserved intact within the larger cemetery,
now know as the London Cemetery and Extension. The cemetery, one of five
in the immediate vicinity of Longueval which together contain more than
15,000 graves, is the third largest cemetery on the Somme with 3,871 First
World War burials, 3,112 of them unidentified. London Cemetery and Extension
was used again in 1946 by the Army Graves Service for the reburial of
Second World War casualties recovered from various temporary burial grounds,
French military cemeteries, small communal cemeteries, churchyards and
isolated graves, where permanent maintenance was not possible. These graves
are in one central plot at the extreme end of the cemetery, behind the
Cross of Sacrifice. Second World War burials number 165. The cemetery
was designed by Sir Herbert Baker. CONSTANTINE T W THOMAS WILLIAM Private G/467 Middlesex Regiment 2nd Bn.
23-Oct-16 0 2.A.25. Killed in action Born in Cape Colony, South Africa.
Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILE - Somme Authuille is a village 5 kilometres north of the town of Albert on the
D151 road to Grandcourt. The Cemetery (signposted in the centre of Authille)
is 1 kilometre east of the village. Access to the cemetery, 500 metres
from the road, is by a grass pathway (unsuitable for cars). On 1 July
1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, the 32nd Division, which
included the 1st Dorsets and the 11th (Lonsdale) Battalion of the Border
Regt attacked the German line at this point and stormed the Leipzig Salient,
but were compelled to retire later in the day. In the spring of 1917,
after the German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line, V Corps cleared these
battlefields and made a number of new cemeteries, including Lonsdale No.
1 and No. 2. Lonsdale Cemetery No. 1 (the present Lonsdale Cemetery) contained
originally 96 graves (now in Plot I), the great majority of which were
those of officers and men of the 1st Dorsets and the 11th Borders. It
was enlarged after the Armistice when graves, almost all of 1916, were
brough in from the surrounding battlefields and from other small burial
grounds, including Lonsdale No. 2. Lonsdale Cemetery now contains 1,542
Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 816 of
the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 22 casualties
known or believed to be buried among them. The cemetery was designed by
Sir Herbert Baker. FAWKES G GEORGE Corporal 13299 Border Regiment 11th Bn. 01-Jul-16 0 V.
X. 6. Killed in action Resided in Kimberley, South Africa. Ref. SDGW NORFOLK CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT - Somme Becordel-Becourt is a village 2.5 kilometres east of Albert on the D938 (Albert-Peronne) road. Follow the C1 north to Becourt, pass under a bridge and Norfolk Cemetery will be found 700 metres along on the east side of the road. The cemetery was begun by the 1st Norfolks in August 1915 and used by other units (including the 8th Norfolks) until August 1916. After the Armistice it was nearly doubled in size when graves were brought in from the battlefields near by. Norfolk Cemetery contains 548 First World War burials. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker. There are 3 South African Unknowns to be photographed and PLOTTED in this cemetery. 2 unknowns have been photographed, one is at I.D. 58 and the other is at II.B.64
OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY - Somme Ovillers is a village about 5 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert
off the D929 road to Bapaume. The Military Cemetery is approximately 500
metres west of the village on the D20 road to Aveluy. The Cemetery is
signposted in the village. On 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle
of the Somme, the 8th Division attacked Ovillers and the 34th Division
La Boisselle. The villages were not captured, but ground was won between
them and to the south of La Boisselle. On 4 July, the 19th (Western) Division
cleared La Boisselle and on 7 July the 12th (Eastern) and 25th Divisions
gained part of Ovillers, the village being cleared by the 48th (South
Midland) Division on 17 July. The two villages were lost during the German
advance in March 1918, but they were retaken on the following 24 August
by the 38th (Welsh) Division. Ovillers Military Cemetery was begun before
the capture of Ovillers, as a battle cemetery behind a dressing station.
It was used until March 1917, by which time it contained 143 graves, about
half the present Plot I. The cemetery was increased after the Armistice
when Commonwealth and French graves where brought in, mainly from the
battlefields of Pozieres, Ovillers, La Boisselle and Contalmaison. There
are now 3,439 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or
commemorated in the cemetery. 2,479 of the burials are unidentified but
there are special memorials to 24 casualties believed to be buried among
them. Other special memorials record the names of 35 casualties, buried
in Mash Valley Cemetery, whose graves were destroyed in later fighting.
The cemetery also contains 120 French war graves. The cemetery was designed
by Sir Herbert Baker. UNKNOWN SOLDIER South African Infantry 1st Regt. . 01-Jul-16 29-Oct-18 *** Marked for visit by Project Director November 2011 POZIERES MEMORIAL - Somme Pozieres is a village 6 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert. The Memorial encloses Pozieres British Cemetery which is a little south-west of the village on the north side of the main road, D929, from Albert to Pozieres. On the road frontage is an open arcade terminated by small buildings and broken in the middle by the entrance and gates. Along the sides and the back, stone tablets are fixed in the stone rubble walls bearing the names of the dead grouped under their Regiments. It should be added that, although the memorial stands in a cemetery of largely Australian graves, it does not bear any Australian names. The Australian soldiers who fell in France and whose graves are not known are commemorated on the National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux. The POZIERES MEMORIAL relates to the period of crisis in March and April 1918 when the Allied Fifth Army was driven back by overwhelming numbers across the former Somme battlefields, and the months that followed before the Advance to Victory, which began on 8 August 1918. The Memorial commemorates over 14,000 casualties of the United Kingdom and 300 of the South African Forces who have no known grave and who died on the Somme from 21 March to 7 August 1918. The Corps and Regiments most largely represented are The Rifle Brigade with over 600 names, The Durham Light Infantry with approximately 600 names, the Machine Gun Corps with over 500, The Manchester Regiment with approximately 500 and The Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery with over 400 names. The memorial encloses POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, Plot II of which contains original burials of 1916, 1917 and 1918, carried out by fighting units and field ambulances. The remaining plots were made after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the battlefields immediately surrounding the cemetery, the majority of them of soldiers who died in the Autumn of 1916 during the latter stages of the Battle of the Somme, but a few represent the fighting in August 1918. There are now 2,755 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 1,375 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 23 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. The cemetery and memorial were designed by W H Cowlishaw. *** Marked for visit by Project Director November 2011 BROWN S S SYLVESTER SAMUEL Lieutenant London Regiment (Queen Victoria's
Rifles) 9th Bn. 25-Apr-18 0 Panel 87 and 88. Killed in action ref. South
African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 M C and 2 bars 2nd Bar LG Sup 16 Sept
1918 - "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. This officer,
who was acting as second in command of a company, got together a bombing
party and crept forward to recapture some machine guns we had been obliged
to abandon the previous night during a strong surprise attack by the enemy.
On reaching the enemy forward posts they came under their machine-gun
and snipers' fire, but pushing forward with great determination he led
his men on till they reached the positions which had been previously abandoned,
having gone to a distance of about 600 yards beyond the enemy's outpost
line. They brought back the guns and wounded. The cool and fearless manner
in which Lt. Brown led his men under heavy fire was one of the chief factors
in the complete success of the enterprise." 1st Bar LG Sup 26 July
1918 - "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in keeping
his guns in .action for several hours, in spite of intense shell and machine-gun
fire. He was untiring in his devotion to duty, and missed no targets that
offered on his front and flanks. The action of his section greatly heartened
the infantry and harassed the enemy, who made no headway" MC LG Sup
23 April 1918 - "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty under
fire when in command of a section of machine guns. He handled his guns
boldly and took command of a number of men of .another unit who had lost
their officers, and helped to reorganise them for defence." COHEN M A MICHAEL ANGEL Private 201649 Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
4th/5th Bn. 01-Apr-18 0 Panel 49 and 50. Killed in action Born Cape Town,
South Africa. Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD FAWCETT J B JOHN BELLARS Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery 233rd
Siege Bty. . 21-Mar-18 21 Panel 10. Killed in action Son of Charles John
and Edith Fawcett, of Llandudno, Cape Town. Also served in German South
West Africa. GOODALL H A HAROLD ARMITAGE Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery attd.
"Z" 16th T.M. Bty. . 22-Mar-18 23 Panel 7 to 10. Killed in action
Son of Frederick and Emily M. Goodall, of 446, Musgrave Rd., Durban, South
Africa. His brother also died on service JORDAAN M A MICHAEL ADRIAAN Private 69715 Royal Fusiliers posted to 2nd/2nd
Bn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 21-Mar-18 33 Panel 19 to 21. Killed
in action Son of Michael Adriaan Jordaan, of Malmesbury, Cape Province,
South Africa. PAYN R W REGINALD WALLACE Captain Royal Engineers 253rd Tunnelling Coy.
