WW1 Revisited
A Great War Journey with Paul Reed
Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt is 16 kilometres south-east of Arras and 4 kilometres south of the Arras-Cambrai main road. Dominion Cemetery is 2.5 kilometres north-east of the village, about 545 metres from the road.
Dominion Cemetery
Dominion Cemetery
Dominion Cemetery
Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt was captured by the 57th (West Lancashire) and 52nd (Lowland) Division on the night of the 1st-2nd September 1918. Dominion Cemetery was made by Canadian units in September 1918, after the storming by the Canadian Corps of the Drocourt-Queant Line; Imperial Cemetery, to the West of the village, has now been removed to H.A.C. Cemetery, Ecoust-St. Mein. The grave of one Canadian airman was brought in after the Armistice from an isolated position some kilometres to the East.
Dominion Cemetery
Dominion Cemetery
Dominion Cemetery
Dominion Cemetery
Dominion Cemetery
There are now over 200, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified and a special memorial is erected to a Canadian soldier believed to be buried among them.
Arthur George Knight, VC
Arthur George Knight, VC
The cemetery covers an area of 818 square metres and is enclosed by a flint and rubble wall.
Number of burials by Unit
| 15th Bn. Canadian Inf. (1st Central Ontario Regt.) |
47
|
16th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Manitoba Regt.) |
34
|
|
| 14th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Quebec Regt.) |
30
|
13th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Quebec Regt.) |
20
|
|
| Royal Garrison Artillery |
11
|
29th Bn. Canadian Inf. (British Columbia Regt.) |
9
|
|
| 3rd Bn. Canadian Inf. (1st Central Ontario Regt.) |
8
|
27th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Manitoba Regt.) |
7
|
|
| 19th Bn. Canadian Inf. (1st Central Ontario Regt.) |
6
|
21st Bn. Canadian Inf. (Eastern Ontario Regt.) |
6
|
|
| 10th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Alberta Regt.) |
5
|
4th Bn. Canadian Inf. (1st Central Ontario Regt.) |
5
|
|
| Canadian Engineers |
5
|
Canadian Machine Gun Corps |
5
|
|
| 1st Bn. Canadian Inf. (Western Ontario Regt.) |
4
|
25th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Nova Scotia Regt.) |
3
|
|
| 7th Bn. Canadian Inf. (British Columbia Regt.) |
3
|
Canadian Light Trench Mortar Battery |
3
|
|
| Royal Field Artillery |
3
|
18th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Western Ontario Regt.) |
2
|
|
| 20th Bn. Canadian Inf. (1st Central Ontario Regt.) |
2
|
Canadian Garrison Artillery |
2
|
|
| 22nd Bn. Canadian Inf. (Quebec Regt.) |
1
|
2nd Bn. Canadian Inf. (Eastern Ontario Regt.) |
1
|
|
| 8th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Manitoba Regt.) |
1
|
Canadian Army Service Corps |
1
|
|
| Canadian Field Artillery |
1
|
Royal Munster Fusiliers |
1
|
|
| Identified UK & Commonwealth Burials |
226
|
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| Unidentified Burials |
5
|
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| Total Burials |
231
|
The village of Caix is situated about 28 kilometres south-east of Amiens, midway between the N29, Amiens to St. Quentin road, and the D934, Amiens to Roye road. Caix British Cemetery is south of the village. From the centre of the village on the main road, D28, in the direction of Beaucourt en Santerre, turn left at the D41 in the direction of Le Quesnel. About 200 metres along this road is the local communal cemetery and the first CWGC signpost will be found. Turn left just before the local cemetery and follow the side road where the British Cemetery will be found on the right.
Caix British Cemetery
Caix British Cemetery
Caix British Cemetery
Caix British Cemetery
Caix was occupied by Commonwealth troops in March 1917, lost during the German advance in March 1918, and recaptured on 8 August 1918 by the Canadian Corps. Caix British Cemetery (called at first Caix New British Cemetery) was made after the Armistice when graves (mainly of March and August 1918) were brought in from the battlefields and from small cemeteries in the neighbourhood. The cemetery now contains 365 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 70 of them unidentified.
Caix British Cemetery
Caix British Cemetery
Caix British Cemetery
The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker.
