Warlus Churchyard
Somme, France

Pictures courtesy of Barry Cuttell

 

Warlus is a small village in the Department of the Somme, situated 30 kilometres west-north-west of Amiens and 4 kilometres south of Airaines. In the south-east corner of the Churchyard are the graves of two Scots Guards and, on a special memorial, are the names of three men of units of the Indian Army

 

Burial details:

 

Pte. Henry ASPINALL, 1st Bn. Scots Guards. Died 10th Nov. 1916


L/Cpl. William DORANS. 1st Bn. Scots Guards. Died 26th Oct. 1916

Special Memorial Panel:


BANWARI. Sowar. Lucknow/19. Army Hospital Corps. Died 19th February 1916.


CHANDU Bearer. 5062, Army Hospital Corps. Died 12th March 1916.


KARTAR SINGH. Sowar, 1931. 16th (attd. 6th) Cav. Sanitary Sect. 16th Light Cavalry, I.A.C.. Died 15th February 1916.
 

French Memorial:


There is also a memorial to the memory of General F. P. M. Leclerc de Hauteclocque, Marshal of France during the Second World War
 

 

Memorial to General F. P. M. Leclerc de Hauteclocque, Marshal of France during the Second World War

 

 

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