28-Mar-18 33 Panel 10 to 13. Killed in action Son of Georgina Julia Payn,
of "Le Chalet", Hilton Road, Natal, and the late Philip Francis
Payn. On Maritzburg College cenotaph. SAWYER E E ERNEST EDGAR Private 30255 Bedfordshire Yeomanry . 31-Mar-18
0 Panel 7. Killed in action Born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Enlisted
in Bedford, resident of Kensington West. ref. South African Roll of Honour
1914-1918 STEPHENS F O FRED ORLANDO Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince
of Wales's Own) 5th Bn. attd. 2nd Bn. . 24-Apr-18 31 Panel 26 and 27.
Killed in action Son of Frederick Orlando Stephens and Agnes Elizabeth
Stephens, of Oranjezicht Homestead, Cape Town, South Africa. STUART K E KARL EDWIN Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 2nd Bn. "D"
Coy. . 25-Mar-18 27 Panel 60 and 61. Killed in action Son of Simon and
Elizabeth D. Stuart, of Chaka's Rocks Farm, Umtentweni, Natal. Also served
with the 9th Regt. South African Inf. in German East Africa. TAYLOR C L CHARLES LIVINGSTONE Captain East Lancashire Regiment 8th Bn.
attd. 2nd Bn. . 24-Mar-18 34 Panel 42 and 43. Killed in action Son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Taylor, of Melrose, Johannesburg, Transvaal. M C LG
Sup 16 August 1917 - "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty.
He rendered most valuable service as intelligence officer during the assault.
On his own initiative he made several daring reconnaissances and obtained
information which was of the utmost value." VICKERS N NOEL Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment 1st Bn. . 24-Mar-18
21 Panel 27 and 28. Killed in action Son of Anna Marthina Vickers, of
42, Duke's Avenue, Chiswick, London, and the late Albert Edward Vickers,
of Cape Town. Went overseas July, 1916. Entered Sandhurst from St. Paul's,
April, 1915. WENTZEL E F ERIC FRANCIS Captain East Surrey Regiment 3rd Bn. attd. 8th
Bn. . 23-Mar-18 22 Panel 44 and 45. Killed in action Son of Rose Wentzel,
of "Welgelegen", Oxford Rd., Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa,
and the late Charles Wentzel. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown
WILMOT P D PAUL DOMINIE Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 3rd Bn. attd.
12th Bn. 25-Mar-18 0 Panel 46 and 47. Killed in action ref. South African
Roll of Honour 1914-1918. On St. George's College War Memorial, Harare,
Zimbabwe RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME - Somme Ribemont is in the Department of the Somme, about 8 kilometres south-west of Albert. The Communal Cemetery is a little north of the village, on the west side of the road to Baizieux; and the Extension is on the south-west side of the Communal Cemetery. This sector of the front was taken over by the Commonwealth forces in the early summer of 1915, when Mericourt-Ribemont Station, on the railway line from Amiens to Albert, became a railhead. However, it was not until the German advance at the end of March 1918 that the first burials were made at Ribemont, initially in the communal cemetery itself. The extension was begun in May and used until August 1918, when 68 burials were carried out by units engaged in the defence of Amiens. It was greatly enlarged after the Armistice when graves were brought in from other cemeteries and from the battlefields of 1918 east of Ribemont. In 1929, the burials in the communal cemetery were also moved into the extension. The extension now contains 498 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 36 of the burials are unidentified and there are special memorials to two soldiers whose graves in the communal cemetery could not be found, and to 16 buried in other concentrated cemeteries whose graves were destroyed in later battles. The extension was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. UNKNOWN SOLDIER South African Infantry . 01-Jul-16 29-Oct-18 0 IV. O.
1 through 10, not plotted ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT - Somme Rocquigny and Equancourt are two villages in the Department of the Somme,
some 13 kilometres north of Peronne and 12 kilometres south-east of Bapaume.
Rocquigny and Equancourt are approximately 8 kilometres apart and the
Rocquigny-Equancourt British Cemetery lies about halfway between the two
villages on the north side of the road just west of the crossing road
from Etricourt to Ytres. Etricourt was occupied by Commonwealth troops
at the beginning of April 1917 during the German withdrawal to the Hindenburg
Line. It was lost on the 23 March 1918 when the Germans advanced, but
regained at the beginning of September. The cemetery was begun in 1917
and used until March 1918, mainly by the 21st and 48th Casualty Clearing
Stations posted at Ytres, and to a small extent by the Germans, who knew
it as "Etricourt Old English Cemetery". Burials were resumed
by Commonwealth troops in September 1918 and the 3rd Canadian and 18th
Casualty Clearing Stations buried in it in October and November 1918.
The cemetery contains 1,838 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of
the First World War. 21 of the burials are unidentified and nine Commonwealth
graves made by the Germans which cannot now be found are represented by
special memorials. The cemetery also contains 198 German war burials and
the graves of ten French civilians. The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald
Blomfield. HARRISON L T LESCOMBE THOMAS Rifleman 20468 West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince
of Wales's Own) 2nd/8th Bn. 04-Dec-17 33 V. D. 1. Died of wounds Son of
William Harrison. Born Port Darwin, South Africa. Ref. Soldiers Died in
Great War CD SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No. 2 - Somme The village of Serre is 11 kilometres north-north-east of Albert. Using
the D919 from Arras to Amiens you will drive through the villages of Bucquoy,
Puisieux then Serre Les Puisieux (approximately 20 kilometres south of
Arras). On leaving Serre Les Puisieux, 1.3 kilometres further along the
D919, Serre Road No.2 Cemetery can be found on the left hand side. In
June 1916, the road out of Mailly-Maillet to Serre and Puisieux entered
No Man's Land about 1,300 metres south-west of Serre. On 1 July 1916,
the 31st and 4th Divisions attacked north and south of this road and although
parties of the 31st Division reached Serre, the attack failed. The 3rd
and 31st Divisions attacked once more on the 11 November, but again without
success. Early in 1917, the Germans fell back to the Hindenburg Line and
on 25 February, Serre was occupied by the 22nd Manchesters. The village
changed hands once more in March 1918 and remained under German occupation
until they withdrew in August. In the spring of 1917, the battlefields
of the Somme and Ancre were cleared by V Corps and a number of new cemeteries
were made, three of which are now named from the Serre Road. Serre Road
Cemetery No 2 was begun in May 1917 with the burials in Plots I and II,
but was greatly enlarged after the Armistice. There are now 7,126 Commonwealth
burials of the First World War in the cemetery, mostly dating from 1916.
Of these, 4,943 are unidentified. The cemetery, which was not completed
until 1934, was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. SIMPSON J B JAMES BIRCHALL Private 13914 Border Regiment 11th Bn. 01-Jul-16
22 XXVI. E. 3. Killed in action Son of the late Margaret Ann Elliott (formerly
Simpson), of 34, Dora Crescent, Workington, and of N. Elliott (Stepfather).
Resided in Stenkstroom, South Africa. Ref. SDGW. TEMPLEUX-LE-GUERARD BRITISH CEMETERY - Somme Templeux-le-Guerard is a village 26 kilometres east of Peronne. Templeux-le-Guerard
British Cemetery is south-east of the village on the road to Haricourt.
The village was taken early in April, 1917, lost on the 21st March, 1918,
and retaken by the 15th Suffolks of the 74th (Yeomanry) Division on the
following 18th September. Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery was begun
by the 59th Division in April, 1917, and carried on by other units until
August, 1917, and again in September and October, 1918. It was largely
increased after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from the
battlefields (of April, 1917, and March and September, 1918) surrounding
the village; and in 1930 the British graves from two cemeteries named
below were brought in. There are now over 750, 1914-18 war casualties
commemorated in this site. Of these, nearly a quarter are unidentified
and special memorials are erected to 16 soldiers from the United Kingdom,
known or believed to be buried among them. The cemetery covers an area
of 2,509 square metres and is enclosed on three sides by a low rubble
wall. The irregular lettering of the Rows is due to the concentrations
of graves carried out after the Armistice. GOUY BRITISH CEMETERY (Aisne),
concentrated to Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery in 1930, was in the
hamlet of Rue-Neuve (or Rue-du-Moulin), on the road from Gouy to Estrees.