Number of burials by Unit
| 31st Bn. Canadian Inf. (Alberta Regt.) |
23
|
78th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Manitoba Regt.) |
18
|
|
| 4th Bn. Canadian Inf. (1st Central Ontario Regt.) |
17
|
Canadian Field Artillery |
15
|
|
| Canadian Machine Gun Corps |
14
|
Canadian Engineers |
12
|
|
| 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (1st Central Ontario Regt.) |
12
|
49th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Alberta Regt.) |
11
|
|
| Australian Forces |
9
|
Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force |
9
|
|
| Royal Army Medical Corps |
8
|
22nd Bn. Canadian Inf. (Quebec Regt.) |
8
|
|
| 24th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Quebec Regt.) |
8
|
Tank Corps |
7
|
|
| 75th Bn. Canadian Inf. (1st Central Ontario Regt.) |
6
|
28th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Saskatchewan Regt.) |
6
|
|
| Royal Field Artillery |
6
|
87th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Quebec Regt.) |
6
|
|
| 17th (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Lancers |
6
|
85th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Nova Scotia Regt.) |
6
|
|
| Northamptonshire Regt. |
5
|
25th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Nova Scotia Regt.) |
4
|
|
| 10th (PWO Royal) Hussars |
3
|
3rd Bn. Canadian Inf. (1st Central Ontario Regt.) |
3
|
|
| 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (1st Central Ontario Regt.) |
3
|
Gloucestershire Regt. |
3
|
|
| 26th Bn. Canadian Inf. (New Brunswick Regt.) |
3
|
Royal Army Service Corps |
3
|
|
| Durham Light Inf. |
3
|
East Lancashire Regt. |
3
|
|
| 18th (Queen Mary’s Own) Hussars |
2
|
10th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Alberta Regt.) |
2
|
|
| 50th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Alberta Regt.) |
2
|
5th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Saskatchewan Regt.) |
2
|
|
| Sherwood Foresters (Notts. & Derbys Regt.) |
2
|
7th Bn. Canadian Inf. (British Columbia Regt.) |
2
|
|
| Rifle Brigade |
2
|
Machine Gun Corps (Cav.) |
2
|
|
| 47th Bn. Canadian Inf. (Western Ontario Regt.) |
2
|
Lord Strathcona’s Horse |
2
|
|
| 42nd Bn. Canadian Inf. (Quebec Regt.) |
2
|
19th Bn. Canadian Inf. (1st Central Ontario Regt.) |
1
|
|
| 4th (Queen’s Own) Hussars |
1
|
11th (Prince Albert’s Own) Hussars |
1
|
|
| 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards |
1
|
29th Bn. Canadian Inf. (British Columbia Regt.) |
1
|
|
| Canadian Army Service Corps |
1
|
19th (Queen Alexandra’s Own Royal) Hussars |
1
|
|
| King’s Liverpool Regt. |
1
|
South Lancashire Regt. |
1
|
|
| Royal Engineers |
1
|
Royal Canadian Dragoons |
1
|
|
| North Staffordshire Regt. |
1
|
North Somerset Yeomanry |
1
|
|
| Middlesex Regt. |
1
|
Manchester Regt. |
1
|
|
| Machine Gun Corps (Inf.) |
1
|
Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) |
1
|
|
| King’s Royal Rifle Corps |
1
|
5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales) Dragoon Guards |
1
|
|
| Essex Regt. |
1
|
Dorsetshire Yeomanry |
1
|
|
| Cheshire Regt. |
1
|
Canadian Royal Horse Artillery |
1
|
|
| Canadian Light Trench Mortar Bty. |
1
|
Canadian Corps Military Police |
1
|
|
| Canadian Army Medical Corps |
1
|
7th (Princess Royal’s) Dragoon Guards |
1
|
|
| Leicestershire Yeomanry |
1
|
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| Identified UK & Commonwealth Burials |
290
|
|||
| Unidentified Burials |
70
|
|||
| Total Burials |
360
|
Puisieux is a village 15 kilometres north of Albert and 26 kilometres south of Arras. The easiest way to reach the cemetery is to follow the D919 from Arras (sometimes indicated as N319), through the villages of Ayette, Bucquoy and Puisieux. Continue along this road, past the tiny village of Serre-les Puisieux, until you come to a large farm surrounded by tall poplar trees and adjacent to the large Serre Road Cemetery No.1. On your right, you will see a set of CWGC direction signs indicating the way to a group of small cemeteries and the Sheffield Memorial Park.
