DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY
Etrun
Pas de Calais
France
General Directions: Duisans and Etrun are villages in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, about 9 kilometres west of Arras. The Cemetery lies in Etrun but takes its name from the nearer village of Duisans. It is one kilometre north of Duisans on the D339 road off the Route nationale N39 (Arras-St Pol), in the angle of the Arras Habarcq road and a track leading to Haute-Avesnes.
The area around Duisans was occupied by Commonwealth forces from March 1916, but it was not until February 1917 that the site of this cemetery was selected for the 8th Casualty Clearing Station. The first burials took place in March and from the beginning of April the cemetery grew very quickly, with burials being made from the 8th Casualty Clearing Station (until April 1918), the 19th (until March 1918), and the 41st (until July 1917). Most of the graves relate to the Battles of Arras in 1917, and the trench warfare that followed. From May to August 1918, the cemetery was used by divisions and smaller fighting units for burials from the front line. In the Autumn of 1918 the 23rd, 1st Canadian and 4th Canadian Clearing Stations remained at Duisans for two months, and the 7th was there from November 1918 to November 1920.
Shot at Dawn: 5. G. 46, Corporal J. Reid, 6th Bn. Cameronians was executed for desertion on 11/5/1918.
Casualty Details: UK 2865, Canada 320, Australia 7, New Zealand 7, South Africa 5, India 3, Germany 83, Total Burials: 3207
G/7031 Private
James Thomas
13th Bn. Royal Fusiliers Killed in action: 12/04/1917
Aged 37.
Son of Alfred and Martha Thomas, of Acton; husband of Edith Grace Tucker (formerly Thomas), of 6, Long Drive, East Acton, London.
Plot: III. G. 22.
Picture kindly supplied by his grandson Michael Thomas
38419 Lance Corporal
Wilfred Edwin Price
2nd/6th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment.
25/10/1917,
Aged 28
Son of Elsie Price, of Leytonstone; husband of Amy Rosina Price, of "The Glen," 2, Glengarry Rd., Dulwich, London.
Plot: V. C. 42
Picture kindly supplied by his grandson Reg Ritchie of Pinneberg, Germany
S/40915 Private
Frederick Thompson
"B" Coy. 8th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
24/04/1917, aged 22.
Son of Charles and Margaret Thompson, of Mount of Glosat, Milton of Campsie, Stirlingshire.
Plot IV. C. 35.
Picture courtesy of his Great nephew, Alfred Kelly, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire
21150 Private
George Palframan MM
8th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
12/04/1917, aged 24.
Son of William and Elizabeth Palframan
Plot I. Q. 10.
Picture courtesy of Sarah Beaumont
23420 Private
Henry Baddeley
10th Bn. Sherwood Foresters
(Notts and Derby Regiment)
19/08/1917
Plot VI. C. 14.
Picture courtesy of Geoff Mayer
18203 Private
Arthur Wilde
9th Bn. Duke of Wellington's Regiment
27/04/1917, aged 20.
Son of William and Ellen Wilde, of 33, Haigh St., Greetland, Halifax, Yorks.
Plot II. M. 16.
Wounded in the early hours of 25/4/17 when the Battalion attacked with rifle and bayonet the trenches between Monchy and Rouex.
Picture courtesy of Tim Thurlow
204394 Private
Edward Charles Lloyd Key MM & Bar
15th Bn. Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regt)
28/09/1918, aged 20.
Son of Charles & Jessie Key and younger brother of Jessie Ann Key of Perdue, Saskatchewan, Canada and formerly of Portskewett, Monmouthshire, Wales.
Plot VII. A. 23.
Picture courtesy of great niece, Sue Seldon
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