It stood in a paddock among pasture fields, close to a farmhouse. It was
made by the 50th Division (as very recently reconstituted) in October,
1918, and it contained the graves of 127 soldiers from the United Kingdom
(almost all from that Division) and one from Australia; the dates of death
were the 3rd-10th October, except for one soldier who died on the 18th.
Le Catelet and Gouy were captured by the 50th Division on the 3rd October,
1918. STE EMILIE BRITISH CEMETERY, VILLERS-FAUCON, also concentrated to
Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery in 1930, stood in the grounds of
the Chateau of Ste Emilie, between the house and the railway station.
It was begun by the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division in May, 1917, carried
on by Cavalry and other units and Field Ambulances until March, 1918,
and used again by British and American troops in September-November, 1918.
(The American 27th and 30th Divisions, with Australian troops, attacked
and carried the Hindenburg Line, a little East of Ste Emilie, on the 27th-30th
September, 1918.) It contained the graves of 196 United Kingdom soldiers,
108 American, 22 Australian and one South African; but the American graves
(mainly of the 107th and 108th Infantry Regiments were removed to Somme
American Cemetery, Bony, before 1922. PAGE E ERNEST Lance Serjeant 31243 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 7th/8th
Bn. 21-Mar-18 32 II. A. 28. Killed in action Husband of Agnes Page. Born
Durban, South Africa. Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD THIEPVAL MEMORIAL - Somme The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929). Each year a major ceremony is held at the memorial on 1 July. On 1 July 1916, supported by a French attack to the south, thirteen divisions of Commonwealth forces launched an offensive on a line from north of Gommecourt to Maricourt. Despite a preliminary bombardment lasting seven days, the German defences were barely touched and the attack met unexpectedly fierce resistance. Losses were catastrophic and with only minimal advances on the southern flank, the initial attack was a failure. In the following weeks, huge resources of manpower and equipment were deployed in an attempt to exploit the modest successes of the first day. However, the German Army resisted tenaciously and repeated attacks and counter attacks meant a major battle for every village, copse and farmhouse gained. At the end of September, Thiepval was finally captured. The village had been an original objective of 1 July. Attacks north and east continued throughout October and into November in increasingly difficult weather conditions. The Battle of the Somme finally ended on 18 November with the onset of winter. In the spring of 1917, the German forces fell back to their newly prepared defences, the Hindenburg Line, and there were no further significant engagements in the Somme sector until the Germans mounted their major offensive in March 1918. The Thiepval Memorial, the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the Somme sector before 20 March 1918 and have no known grave. Over 90% of those commemorated died between July and November 1916. The memorial also serves as an Anglo-French Battle Memorial in recognition of the joint nature of the 1916 offensive and a small cemetery containing equal numbers of Commonwealth and French graves lies at the foot of the memorial. The memorial, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, was built between 1928 and 1932 and unveiled by the Prince of Wales, in the presence of the President of France, on 31 July 1932. The dead of other Commonwealth countries who died on the Somme and have no known graves are commemorated on national memorials elsewhere. Non-South African Units & Rhodesians By panel Addenda Panel – yet to be added by CWGC Name: HUNT, WILLIAM GEORGE Name: LAING, ALEXANDER Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Name: POTTERILL, HAROLD Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
ALLAN A J R ALFRED JOHN RETTIE Lance Corporal 5168 London Regiment (London
Scottish) 1st/14th Bn. "A" Coy. . 01-Jul-16 27 Pier and Face
9 C and 13 C. . Son of William and B. C. Allan (nee Rettie), of 11, Dickens
St., Port Elizabeth, South Africa. AMEY W H WILLIAM HENRY Private G/2266 Middlesex Regiment 13th Bn. 18-Aug-16
19 Pier and Face 12 D and 13 B. Killed in action Son of Charles G. and
Jane E. Amey, of 39, Lessingham Avenue, Tooting, London. Born Cape Town,
South Africa. Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD ANDREWS E C ERIC CAUTY Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers 9th Field Coy.
. 12-Oct-16 21 Pier and Face 8 A and 8 D. Died on active service Son of
I. Gertrude Andrews, of Johannesburg, South Africa, and the late George
F. Andrews. Also served in South West Africa. ANGWIN J T JOHN TREGEAR Private 23291 Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
6th Bn. 18-Aug-16 19 Pier and Face 6 B. Killed in action Son of Mary Ann
Matthews (formerly Angwin), of 7, Nevada Place, Heamoor, Cornwall, and
the late Andrew Angwin. Born Transvaal, South Africa. ANTHONY P PERCY Major Welsh Regiment 15th Bn. 10-Jul-16 0 Pier and Face
7 A and 10 A. Died on active service ref. South African Roll of Honour
1914-1918 APPERLY A L ARTHUR LANCELOT Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment
5th Bn. 27-Aug-16 0 Pier and Face 5 A and 5 B. Killed in action ref. South
African Roll of Honour 1914-1918. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown
APPLE A N ALBERT NATHUM Private S/40493 Cameron Highlanders 6th Bn. 10-Oct-16
0 Pier and Face 15 B. . On tablet erected by the Jewish Guild War Memorial
Association and the United Hebrew Congregation of Johannesburg. ARNELL D C DOUGLAS CARSTAIRS Captain Hampshire Regiment 2nd Bn. 13-Jul-16
35 Pier and Face 7 C and 7 B. Died on active service Son of Charles John
and Eliza Julia Carstairs Arnell, of 16, Raleigh Villas, Exmouth, Devonshire.
Served in the South African Campaign; also in German South West Africa.
ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 BAILEY R H S ROYAL HUBERT SILAS Second Lieutenant Royal Marine Light
Infantry 1st R.M. Bn. R.N. Div. formerly North Somerset Yeomanry 05-Jan-18
30 Pier and Face 1 A. Killed in action Husband of Ethel Bailey, of 28,
St. Michael's Park, Bristol. Served with Umvoti Mounted Rifles in German
South West Africa. BAKER A W ARTHUR WILLIAM Second Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light
Infantry 1st/5th Bn. 28-Jul-16 40 Pier and Face 11 C and 12 A. Died on
active service Son of the Rev. J. J. Baker and Mrs. E. J. Baker, of Little
Hallingbury Rectory, Essex. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
BAM C T CYRIL TURPIN Second Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment 7th Bn.
. 14-Jul-16 22 Pier and Face 2 C and 3 A. Killed in action Son of Henry
Arnold Bam and Laura Blanche Bam (nee Gain), of "Chez-nous,"
Palmyra Rd., Newlands, Cape Province, South Africa. BARTON C P CONWELL PARIS Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment 6th Bn.
attd. 1st/8th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment 27-Aug-16 23 Pier and Face
6 B and 6 C. Died on active service Son of Frederic William and Emily
Mary Barton, of 180, Stockwell Rd., Stockwell, London. ref. South African
Roll of Honour 1914-1918 BEART V L D VERE LEOPOLD DUNSTAN Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry
4th Bn. attd. 13th Bn. . 17-Sep-16 22 Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C. Died
on active service Only son of Margaret Pascoe Beart, of 219, Florida Rd.,
Berea, Durban, South Africa, and the late P. A. Beart. Volunteered at
Johannesburg, Aug., 1914. BECK W H WILLIAM HENRY Private 17413 Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st
Bn. 27-Oct-16 0 Pier and Face 4 D. Killed in action Born and resided in
Queenstown, South Africa. Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD BENSON G A T GEORGE AGAR TREVOR Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment
1st Bn. 28-Oct-16 0 Pier and Face 12 D and 13 B. Died on active service
ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 M C LG Sup 24 June 1916 -
"For conspicuous gallantry during a raid on the enemy's trenches.
Although wounded before the advance began, he continued to lead with great
determination, forced his way through the enemy's wire, and although,
again twice wounded, threw bombs into the trench till his supply was exhausted.