Queens Cemetery Puisieux is the second cemetery along the dirt track. It is situated in open fields facing the memorial park.
Queen’s Cemetery, Puisieux
Queen’s Cemetery, Puisieux
Queen’s Cemetery, Puisieux
Queen’s Cemetery, Puisieux
Queen’s Cemetery, Puisieux
Queen’s Cemetery, Puisieux
The village of Puisieux was taken by Commonwealth forces on the 28 February 1917, lost on the 26 March 1918 and recovered on the following 21 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. Queens Cemetery (originally known as Queens V Corps Cemetery No 4) is on the old front line of July 1916, south of Mark Copse, one of four small plantations that were on or close behind the line between Serre and Hebuterne. The graves are of casualties of the 31st, 3rd and 19th Divisions who died in July and November 1916, and February 1917. There are now 311 First World War burials in the cemetery, 131 of them unidentified. The cemetery was designed by N A Rew.
Number of burials by Unit
| East Lancashire Regiment |
50
|
York and Lancaster Regiment |
46
|
|
| Suffolk Regiment |
19
|
Royal Welsh Fusiliers |
18
|
|
| West Yorkshire Regiment |
13
|
East Yorkshire Regiment |
13
|
|
| Gordon Highlanders |
12
|
King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry |
4
|
|
| Worcestershire Regiment |
4
|
Royal Scots Fusiliers |
1
|
|
| Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) |
1
|
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| Identified burials |
181
|
|||
| Unidentified burials |
131
|
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| Total number of burials |
312
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Using the D919 from Arras to Amiens you will drive through the villages of Bucquoy and Puisieux and then Serre-les-Puisieux (approximately 20 kilometres south of Arras). On leaving Serre-les-Puisieux, 600 metres further along the D919 there is a right hand turn onto a small lane which will take you directly to Luke Copse British Cemetery. It must, however, be emphasised that this lane is not suitable for cars and buses.
Luke Copse Cemetery
Luke Copse Cemetery
Luke Copse Cemetery
Luke Copse Cemetery
The village of Puisieux was taken by Commonwealth forces on the 28 February 1917, lost on the 26 March 1918 and recovered on the following 21 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. Luke Copse British Cemetery (originally known as V Corps Cemetery No. 19) is on the old front line of July 1916. It is named from one of four small plantations that were on or close behind that line, between Serre and Hebuterne. The graves are of casualties of the 31st and 3rd Divisions, who died in attacks on 1 July and 13 November 1916. There are now 72 First World War burials in the cemetery, 28 of them unidentified. The cemetery was designed by N A Rew.
Number of burials by Unit
| Suffolk Regiment |
18
|
York and Lancaster Regiment |
14
|
|
| East Yorkshire Regiment |
10
|
King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment |
2
|
|
|
Identified burials
|
44
|
|||
|
Unidentified burials
|
28
|
|||
|
Total Number of burials
|
72
|
Courcelette is a village some 10 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert, just off the D929 road to Bapaume. Courcelette British Cemetery, signposted in the village, is approximately 1 kilometre west of the village on the south side of a track (suitable for cars) from the secondary road from Courcelette to Pozieres.
Courcelette British Cemetery
Courcelette British Cemetery
Courcelette British Cemetery
The commune and the village of Courcelette were the scene of very heavy fighting in September 1916. On the 15th September 1916, the village was included in the extreme left of the Allied attack and was taken by the 2nd Canadian Division supported by tanks, with the 4th and 6th Brigades storming the outer trenches and the sugar factory, and the 5th Brigade seizing the village. It was destroyed by German artillery after its capture and remained very close to the front line until the German retreat in the following spring. The cemetery was begun in November 1916 (as Mouquet Road or Sunken Road Cemetery), and used until March 1917. The original 74 burials are now parts of Plot I, Rows A to F. On 25 March 1918, Courcelette passed into German hands, but was retaken on 24th August 1918.
Courcelette British Cemetery
Courcelette British Cemetery
Courcelette British Cemetery
Courcelette British Cemetery
Courcelette British Cemetery
Courcelette British Cemetery
The cemetery was greatly enlarged after the Armistice when almost 2,000 graves were brought in, mostly those of men who died around Courcelette and Pozieres in 1916. There are now 1,970 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 1,180 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to nine casualties five believed to be buried among them.
Courcelette British Cemetery
Courcelette British Cemetery
Courcelette British Cemetery
Courcelette British Cemetery
The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker.
Courcelette British Cemetery
Courcelette British Cemetery
Courcelette British Cemetery
Courcelette British Cemetery
Courcelette British Cemetery
Number of Burials by Unit
| Canadian burials |
398
|
Australian burials |
215
|
|
| Royal Field Artillery |
32
|
Royal Fusiliers |
19
|
|
| King’s Royal Rifle Corps |
14
|
Dorsetshire Regiment |
12
|
|
| Northumberland Fusiliers |
12
|
South Staffordshire Regiment |
9
|
|
| Cheshire Regiment |
8
|
Royal Berkshire Regiment |
7
|
|
| Lancashire Fusiliers |
5
|
Royal Engineers |
5
|
|
| King’s Liverpool Regiment |
4
|
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment |
4
|
|
| Manchester Regiment |
4
|
Norfolk Regiment |
4
|
|
| Northamptonshire Regiment |
4
|
Machine Gun Corps |
3
|
|
| Middlesex Regiment |
3
|
Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry |
3
|
|
| East Surrey Regiment |
2
|
East Yorkshire Regiment |
2
|
|
| Essex Regiment |
2
|
Gordon Highlanders |
2
|
|
| Royal Scots – Lothian Regiment |
2
|
Royal Sussex Regiment |
2
|
|
| Royal West Kent Regiment |
2
|
Suffolk Regiment |
2
|
|
| Bedfordshire Regiment |
1
|
Black Watch |
1
|
|
| Border Regiment |
1
|
Queen’s – Royal West Surrey Regiment |
1
|
|
| Royal Army Medical Corps |
1
|
Royal Irish Fusiliers |
1
|
|
| Royal Irish Rifles |
1
|
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| Identified burials |
788
|
|||
| Unidentified burials |
1177
|
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| Total burials |
1965
|
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, 600 metres further along the D919, there is a right turn onto a small lane which will take you directly to Serre Road No.3 Cemetery. It must, however, be emphasised that this lane is not suitable for cars and buses.
Serre Road No 3
Serre Road No 3
Serre Road No 3
The “Serre Road” was, in June 1916, the road leading out of Mailly-Maillet, in British hands, and entering No Man’s Land about 1,170 metres South-West of Serre, which was held by the Germans. The 31st and 4th Divisions attacked North and South of this road on the 1st July 1916; parties of the 31st Division reached Serre, but the attack failed. The 3rd and 31st Divisions renewed the attempt, without success, on the 11th November. The Germans evacuated Serre on the 24th February 1917, and the 22nd Manchesters entered the village on the following morning. In the spring of 1917, the battlefields of the Ancre were cleared by the V Corps and a number of cemeteries made, three of which are named from the Serre Road. They fell into enemy hands on the 25th March 1918 but were recovered on the following 14th August.
Serre Road No 3
Serre Road No 3
Serre Road No 3
Serre Road No 3
Serre Road No 3
Serre Road No 3
Serre Road Cemetery No. 3, was made by the V Corps in the spring of 1917. There are now over 80, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over half are unidentified and special memorials are erected to four men who are known or believed to be buried among them. The cemetery covers an area of 293 square metres and is enclosed by a rubble wall.