He was the last to withdraw after all the wounded had been removed to
safety. He also on another occasion made a very daring reconnaissance." BLACK C H C P CYRIL HERBERT CHARLES PAKENHAM Second Lieutenant Middlesex
Regiment 13th Bn. 18-Aug-16 22 Pier and Face 12 D and 13 B. Died on active
service Son of Charles William and Jessie Black, of The Middle Temple,
London. Educated at Bedford School and City and Guilds Engineering College,
South Kensington. Inns of Court O.T.C. ref. South African Roll of Honour
1914-1918 BLACKMAN G H W GEORGE HUGH WILLOUGHBY Lieutenant Royal Scots Fusiliers
2nd Bn. 30-Jul-16 0 Pier and Face 3 C. Killed in action ref. South African
Roll of Honour 1914-1918 BLACKWELL C CYRIL Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 16th Bn. . 01-Jul-16
33 Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A. Died on active service Son of Marion
Whelan Blackwell, of Fairfield House, North Avenue, Salisbury, Rhodesia,
and the late John Blackwell (B. & N.W. Railways, Bengal, India). BONCKER B R BARRY ROBERT Second Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment 1st
Bn. 01-Jul-16 19 Pier and Face 2 C. Died on active service Son of Frederic
and Violet Boncker, of 35, Whitworth Rd., South Norwood, London. ref.
South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 BOWYER E G EDGAR GEORGE Second Lieutenant Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st
Bn. Monmouthshire Regiment 15-Oct-16 21 Pier and Face 16 B. Died on active
service Son of Edgar Henry and Annie Canning Bowyer, of 10, Monmouth Rd.,
Overport Drive, Durban, South Africa. Also served in German West Africa.
BRANNIGAN E E ERNEST EDWARD Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment
(Prince of Wales's Own) 1st/7th Bn. 03-Sep-16 40 Pier and Face 2 A 2 C
and 2 D. Died on active service Son of Maj. J. H. Brannigan (R.A.M.C.),
and the late Maria Brannigan, of "Fircroft," Englefield Green,
Surrey. Served in the South African Campaign with Bethunes Horse, also
in German South West Africa. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
BREMNER J D Lance Corporal 13608 Scots Guards 1st Bn. 27-Sep-16 0 Pier
and Face 7 D. . On Ermelo War Memorial, Mpumalanga BROWN T THOMAS Sergeant 358 Leinster Regiment 2nd Bn. 18-Aug-16 40 Pier
and Face 16 C. Died on active service Son of John Francis Brown; husband
of Mary Bracken (formerly Brown), of 31, Upper Clanbrassil St., Dublin.
ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 BUDD F C FREDERICK CHARLES Private 5202 London Regiment (London Scottish)
1st/14th Bn. 01-Jul-16 33 Pier and Face 9 C and 13 C. Son of James and
Mary Anne Louisa Budd. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 BURROWS T H THOMAS HENRY Serjeant 20777 Royal Engineers 222nd Field Coy.
. 05-Jul-16 20 Pier and Face 8 A and 8 D. . Son of Thomas Henry and Florence
Ada Burrows (stepmother), of 2, Willingham Terrace, Leighton Rd., Kentish
Town, London. Enlisted in 1910; served in South Africa. CALVERT A ALBERT Private 16480 Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 10th Coy.
16-Oct-16 0 Pier and Face 5 C and 12 C. Died on active service ref. South
African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 CARMICHAEL C CHALMERS Second Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters (Notts and
Derby Regiment) 1st/8th Bn. attd. 2nd Regt. South African Infantry 15-Jul-16
28 Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A. Killed in action, at Delville Wood
Son of William and Isabella Carmichael, late of Innellan, Pietermaritzburg,
Natal, South Africa. Was a Lce. Cpl. in the South African Inf. and was
killed while serving with them, after being gazetted, but before joining
the 1st/8th Bn. of the Sherwood Foresters. On Maritzburg College cenotaph.
CARSWELL J D JOHN DINGWALL Captain Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 8th
Bn. 14-Jul-16 0 Pier and Face 10 A. Died on active service ref. South
African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 CLESHAM T H THOMAS HENRY Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 17th Bn.
formerly Natal Light Horse 01-Jul-16 34 Pier and Face 13 A and 14 C. Died
on active service Son of the Rev. T. Clesham, M.A., Incumbent of Aasleagh,
Co. Mayo, and Isabella Clesham, of Caherduff, Cong, Claremorris, Co. Mayo.
Also served in Natal Light Horse. COCKBURN J JAMES Second Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
4th Bn. attd. 90th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 12-Oct-16 26 Pier
and Face 15 A and 16 C. Died on active service Son of James Cockburn,
of 3, Hamilton Gardens, Cranbrook Rd., Barkingside, Ilford, Essex. ref.
South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 COLLINS W F WILLIAM FREDERICK Rifleman S/13223 Rifle Brigade 2nd Bn.
. 01-Jul-16 28 Pier and Face 16 B and 16 C. . Son of Mrs. Collins. of
444, Kew Rd., Kew, Surrey; husband of Florence Smith (formerly Collins),
of 20, Buchan Avenue, Raylton, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. COMPTON C H CYRIL HENRY Second Lieutenant Queen's Own (Royal West Kent
Regiment) 3rd Bn. attd. 19th Bn. Manchester Regiment 23-Jul-16 19 Pier
and Face 11 C. . Son of George William and Rosina Compton, of Silwood
Rd., Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa. Served in German South West
Africa with 2nd Transvaal Scottish Regiment. Came overseas to enlist.
CONNOR A F ARTHUR FISHER 2nd Corporal 59491 Royal Engineers 63rd Field
Coy. . 19-Jul-16 0 Pier and Face 8 A and 8 D. . Husband of Annie Connor,
of 446, Frederick St., Pretoria, South Africa. COOKE H F HENRY FREDERICK Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 7th
Bn. 04-Aug-16 31 Pier and Face 7 C. . Son of the late Rev. C. S. Cooke,
Rector of Thurles, and of Mrs. C. S. Cooke, of Beakstown, Thurles, Co.
Tipperary. Also served in German South West Africa. ref. South African
Roll of Honour 1914-1918 CRAIG S SIDNEY Serjeant 30077 Royal Field Artillery 17th Div. T.M. Bty.
. 01-Jul-16 33 Pier and Face 1 A and 8 A. Killed in action Son of Thomas
Henry Arthur Craig, of Johannesburg, South Africa; husband of Elizabeth
M. Bowbrick (formerly Craig), of 81, Ashley Avenue, Cheriton, Folkestone,
Kent. Born Cape Town DE SATGE F G FREDERICK GORDON Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Bn.
attd. 7th Bn. 15-Sep-16 0 Pier and Face 13 A and 13 B. . ref. South African
Roll of Honour 1914-1918 DOBLE H W HENRY WOOD Lance Corporal 14/1747 Royal Warwickshire Regiment
15th Bn. 03-Sep-16 19 Pier and Face 9 A 9 B and 10 B. Killed in action
Son of the late George Robert and Elizabeth Phoebe Doble. Previously served
in German East Africa, with Natal R.N.V.R. Born Johannesburg, South Africa.
EDGAR S SURREY Second Lieutenant London Regiment 7th Bn. 07-Oct-16 0
Pier and Face 9 D 9 C 13 C and 12 C. . ref. South African Roll of Honour
1914-1918 FABER W L WALTER LOUIS Lieutenant King's Shropshire Light Infantry 5th
Bn. 24-Aug-16 0 Pier and Face 12 A and 12 D. . ref. South African Roll
of Honour 1914-1918 FERRONI R ROBERT Private 30553 The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st Bn.
08-Aug-16 0 Pier and Face 1 D 8 B and 8 C. Killed in action Resided in
Cape Town, South Africa. Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD. ref. South
African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 FORBES Q S QUENTIN SIVEWRIGHT Private S/9982 Gordon Highlanders 1st Bn.
. 18-Aug-16 24 Pier and Face 15 B and 15 C. Killed in action Son of Sara
Forbes, of "Acharn," Avenue de Longueville, Sea Point, Cape
Town, South Africa, and the late James Mure Forbes. FRASER E A ERNEST ALBERT Private 1727 1st King Edward's Horse . 01-Jul-16
0 Pier and Face 1 A. Killed in action Of Vereenging, Transvaal. ref. South
African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 FRAZER W J WILLIAM JAMES Private S/12784 Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
8th Bn. 14-Jul-16 0 Pier and Face 10 A. Killed in action Born Rhodesia.
Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD GARDNER J JOHN Private 10449 East Lancashire Regiment 1st Bn. "B"
Coy. . 01-Jul-16 26 Pier and Face 6 C. . Son of the late Henry and Mary
Anne Gardner. Previously served in South Africa. GIFFORD N E NORGA ERNEST Captain Leicestershire Regiment 7th Bn. 14-Jul-16
0 Pier and Face 2 C and 3 A. . ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
GLUCKMAN P PHILIP Lieutenant London Regiment (Cyclists) attd. 1st/3rd
Bn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 08-Oct-16 28 Pier and Face 12 C.