Number of burials by Unit
| West Yorkshire Regt. |
17
|
East Lancashire Regt. |
6
|
|
| Royal Welsh Fusiliers |
3
|
Royal Scots Fusiliers |
2
|
|
| East Yorkshire Regt. |
1
|
Gordon Highlanders |
1
|
|
| King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt. |
1
|
King’s Shropshire Light Inf. |
1
|
|
| Machine Gun Corps (Inf.) |
1
|
Suffolk Regt. |
1
|
|
| York and Lancaster Regt. |
1
|
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| Identified burials |
35
|
|||
| Unidentified UK burials: |
49
|
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| Total burials |
84
|
Cuckoo Passage Cemetery is midway between Heninel and Fontaine-les-Croisilles. The village of Heninel will be found on the D33 road, Boisleux St Marc to Wancourt. From Rue de Wancourt, turn right to Rue de St Germain, then left at the fork for 800 metres, then right at the fork on road to Cherisy Road East Cemetery (CWGC signposted). 1 kilometre further on road access to a small track will be seen and Cuckoo Passage Cemetery is 120 metres along this track.
Cuckoo Passage Cemetery
Cuckoo Passage Cemetery
Cuckoo Passage Cemetery
Cuckoo Passage Cemetery
Cuckoo Passage Cemetery (named from a trench which ran from north-east to south-west beside the site of the cemetery) was begun by a divisional burial officer in April 1917 and closed in May. The cemetery contains 54 First World War burials, one of which is unidentified.
Cherisy Road East Cemetery is east of the village of Heninel, between the roads to Cherisy and Fontaine-les-Croisilles. The village of Heninel will be found on the D33 road, Boisleux St Marc to Wancourt. From Rue de Wancourt, turn right on to Rue de St Germain, then left at the fork, and Cherisy Road East Cemetery is sited 800 metres further on, just after a right fork on the road to Cherisy. A CWGC signpost will be seen.
Cherisy Road East Cemetery
Cherisy Road East Cemetery
Cherisy Road East Cemetery
The village of Heninel was captured in a snowstorm on 12 April 1917 by the 56th (London) and 21st Division. The 50th (Northumbrian) Division, advancing from Heninel on the two following days, captured Wancourt Tower. Cherisy Road East Cemetery was made by the 30th and 33rd Division Burial Officers in April 1917. The cemetery contains 82 First World War burials, 19 of which are unidentified.
Fampoux is a village and commune in the department of the Pas-de-Calais on the north bank of the Scarpe, 7 kilometres east of Arras and 1.6 kilometres west of Roeux. From the village take the D42E heading north towards Gavrelle. Sunken Road Cemetery is 800 metres from the village on a track to the left of the road.
Sunken Road Cemetery, Fampoux
Sunken Road Cemetery, Fampoux
Sunken Road Cemetery, Fampoux
Sunken Road Cemetery, Fampoux
Fampoux village was taken by the 4th Division on 9 April 1917, lost at the end of March 1918 and retaken at the end of the following August. Sunken Road Cemetery is at the summit of the sunken road to Bailleul, on the east side. It was made by burial officers and fighting units between April 1917 and January 1918. Sunken Road Cemetery contains 196 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 26 of the burials are unidentified and sixteen graves, destroyed by shell fire, are now represented by special memorials.
Monchy-le-Preux is a village in the department of the Pas-de-Calais on the north side of the main road from Arras to Cambrai (D33). Monchy British Cemetery is nearly 2 kilometres west of the village down a 1-kilometre track.
Monchy British Cemetery
Monchy British Cemetery
Monchy British Cemetery
Monchy British Cemetery
Monchy British Cemetery
Monchy village, a relatively high and commanding position, was captured by Commonwealth forces on 11 April 1917. The cemetery was begun at once and continued in use as a front-line cemetery until the German offensive of March 1918, when it fell into their hands. It was recaptured by the Canadian Corps on 26 August and used again for a month. The graves are very closely identified with the divisions which fought on this front. There are now 581 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 58 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to a number of casualties known to be buried among them. The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
ANZAC Cemetery is on the north-west side of the road between Armentieres and Bethune, the D945, just north of the village Sailly-sur-la-Lys.
ANZAC Cemetery
ANZAC Cemetery
ANZAC Cemetery
Sailly Church was burnt during the open fighting of October 1914, when French cavalry and British and German infantry fought on the Lys, but from the winter of 1914-1915 to the spring of 1918 the village was comparatively untouched. It was captured by the Germans on 9 April 1918, and it remained in their hands until the beginning of September. Anzac Cemetery was begun by Australian units in July 1916, immediately before the Attack at Fromelles, and it contains the graves of many Australian soldiers who died in that engagement. It continued in use as a front-line cemetery until April 1918 and was used by German troops for the burial of Commonwealth soldiers during the following summer. Anzac Cemetery contains 320 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. 62 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to seven casualties known or believed to be buried among them, and to three soldiers buried by the Germans in Sailly Churchyard whose graves could not be located. It also contains five Second World War burials and six German graves.
ANZAC Cemetery
ANZAC Cemetery
ANZAC Cemetery
ANZAC Cemetery
ANZAC Cemetery
The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker.
Grandcourt is a village about 12 kilometers north-east of Albert. Stump Road Cemetery (signposted in the center of the village) lies about one kilometer south of Grandcourt, some 500 meters along a single track lane (suitable for cars) off the road (D151) Grandcourt-Thiepval.
Stump Road Cemetery
Stump Road Cemetery
Stump Road Cemetery
Access to Stump Road Cemetery
Stump Road Cemetery
Stump Road Cemetery
The village of Grandcourt was reached by men of the 36th (Ulster) Division on the 1st July 1916, but it could not be held. It was occupied by the 63rd (Royal Naval) Division on the 7th February 1917, after a series of local attacks begun in November 1916; and Stump Road Cemetery was made by the 7th Buffs in the following month. There are now over 250, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over one-fifth are unidentified. All fell in the period of July 1916, to February 1917. The Cemetery covers an area of 399 square meters and is enclosed by a low rubble wall.
Number of burials by Unit
| Queen’s – Royal West Surrey Regt. |
57
|
Buffs – East Kent Regt. |
31
|
|
| Cheshire Regt. |
28
|
Royal West Kent Regt. |
21
|
|
| Canadian burials |
20
|
Border Regt. |
14
|
|
| York & Lancaster Regt. |
8
|
Loyal North Lancashire Regt. |
7
|
|
| North Staffordshire Regt. |
6
|
Worcestershire Regt. |
5
|
|
| South Lancashire Regt. |
4
|
Norfolk Regt. |
3
|
|
| Royal Berkshire Regt. |
3
|
Machine Gun Corps – Infantry |
1
|
|
| King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt. |
1
|
East Surrey Regt. |
1
|
|
| Royal Irish Rifles |
1
|
Royal Sussex Regt. |
1
|
|
| Ox. & Bucks. Light Infantry |
1
|
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| Identified burials |
213
|
|||
| Unidentified UK burials: |
44
|
|||
| Unidentified Canadian burials: |
4
|
|||
| Wholly Unidentified burials |
2
|
|||
| Total Unidentified burials |
50
|
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| Total burials |
263
|
Beaumont-Hamel is a village about 24 kilometres south of Arras and the Redan Ridge Cemeteries (Nos. 1, 2 and 3) are situated to the north of the village. 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, turn left onto a small lane and continue for 1.4 kilometres. A CWGC signpost on the right-hand side will lead you to Redan Ridge cemeteries.
Redan Ridge Cemetery No 3
Redan Ridge Cemetery No 3
Redan Ridge Cemetery No 3
Redan Ridge Cemetery No 3
Redan Ridge Cemetery No 3
Redan Ridge Cemetery No 3
Redan Ridge Cemetery No 3
Redan Ridge Cemetery No 3
Redan Ridge Cemetery No 3
Redan Ridge Cemetery No 3
Redan Ridge Cemetery No 3
Redan Ridge was named from The Redan, a group of British front-line trenches of 1916. The cemetery was made by the V Corps in the spring of 1917 when these battlefields were cleared. Redan Ridge Cemetery No. 3 is among the old German front line trenches. There are now over 50, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, half are unidentified and 13 graves which were destroyed by shell fire, are now represented by special memorials. The great majority of these officers and men fell in November 1916 and belonged to the 2nd Division. The Cemetery covers an area of 283 square metres and its approach road 35 square metres. It is enclosed by a low rubble wall.