. Son of Joseph Gluckman, of Vereeniging, Transvaal, South Africa. GOULD P W Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 9th Bn. 24-Aug-16
0 Pier and Face 13 A and 13 B. . ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
GRAHAM E W ERNEST WILLIAM Second Lieutenant Border Regiment 12th Bn.
attd. 1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment 18-Oct-16 24 Pier and Face 6 A
and 7 C. . Son of Thomas Hodgson Graham and Ruth Elizabeth Graham, of
41, Hatfield Rd., St. Albans, Herts. Enlisted in the Imperial Light Horse
at Cape Town in 1914, and served in German South West Africa. GREEN C E CHARLES ERNEST Second Lieutenant King's Shropshire Light Infantry
9th Bn. attd. 7th Bn. 14-Jul-16 0 Pier and Face 12 A and 12 D. . ref.
South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 GREENFIELD W A WILLIAM ARTHUR Rifleman R/17267 King's Royal Rifle Corps
2nd Bn. 09-Sep-16 28 Pier and Face 13 A and 13 B. . Son of the late George
and Ellen Greenfield. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 GUMBLEY D C B DONALD CHARLES BERIC Second Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment
3rd Bn. attd. 1st Bn. . 03-Sep-16 20 Pier and Face 13 A. . Son of William
Gumbley, A.M.I.C.E., and R. E. Gumbley, of The Den, Melville, Johannesburg,
South Africa. HADDOCK W WALTER Corporal 663 Royal Fusiliers 22nd Bn. 27-Jul-16 27 Pier
and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A. . Son of William Haddock, of 74, Greyswood
St., Streatham, London. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 HATCH P R PHILIP RANDALL Lieutenant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 6th
Bn. 07-Oct-16 24 Pier and Face 5 D. . Eldest son of Dr. Frederick H. Hatch,
O.B.E., and Mary Elizabeth Hatch, of 23, St. James's Square, Pall Mall,
London. Educated at Oundle and Christ's College, Cambs, where he took
Diploma in Agriculture. Continued his studies in Denmark, but left there
in Aug., 1914, to enlist. Gazetted Dec., 1914. ref. South African Roll
of Honour 1914-1918. His brother also died on service HERMANN J JULIUS Rifleman 6874 London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
1st/9th Bn. 25-Sep-16 0 Pier and Face 9 C. . An attorney from Fort Victoria,
who, making his way over to England, like so many others, joined the 9th
London Regiment in 1916, and was killed in action within 14 days of his
arrival in France. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 HOLLAND W WILLIAM Private 228011 The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st
Bn. . 01-Aug-16 34 Pier and Face 1 D 8 B and 8 C. . Son of George and
Annie Jane Holland, of 10, Sunnyhurst Avenue, Highfield Rd., South Shore,
Blackpool; husband of Mary Lizzie Holland, of 74, Norton St., West Gorton,
Manchester. Served in South Africa. HONEY G H L S GEOFFREY HENRY LE SUEUR Second Lieutenant King's Royal
Rifle Corps 5th Bn. attd. 17th Bn. 21-Oct-16 26 Pier and Face 13 A and
13 B. . Son of Ernest and Helen Le Sueur Honey, of 12, St. German's Place
Blackheath, London; husband of Ada Le Sueur Honey. ref. South African
Roll of Honour 1914-1918 HOSKEN V F VICTOR FREDERICK Second Lieutenant London Regiment 7th Bn.
. 07-Oct-16 25 Pier and Face 9 D 9 C 13 C and 12 C. . Son of Lt. Col.
Charles Victor and Natalie Hosken, of "Vicdene", Town Hill,
Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. Also served in German South West
Africa with Natal Carbineers. On Maritzburg College cenotaph. HUDDY E EDWARD Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment 11th Bn. 30-Jul-16
0 Pier and Face 5 A and 5 B. Killed in action ref. South African Roll
of Honour 1914-1918 JAMES C W CLEMENT WILBRAHAM Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment
(Prince of Wales's Own) 15th Bn. . 01-Jul-16 26 Pier and Face 2 A 2 C
and 2 D. Missing, Death Presumed Son of Mrs. Ellen Eliza James, of 203,
Sydenham Rd., Durban, Natal, South Africa, and the late Thomas Payne Saint
James. Commemoration stone in Pinetown (St. John's) Cemetery, Kwazulu
Natal JONES F D FRANK DOUGLAS Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers 10th Bn. 07-Jul-16
35 Pier and Face 3 C and 3 D. . Born 20-06-1881. ref. South African Roll
of Honour 1914-1918 JONES L B LAURENCE BERTRAM Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd
Bn. . 23-Oct-16 26 Pier and Face 1 C. . Son of David and Alice A. Jones,
of 37, Hawthorne Avenue, Uplands, Swansea. Joined 2nd Rhodesian Regiment,
was made Serjt. Analyst to the Armies under General Botha, and served
through the German South West African Campaign, on its completion came
to England and gained a Commission. JOSEPH E EVELYN Serjeant 336 Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Bn. . 23-Jul-16
29 Pier and Face 9 A 9 B and 10 B. Killed in action Son of Frederick M.
and Matilda Louise Joseph, of 108, Cape Rd., Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
KERSHAW H V HENRY VALDER Captain London Regiment 19th Bn. 15-Sep-16 38
Pier and Face 9 D 9 C 13 C and 12 C. . Son of Mrs. Georgina Kershaw, of
51, Briar Avenue, Norbury, London. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
KETTLE W G B WILLIAM GEORGE BURNET Rifleman 2435 London Regiment (Queen
Victoria's Rifles) 1st/9th Bn. 01-Jul-16 0 Pier and Face 9 C. . Born 29/1/1887.
Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. Left St Andrew’s
Sept. 1903. KILNER H HAROLD Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Anson Bn.
R.N. Div. . 13-Nov-16 0 Pier and Face 1 A. Killed in action, in Battle
of Ancre ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 LARGEN E C EDWARD CHARLES Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall's Light
Infantry 3rd Bn. attd. 1st Bn. 23-Jul-16 39 Pier and Face 6 B. . Son of
Walter Edwin Largen, of 215, Perth Avenue, Toronto, Canada. ref. South
African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 LITTLE W WILLIAM Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 6th Bn. 01-Oct-16
0 Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C. . ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
LONGSTAFF P PERCY Private 6450 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own
Civil Service Rifles) 1st/15th Bn. 07-Oct-16 0 Pier and Face 13 C. Killed
in action Born Cape Town, South Africa. Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War
CD LOW J D M JOSEPH DAVIDSON McKENZIE Second Lieutenant Royal Scots 6th
Bn. 13-Jul-16 37 Pier and Face 6 D and 7 D. . Husband of Mary Eliza Low,
of 6E, Fettes Avenue, Edinburgh. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
MANSEL W D P WILLIAM DU PRE Captain Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd Bn. 12-Oct-16
0 Pier and Face 3 C and 3 D. . ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
MARTIN P T PERCIVAL THOMAS Private Mar-47 Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
1st Bn. 23-Jul-16 0 Pier and Face 6 B. Killed in action Born Pretoria,
South Africa. Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD MARTIN R D ROBERT DOUGLAS Second Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment 1st Bn.
26-Aug-16 0 Pier and Face 13 A. . ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
MASON O T OVERTON TROLLOPE Second Lieutenant London Regiment (Queen Victoria's
Rifles) 1st/9th Bn. . 01-Jul-16 0 Pier and Face 9 C. . Son of Louis Henry
and S. A. Mason, of 565, Musgrave Rd., Durban, Natal, South Africa. Also
served in South Africa, 1914, and German South West Africa, then came
Overseas and joined O.T.C. MATHER G GEORGE Second Lieutenant London Regiment (Cyclists) 25th Bn.
04-Oct-16 0 Pier and Face 12 C. . ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
McMILLAN J A JOHN ARCHIBALD Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Anson Bn. R.N. Div. . 13-Nov-16 32 Pier and Face 1 A. Killed in action,
in Battle of Ancre Son of James and Ethel I. McMillan, of "The Retreat",
Bickley, Kent. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 MENLOVE E R M J EDWARD RUPERT MENLOW JENKINS Rifleman R/23951 King's
Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Bn. 09-Sep-16 0 Pier and Face 13 A and 13 B. . ref.