Number of burials by Unit
| Ox & Bucks Light Infantry |
13
|
| Royal Warwickshire Regiment |
6
|
| Royal Fusiliers |
5
|
| Border Regiment |
2
|
| Highland Light Infantry |
2
|
| Dorsetshire Regiment |
1
|
| Essex Regiment |
1
|
| Hampshire Regiment |
1
|
| Loyal North Lancashire Regiment |
1
|
| Manchester Regiment |
1
|
| Unidentified |
34
|
| Total Number of burials |
67
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Beaumont-Hamel is a village about 24 kilometres south of Arras and the Redan Ridge Cemeteries (Nos. 1, 2 and 3) are situated to the north of the village. 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, turn left onto a small lane and continue for 1.4 kilometres. A CWGC signpost on the right-hand side will lead you to Redan Ridge Cemeteries.
Redan Ridge Cemetery No 2
Redan Ridge Cemetery No 2
Redan Ridge Cemetery No 2
Redan Ridge Cemetery No 2
Redan Ridge Cemetery No 2
Redan Ridge lies to the North of Beaumont-Hamel village; it was named from The Redan, a group of British front-line trenches of 1916. The cemetery was made by the V Corps in the spring of 1917 when these battlefields were cleared. Redan Ridge Cemetery No. 2 is about 90 metres West of the old German front line. There are now over 250, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over 100 are unidentified. All fell (with one exception) in July and November 1916, and belonged to the 4th, 29th and 2nd Divisions. The cemetery covers an area of 362 square metres and its approach road 104 square metres. It is enclosed by a low rubble wall.
Number of burials by Unit
| Hampshire Regiment |
57
|
Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry |
1
|
|
| Lancashire Fusiliers |
22
|
King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry |
1
|
|
| East Lancashire Regiment |
21
|
King’s Royal Rifle Corps |
1
|
|
| Highland Light Infantry |
21
|
Machine Gun Corps |
1
|
|
| Royal Fusiliers |
9
|
Middlesex Regiment |
1
|
|
| Ox & Bucks Light Infantry |
3
|
Royal Field Artillery |
1
|
|
| Somerset Light Infantry |
3
|
Rifle Brigade |
1
|
|
| Royal Dublin Fusiliers |
3
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Worcestershire Regiment |
1
|
|
| Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders |
2
|
York & Lancaster Regiment |
1
|
|
| Royal Scots |
2
|
Border Regiment |
1
|
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| Unidentified | 124 | |||
| Total number of burials | 279 |
Beaumont-Hamel is a village about 24 kilometres south of Arras and the Redan Ridge Cemeteries (Nos. 1, 2 and 3) are situated to the north of the village. 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, turn left onto a small lane and continue for 1.4 kilometres. A CWGC signpost on the right-hand side will lead you to Redan Ridge cemeteries.
Redan Ridge No 1 Cemetery
Redan Ridge No 1 Cemetery
Redan Ridge lies to the North of Beaumont-Hamel village; it was named from The Redan, a group of British front-line trenches of 1916. The cemetery was made by the V Corps in the spring of 1917 when these battlefields were cleared. Redan Ridge No.1 is on the top of the Ridge, midway between the old front lines. There are now over 150, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, nearly half are unidentified. Most belonged (with few exceptions) to the 4th Division, which attacked between Beaumont-Hamel and Serre on the 1st July 1916, or to the 2nd, which gained ground here on the 13th November 1916. The cemetery covers an area of 508 square metres and its approach road 107 square metres. It is enclosed by a low wall.
Number of burials by Unit
| Royal Fusiliers |
21
|
Seaforth Highlanders |
2
|
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| Rifle Brigade |
17
|
Bedfordshire Regiment |
1
|
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| Essex Regiment |
7
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Devonshire Regiment |
1
|
|
| Ox & Bucks Light Infantry |
6
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Dorsetshire Regiment |
1
|
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| Somerset Light Infantry |
6
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King’s (Liverpool) Regiment |
1
|
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| Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry |
3
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Royal Scots |
1
|
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| Gordon Highlanders |
2
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Royal Warwickshire Regiment |
1
|
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| Lancashire Fusiliers |
2
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South Staffordshire Regiment |
1
|
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| Machine Gun Corps |
2
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Manchester Regiment |
2
|
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| Northumberland Fusliers |
2
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| Unidentified |
74
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| Total Number of burials |
154
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