South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 MERRY N C R NORMAN CUTHBERT ROSS Captain Cheshire Regiment 10th Bn. 14-Jul-16
31 Pier and Face 3 C and 4 A. . Son of the late Col. James Merry, of Glasgow.
ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 MILLER J M J MONTAGUE Rifleman R/27296 King's Royal Rifle Corps 12th
Bn. 13-Feb-17 0 Pier and Face 13 A and 13 B. . On Cambridge Town war memorial
for 1914-18 MITCHELL G S GEORGE SMITH Rifleman 1628 Royal Irish Rifles 8th Bn. 05-Jul-16
0 Pier and Face 15 A and 15 B. Died of wounds Born and resided in Port
Elizabeth, South Africa. Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD MORTON H G HUGH GOLDIE Private G/11412 Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Bn.
27-Sep-16 35 Pier and Face 7 C. Killed in action Son of Hugh Goldie Morton
and Frances Amelia Green Morton. Born Cape Town, South Africa. Ref. Soldiers
Died in Great War CD MUIR J JOHN Private 23095 Highland Light Infantry 16th Bn. . 01-Jul-16
34 Pier and Face 15 C. . Son of William and Lillias Stodart Muir. A Bank
Agent, National Bank of South Africa, Krugersdorp, Transvaal. MURRAY P K PETER KINCAID Lance Corporal 4302 London Regiment (London
Scottish) 1st/14th Bn. 10-Sep-16 0 Pier and Face 9 C and 13 C. . ref.
South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 NEWBOLD P PHILIP Second Lieutenant Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
7th Bn. 13-Jul-16 29 Pier and Face 11 C. . Son of Eleanor I. Newbold,
of Imberley Lodge, East Grinstead, Sussex, and the late William Newbold.
Educated at Oriel College, Oxford; formerly of Kesima, Kenya Colony. ref.
South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 NOONAN J D Second Lieutenant Royal Munster Fusiliers 6th Bn. attd. 2nd
Bn. 24-Aug-16 0 Pier and Face 16 C. . Born in South Africa of Irish parentage.
He was under General Botha in the S.A. rebellion, and in Wexford during
the Irish Rebellion. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 O'CALLAGHAN J JAMES Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 13th Bn. 21-Oct-16
25 Pier and Face 3 C and 4 A. . Son of Mrs. O'Callaghan (nee O'Connor),
of "Rochford", Edermine, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford. ref. South
African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 O'CONNOR A C ARTHUR CATHAL Captain Norfolk Regiment 1st Bn. 27-Jul-16
0 Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. . On Rondebosch War Memorial in St. Paul's
Anglican Churchyard OLIVER E A EDGAR ALEXANDER Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 23rd Bn.
27-Jul-16 25 Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A. Killed in action Commemoration
stone in Johannesburg Braamfontein Cemetery. ref. South African Roll of
Honour 1914-1918 ORD L LEONARD Corporal R/15568 King's Royal Rifle Corps 9th Bn. 24-Aug-16
0 Pier and Face 13 A and 13 B. . ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
ORD-MACKENZIE D A DOUGLAS ALLAN Second Lieutenant London Regiment (Queen
Victoria's Rifles) 9th Bn. 24-Sep-16 28 Pier and Face 9 C. . Son of the
late Mr. W. H. and Mrs. C. Ord Mackenzie, of Albert Square, Bowdon, Cheshire.
ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 OTTLEY G G GLENDOWER GEORGE Major Royal Fusiliers attd. 9th Bn. East
Surrey Regiment 03-Sep-16 0 Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A. . Son of Richard
and Fanny Ottley; husband of Florence Mary Ottley, of Clanconnel, Catisfield,
Fareham, Hants. Served in the Tirah Campaign, on the Punjab Frontier,
1897-8, and in the South African War. ref. South African Roll of Honour
1914-1918 PADDON G W GEORGE WILLIAM Serjeant SPTS/1718 Royal Fusiliers 23rd Bn.
. 17-Feb-17 30 Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A. Killed in action Son of
George William and Mary Ann Paddon, of 223, Jules St., Jeppes Extension,
Johannesburg, South Africa. Born Standerton PARKHOUSE A E ALBERT EVELYN Lance Corporal 7545 London Regiment 1st/23rd
Bn. . 16-Sep-16 27 Pier and Face 9 D 9 C 13 C and 12 C. . Son of C. A.
Parkhouse, of 96, Thurlby Rd., Wembley, Middx.; husband of Elsie S. Roos
(formerly Parkhouse), of Pretoria, South Africa. PHELPS W J WILFRED JOHN Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment 9th Bn. 16-Sep-16
35 Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. . Son of Emma Phelps, of 10, Seward Terrace,
Writhlington, Bath, and the late Henry Phelps. ref. South African Roll
of Honour 1914-1918 POUND J M JOHN MATTHEW Captain Royal Marine Light Infantry 1st R.M. Bn.
R.N. Div. . 13-Nov-16 34 Pier and Face 1 A. Killed in action, in Battle
of Ancre, final phase of Battle of the Somme leading up to capture of
Beaucourt by 63rd (RN) Division ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
PRINGLE R L R RONALD LOCKHART RENNIE Lance Serjeant 5136 London Regiment
(London Scottish) 1st/14th Bn. . 01-Jul-16 22 Pier and Face 9 C and 13
C. . Son of Robert Henry and Enid E. Pringle, of Clifton, Craig Rennie,
Bedford, Cape Province, South Africa. His brother also died on service.
On Bedford Town War Memorial, Eastern Cape PRINGLE W R WILLIAM RENNIE Lieutenant South Lancashire Regiment 7th Bn.
. 22-Jul-16 23-Jul-16 24 Pier and Face 7 A and 7 B. . Son of Robert Henry
and Enid E. Pringle, of Clifton, Craig Rennie, Bedford, Cape Province,
South Africa. His brother also died on service. On Bedford Town War Memorial,
Eastern Cape RAWSON L R LIONEL REGINALD Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps 6th Bn. attd.
17th Bn. . 23-Oct-16 40 Pier and Face 13 A and 13 B. . Son of Charles
and Winifred Rawson, of Gore Lodge, Hampton, Middx. Served in the South
African Campaign, also in German South West Africa with Rhodesian Regt.
M C LG Sup 11 December 1916 - "For conspicuous gallantry in action.
He organised clearing and consolidating parties under intense fire, and
by his personal example inspired his company to excellent work." ROSE A D ALEXANDER DANIEL Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince
of Wales's Own) 17th Bn. 31-Aug-17 36 Pier and Face 2 A 2 C and 2 D. .
Son of Neil and Mary M. Duncan Rose, of I, Ford Place, Finnest St., Greenock.
Served in South Africa (1914) with Rand Rifles, also in German South West
Africa. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 M C, D C M MC Sup
21 Dec 1916 - "For conspicuous gallantry in action. With a small
party, he cut through 18 feet of very thick wire under heavy fire. Later,
with the help of another officer, he skilfully placed two torpedoes in
the enemy's wire." ROWE H T J HERBERT THOMAS JOHN Private 4909 London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
1st Bn. 15-Sep-16 24 Pier and Face 9 D and 16 B. . Son of Arthur John
Rowe, of Mounts Bay, Berkeley St. Gardens, Cape Town, and the late Margaret
Rowe. Also served in German South West Africa with the Cape Town Highlanders.
SCHOFIELD J H C JAMES HUMPHREY CLARE Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry
1st Bn. attd. 15th Bn. 26-Sep-16 28 Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C. . Son
of Sarah Schofield, of West Bank, Healey, Rochdale, Lancs., and the late
Edward Schofield. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 SIM N Y NORMAN YOUNG Second Lieutenant London Regiment (Queen Victoria's
Rifles) 9th Bn. . 09-Sep-16 24 Pier and Face 9 C. . Killed in action at
Bouleaux Wood, near Combles, while voluntarily serving as a stand, no
other suitable emplacement being available for a Lewis gun, which it was
necessary to get into action quickly. Son of the late Andrew Sim, and
of Mary Sim, of Trio, SIMKINS W F WALTER FRANCIS Second Lieutenant Duke of Wellington's (West
Riding Regiment) 3rd Bn. attd. 2nd Bn. . 10-Oct-16 21 Pier and Face 6
A and 6 B. . Son of Edward Walter and Jessie Thompson Simkins, of 358,
Longmarket St., Maritzburg, Natal, South Africa. Also served in German
South West Africa. SINGER D DAVID Private 305779 The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 8th Bn.
08-Aug-16 0 Addenda Panel. . On Pilgrim's Rest New Cemetery war memorial,
Mpumulanga SKIDMORE W E WILLIAM ELIAS Serjeant 9032 Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd Bn.
30-Jul-16 29 Pier and Face 3 C. Killed in action Son of Robert Elias and
Francess Skidmore, of Cliffe House, Marston Montgomery, Derby. Born Nantwich,
Cheshire, England, 03/10/1887 Prior to joining police, served 6 yrs with
Royal Scots Fusiliers. Attested Transvaal Police. 11/02/1913. Stationed
Johannesburg. Released to rejoin Royal Scots Fusiliers 17/08/1914, no.
9032. Promoted C.S.M. D C M, Mentioned in Despatches LG Sup 5 Aug 1915
DCM - "For conspicuous gallantry on the 17th May, 1915, at Festubert,
in assisting his Company Officer to lead the Company to attack after the
original Company Officers had fallen, and the men had become somewhat
demoralized by being driven back by very heavy shell fire. He subsequently
assisted in carrying back three wounded men under heavy fire." M.I.
D. LG Sup 1 Jan 1916 SMITH C J CORNELIUS JOHANNES Private 15819 Essex Regiment 2nd Bn. 01-Jul-16
38 Pier and Face 10 D. . Son of Jan Cornelius and Johanna Hendrika Cornelia
Smith; husband of the late Sarah Stephan. ref. South African Roll of Honour
1914-1918 STEWART L G LAWRENCE GARDNER Rifleman R/15640 King's Royal Rifle Corps
2nd Bn. . 09-Sep-16 0 Pier and Face 13 A and 13 B. . Adopted son of the
late Mrs. Sarah Robertson Stewart. Came from Southern Rhodesia to enlist.
STODART G GILBERT Private 4720 Highland Light Infantry 9th (Glasgow Hdrs.)
Bn. 01-Nov-16 0 Pier and Face 15 C. . ref. South African Roll of Honour
1914-1918 TALBOT N H NORMAN HALE Second Lieutenant Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
5th Bn. formerly Honourable Artillery Company 24-Aug-16 26 Pier and Face
10 A and 10 D. . Son of Alfred George and Frances Hannah Talbot, of 12,
Lewisham Hill, Lewisham, London. Also served in South Africa (1914) with
South African Forces. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 TAYLOR A J G ALISTER J G Lance Corporal 41005 Highland Light Infantry
16th Bn. formerly 10677 Scot. Rifles 18-Nov-16 0 Pier and Face 15 C. Killed
in action Born Parkhurst, Isle of Wight. Enlisted and resided in Transvaal,
South Africa. TAYLOR L W LIONEL WILLIAM Lance Corporal 2414 London Regiment (Queen
Victoria's Rifles) 1st/9th Bn. 01-Jul-16 30 Pier and Face 9 C. . Only
son of Mr. J. W. and Mrs. M. E. Taylor, of 30, Florence Rd., Wimbledon,
London. Embarked for France 1914. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
THOMSON A S ARTHUR STEWART Second Lieutenant London Regiment 7th Bn.
. 15-Sep-16 23 Pier and Face 9 D 9 C 13 C and 12 C. . Son of Fred and
Harriet Thomson, of Stutterheim, Cape Province, South Africa. TULLOCH E S C ERNEST St CLAIR Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 11th
Bn. 07-Jul-16 0 Pier and Face 10 B 11 B and 12 B. . ref. South African
Roll of Honour 1914-1918 TUTTIETT L W LAURENCE WILLIAM Captain Royal Sussex Regiment 12th Bn.
03-Sep-16 26 Pier and Face 7 C. . Only Son of Laurence Rayner Tuttiett;
husband of Frances Alice Tuttiett, of 89 The Avenue, West Ealing, London.
ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 TYSON P E PERCY ELDIN Second Lieutenant Welsh Regiment 3rd Bn. attd.
2nd Bn. formerly South African Mounted Rifles 08-Dec-16 26 Pier and Face
7 A and 10 A. Killed in action Son of John and Annie Tyson, of 17, Risca
Rd., Newport, Mon. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918. WATSON C E S CHARLES EDWARD STEPHENS Second Lieutenant East Lancashire
Regiment 1st Bn. . 01-Jul-16 20 Pier and Face 6 C. . Son of William Stephens
Watson and Alice Maude Watson, of Cape Town. Educated at the High School,
Rondebosch, Cape Province; Kent College, Canterbury, England; and R.M.C.
Sandhurst. Gazetted July, 1915. Served with the R.N. Res. at Simonstown,
1914. WHITE R S ROY STILLMAN Corporal 18197 King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd
Bn. 30-Jul-16 0 Pier and Face 4 A and 4 D. Killed in action Born Cape
Town, South Africa. Ref. Soldiers Died in Great War CD WILES G B GEORGE B Serjeant K/1058 Royal Fusiliers 22nd Bn. . 25-Jul-16
0 Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A. . Son of Frederick Albert and Ellen
Wiles, of Johannesburg, South Africa. His brother also died on service
M M WILLIAMS H E HAROLD EDWARD Second Lieutenant London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
1st Bn. . 07-Oct-16 08-Oct-16 30 Pier and Face 9 D and 16 B. . Son of
Edwin and Florence Williams, of "Latimers," Beaconsfield, Bucks.
Volunteered in August, 1914, for Service in South Africa but was rejected.
Resigned his post in the Standard Bank, Rhodesia, in 1916; paid his passage
home and enlisted. WILLIAMS L A LLOYD ALLISON Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall's Light
Infantry 1st Bn. 20-Jul-16 22 Pier and Face 6 B. Killed in action, shellfire
Son of the Rev. Ellis Jones Williams and Minnie Williams, of 20, Alexandra
Rd., Market Drayton, Salop. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918.
born in Natal, South Africa in 1893 and was educated at Kingswood School,
Bath, England before entering the Civil Service. On outbreak of War in
1914, he enlisted in the Black Watch. In March 1915, he received his commision
in the DCLI.. Lt Williams was killed by shellfire, aged 22, on 20 July
1916 while holding a trench with his platoon near Longueval during the
Battle of the Somme. WILSON G C C GAVAIN COLBORNE CAMPBELL Private 43364 Norfolk Regiment
1st Bn. . 04-Sep-16 20 Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D. . Son of William Campbell
Wilson, and Mary Elizabeth Wilson, of Star Cottage, Morcombelake, Bridport,
Dorset; husband of Lucy Lydia Hart (formerly Wilson), of Bulawayo, Rhodesia.
WILSON J JAMES Rifleman R/2877 King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Bn. 23-Jul-16
0 Pier and Face 13 A and 13 B. . ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
WOODLAND H L HERBERT LANCELOT Second Lieutenant The King's (Liverpool
Regiment) 10th Bn. . 09-Aug-16 32 Pier and Face 1 D 8 B and 8 C. . Son
of the late Rev. Clement Colby Woodland, and Frances Woodland, of Hammerwood,
East Grinstead, Sussex. Also served in South Africa. ZEEDERBERG E ERIC COVENTRY Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 20th Bn.
. 20-Jul-16 28 Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A. . (Served as COVENTRY).
Son of Roelof Abraham Zeederberg and Anna Magdalena Barbara Zeederberg
(nee Coventry), of Cape Town. On Rondebosch War Memorial in St. Paul's
Anglican Churchyard TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY - Somme Tincourt is a village about 7 kilometres east of Peronne and Tincourt
New British Cemetery is on the west side of the village, just off the
D199. The villages were occupied by British troops in March, 1917, during
the German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line; and from the following May
until March, 1918, Tincourt became a centre for Casualty Clearing Stations.
On the 23rd March, 1918, the villages were evacuated; and they were recovered,
in a ruined condition, about the 6th September. From that month to December,
1918, Casualty Clearing Stations were again posted on the site of Tincourt.
The cemetery was begun in June, 1917, and used until September, 1919;
the few German burials, during their occupation of the village, are in
Plot VI, Row A. After the Armistice it was used for the reburial of soldiers
found on the battlefield, or buried in small French or German cemeteries.
The graves of 136 American soldiers, buried here in the autumn of 1918,
and one who died in December, 1917, and those of two Italian soldiers
have been removed to other cemeteries. There are now nearly 2,000, 1914-18
war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over 250 are unidentified
and special memorials are erected to seven soldiers from the United Kingdom
and one from Australia, known or believed to be buried among them. Other
special memorials record the names of 21 soldiers from the United Kingdom,
two from Canada, one from Australia and one from South Africa, buried
in other cemeteries, whose graves were destroyed by shell fire. The cemetery
covers an area of 6,149 square metres. The following were among the graveyards
from which British graves were concentrated to Tincourt New British Cemetery:-
BARLEUX FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY No. 2, between Barleux and Belloy-en-Santerre,
containing the graves of two soldiers of the 1st Loyal North Lancs who
fell in February, 1917. BERNES CHURCHYARD (near Roisel, in the Somme),
which contained the graves of 18 soldiers from the United Kingdom, one
Canadian, and 38 German. HOWITZER WOOD CEMETERY, CLERY-SUR-SOMME, a French
cemetery in the Bois des Ourages, containing the graves of three soldiers
from the United Kingdom and one from Australia. JEANCOURT INDIAN CEMETERY
(close to Jeancourt Communal Cemetery), in which 15 Indian cavalrymen
were buried in 1917 and to which 541 German graves were concentrated after
the Armistice. LE MESNIL CHURCHYARD GERMAN EXTENSION (at Le Mesnil-Bruntel),
which contained the graves of ten soldiers from the United Kingdom and
150 German soldiers. LE VERGUIER GERMAN CEMETERY, near the Church, containing
292 German graves and those of five soldiers from the United Kingdom who
fell in April, 1918. LONGAVESNES BRITISH CEMETERY, on the West side of
that village, containing the graves of 19 soldiers from the United Kingdom
and three American soldiers, who fell in September and October, 1918.
MAGNY-LA-FOSSE CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, made by an Advanced Dressing Station
in October, 1918, and containing the graves of seven soldiers from the
United Kingdom and one from Australia and three men of the Chinese Labour
Corps. MANANCOURT CHURCHYARD, which was closed to civil burials in 1865
but was used by both sides in the War. It contained the graves of ten
soldiers from the United Kingdom and one from South Africa. MARQUAIX GERMAN
CEMETERY, on the North side of that village, containing the graves of
ten soldiers from the United Kingdom, one French and 338 German. PERONNE
COMMUNAL CEMETERY GERMAN EXTENSION, containing the graves of 25 British
and 824 German soldiers. RAMICOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, made by
the Germans and taken over in October, 1918, by the British. It contained
the graves of ten soldiers from Australia and one from the United Kingdom.
SUZANNE FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY No. 1, near the Chateau of Suzanne, containing
the graves of one soldier from the United Kingdom, one from Australia,
255 French and one German. TINCOURT GERMAN CEMETERY, near the German hospitals
to the South-West of the village. It was used in the summer of 1918, and
it contained the graves of 13 soldiers from the United Kingdom, three
from Canada and one from Australia. VRAIGNES CHURCHYARD, in which three
soldiers from the United Kingdom were buried by the enemy in March and
April, 1918. VRAIGNES COMMUNAL CEMETERY GERMAN EXTENSION, in which one
British and 117 German soldiers were buried. ***visit by Project director November 2011 VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL - Somme Villers-Bretonneux is a village 16 kilometres east of Amiens on the straight
main road to St Quentin. The Memorial stands in Villers-Bretonneux Military
Cemetery, which is about 2 kilometres north of the village on the east
side of the road to Fouilloy. Villers-Bretonneux became famous in 1918,
when the German advance on Amiens ended in the capture of the village
by their tanks and infantry on 23 April. On the following day, the 4th
and 5th Australian Divisions, with units of the 8th and 18th Divisions,
recaptured the whole of the village and on 8 August 1918, the 2nd and
5th Australian Divisions advanced from its eastern outskirts in the Battle
of Amiens. The VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL is the Australian national
memorial erected to commemorate all Australian soldiers who fought in
France and Belgium during the First World War, to their dead, and especially
to those of the dead whose graves are not known. The 10,700 Australian
servicemen actually named on the memorial died in the battlefields of
the Somme, Arras, the German advance of 1918 and the Advance to Victory.
The memorial was unveiled by King George VI in July 1938. The memorial
stands within VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY, which was made after
the Armistice when graves were brought in from other burial grounds in
the area and from the battlefields. Plots I to XX were completed by 1920
and contain mostly Australian graves, almost all from the period March
to August 1918. Plots IIIA, VIA, XIIIA and XVIA, and Rows in other Plots
lettered AA, were completed by 1925, and contain a much larger proportion
of unidentified graves brought from a wider area. Later still, 444 graves
were brought in from Dury Hospital Military Cemetery. There are now 2,141
Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated
in this cemetery. 608 of the burials are unidentified but there are special
memorials to five casualties known or believed to be buried among them,
and to 15 buried in other cemeteries whose graves could not be found on
concentration. The cemetery also contains the graves of two New Zealand
airmen of the Second World War. Both cemetery and memorial were designed
by Sir Edwin Lutyens. VAN DEN BERG A F ABRAHAM FRANCIS Sergeant 667 Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
18th Bn. "B" Coy. 03-May-17 22 Killed in action, near Bullecourt
Son of Martin Van Den Berg, Middleburg, Cape Colony, South Africa VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY - Somme Villers-Bretonneux is a village 16 kilometres east of Amiens on the straight
main road to St Quentin. The Cemetery is about 2 kilometres north of the
village on the east side of the road to Fouilloy. Villers-Bretonneux became
famous in 1918, when the German advance on Amiens ended in the capture
of the village by their tanks and infantry on 23 April. On the following
day, the 4th and 5th Australian Divisions, with units of the 8th and 18th
Divisions, recaptured the whole of the village and on 8 August 1918, the
2nd and 5th Australian Divisions advanced from its eastern outskirts in
the Battle of Amiens. VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY was made after
the Armistice when graves were brought in from other burial grounds in
the area and from the battlefields. Plots I to XX were completed by 1920
and contain mostly Australian graves, almost all from the period March
to August 1918. Plots IIIA, VIA, XIIIA and XVIA, and Rows in other Plots
lettered AA, were completed by 1925, and contain a much larger proportion
of unidentified graves brought from a wider area. Later still, 444 graves
were brought in from Dury Hospital Military Cemetery. There are now 2,141
Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated
in this cemetery. 608 of the burials are unidentified but there are special
memorials to five casualties known or believed to be buried among them,
and to 15 buried in other cemeteries whose graves could not be found on
concentration. The cemetery also contains the graves of two New Zealand
airmen of the Second World War. Within the cemetery stands the VILLERS-BRETONNEUX
MEMORIAL, the Australian national memorial erected to commemorate all
Australian soldiers who fought in France and Belgium during the First
World War, to their dead, and especially to those of the dead whose graves
are not known. The 10,700 Australian servicemen actually named on the
memorial died in the battlefields of the Somme, Arras, the German advance
of 1918 and the Advance to Victory. The memorial was unveiled by King
George VI in July 1938. Both cemetery and memorial were designed by Sir
Edwin Lutyens. MANSBRIDGE T F TOM FRANKLIN Private 3395 Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
44th Bn. 03-Jun-18 0 X. A. 8. Killed in action Son of William Henry and
Margaret Mansbridge; husband of I. M. Mansbridge, of Caxton Rd., Claremont,
Western Australia. Born in Ireland. On Bezuidenhout Valley War Memorial WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION - Somme Warloy-Baillon is a village about 21 kilometres north-east of Amiens
along the D919 to Arras. The Communal Cemetery is on the east side of
the village and the extension is on the eastern side of the cemetery.
The first Commonwealth burial took place in the communal cemetery in October
1915 and the last on 1 July 1916. By that date, field ambulances had come
to the village in readiness for the attack on the German front line eight
kilometres away, and the extension was begun on the eastern side of the
cemetery. The fighting from July to November 1916 on the northern part
of the Somme front accounts for the majority of the burials in the extension,
but some are from the German attack in the spring of 1918. The extension
contains 1,331 First World War Commonwealth burials and two from the Second
World War. There are also 18 German war graves in the extension. The communal
cemetery contains 46 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 158
French war graves. The extension was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield. MURRAY W R WILLIAM ROLAND Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and General
List 11-Nov-17 0 VI. E. 3. Killed in action On Bezuidenhout Valley War
Memorial. ref. Ancestry24.co.za & South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 UNKNOWN LOCATION - Cannes area cemetery? FREUND E M ELIZABETH MARIE Nursing Sister South African Military Nursing
Service 04-May-18 0 Died of cancer, at Cannes ref. Ancestry24.co.za &
ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918 ***Not yet accepted for War
Grave Status by CWGC, need service file
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