FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY.
the
ARRAS MEMORIAL
and the
FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
Arras, Pas de Calais
France
GPS: 2.76002,50.28693
General Directions: Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery is in the western part of the town of Arras in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle, near the Citadel, approximately 2 kilometres due west of the railway station.
The French handed over Arras to Commonwealth forces in the spring of 1916 and the system of tunnels upon which the town is built were used and developed in preparation for the major offensive planned for April 1917. The Commonwealth section of the Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery was begun in March 1916, behind the French military cemetery established earlier. It continued to be used by field ambulances and fighting units until November 1918. The cemetery was enlarged after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the battlefields and from two smaller cemeteries in the vicinity. The cemetery contains 2,650 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. There are 10 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. In addition, there are 30 war graves of other nationalities, most of them German. The graves in the French military cemetery were removed after the war to other burial grounds and the land they had occupied was used for the construction of the Arras Memorial and Arras Flying Services Memorial. The Arras Memorial commemorates almost 35,000 servicemen from the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand who died in the Arras sector between the spring of 1916 and 7 August 1918, the eve of the Advance to Victory, and have no known grave. The most conspicuous events of this period were the Arras offensive of April-May 1917, and the German attack in the spring of 1918. Canadian and Australian servicemen killed in these operations are commemorated by memorials at Vimy and Villers-Bretonneux. A separate memorial remembers those killed in the Battle of Cambrai in 1917. The Arras Flying Services Memorial commemorates more than 1,000 airmen of the Royal Naval Air Service, the Royal Flying Corps, and the Royal Air Force, either by attachment from other arms of the forces of the Commonwealth or by original enlistment, who were killed on the whole Western Front and who have no known grave.
Shot at Dawn: Private R G Pattison of the 7th Queen's Regiment was executed on 4/7/1917 for desertion and Private J E Barnes of the 7th Royal Sussex Regiment, also shot for desertion on the 4/7/1917, these two soldiers are buried in plot 4. J. 16/17 respectively.
Casualty Details: UK 2402, Canada 153, New Zealand 26, South Africa 60, India 9, France 1, Germany 28, Total Burials: 2679
Flying Services Memorial
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2430 Private Joseph Williams 1st/9th Bn. King's (Liverpool) Regiment 28/06/1916, aged 22 Bay 3, Arras Memorial
49592 Private William Frederick Finch 21st Bn. Manchester Regiment Killed in action 13/05/1917. Aged 30 Son of Thomas and Margaret Finch, of 5, Little Lane, Longridge, Preston. Bay 7, Arras Memorial Picture courtesy of John Garlington
Lance Corporal Edward John Beadle 2nd Bn. South Wales Borderers 23/04/1917, aged 32. Son of Edward and Laura Beadle, of 104, Waddon New Rd., Croydon; husband of Lily Beadle, of 65, Clarendon Rd., Croydon, Surrey. Bay 6, Arras Memorial
Lieutenant Edmund Llewellyn Lewis 24th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and 1st/7th Bn. Essex Regiment. 26/12/1916, aged 21. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Lewis, of St. David's, Noctorum, Birkenhead. Arras Flying Services Memorial
Lieutenant Frank Arthur Matthews 9th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and The Royal Sussex Regiment. 24/04/1917. Arras Flying Services Memorial
Second Lieutenant Kenneth Lionel Nevill McCulloch 6th Bn. Attd. 16th Bn. Middlesex Regiment. 01/06/1916, aged 21. Son of Bertha McCulloch, of 340, London Rd., Thornton Heath, Surrey, and the late William Lionel Breashin McCulloch. Bay 7, Arras Memorial
146648 Bombardier Harold David Mitchell "D" Battery, 315th Brigade Royal Field Artillery 21/03/1918, aged 20. Son of Emily Mitchell, of 35, Aurelia Gardens, Thornton Rd., West Croydon, Surrey, and the late George Alfred Mitchell. Bay 1, Arras Memorial
G/40753 Private William Thomas Wainwright 12th Bn. Middlesex Regiment Killed in action 03/05/1917, near Cherisy. Aged 19 Son of George and Annie Wainwright, of 63A, Portland Rd., South Norwood, London. Bay 7, Arras Memorial
60997 Private Edgar Tourle 7th Bn. Royal Fusiliers Killed in action 23/04/17 at Arras, aged 29. Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Tourle, of 94, Fairholme Rd., West Croydon, Surrey. Bay 3, Arras Memorial
201709 Corporal William Lucas 5th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment Killed in action 27/04/1917, aged 25. Son of Henry and Jessie Lucas, of 48, Swansea Rd., Reading; husband of Elizabeth Mary Lucas, of 7, Selwood Place, Chalvey Grove, Slough, Bucks. William born in 1891 had a twin brother Sydney Lucas and was one of eleven children. Plot V. C. 23. Faubourg D' Amiens Cemetery.
Picture courtesy of Peter Thompson
G/160 Private Edward Luck "A" Coy. 6th Bn. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 14/09/1917, aged 20. Son of George Thomas Luck and Alice Louise Luck, of 64, Alexandra Rd., Erith, Kent. Plot V. J. 29
Photo courtesy of Carol Druce, great-niece of this soldier
Second Lieutenant John Curtis Lister 92nd Battery, 17th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 20/05/1917, aged 23. Son of George and Harriett Lister, of Pampisford House, South Croydon, Surrey. Bay 1, Arras Memorial
Captain Nelson Gordon Johnstone MC 9th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) attd. 24th Trench Mortar Battery 30/12/1917, aged 30. Son of William and Margaret Johnstone, of Birks Hill, Raughton Head, Carlisle. Plot VII. A. 20.
He died on 30th Dec 1917 as a result of a premature firing of a Stokes Mortar. Two other soldiers of his regiment died in the same incident. They are Lt. Grahame and Cpl. Stone MM. He is buried alongside these two soldiers. In the photograph he is pictured in the uniform of the Sherwood Foresters holding the rank of Lance Corporal. He was commissioned in 1915 and served with the Black Watch until his death.
Picture courtesy of great niece Helen Johnstone
15/420 Lance Corporal Austin Geoffrey Leigh "B" Coy. 15th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment 04/06/1916, aged 21. Son of George Leonard Leigh and Emily Hart Leigh, of Church Lane, Yardley, Birmingham. Plot I. D. 29.
Picture courtesy of Alan Westwood
Second Lieutenant Walter Daniel John Tull 17th attd. 23rd Bn. Middlesex Regiment 25/03/1918, aged 29. Son of the late Daniel Tull; brother of Edward Tull-Warnock, of 419, St. Vincent St., Glasgow. Former professional footballer with Tottenham Hotspurs and Northampton Town. He played more than a hundred first team games for Northampton Town before the First World War intervened. Bay 7.
Picture courtesy of John Barker
26668 Private Thomas Smith 12th Bn. Royal Scots 12/04/1917, aged 22. Son of James Smith, of 132, St. Stephen's Rd., Preston; husband of Margaret Elizabeth Breingan (formerly Smith), of 3, Adelphi St., Bowerham, Lancaster. Bay 1 and 2.
Picture courtesy of Stephen Singleton
14362 Serjeant Alexander McDonald MM "D" Coy. 13th Bn. Royal Scots 23/04/1917, aged 21. Son of Mrs. Margaret McDonald, of 424, Westmuir St., Parkhead, Glasgow. Bay 1 and 2. Killed during the 2nd Battle of the Scarpe - Lost south of Monchy le Preux near La Berge’re crossroads Picture courtesy of Keith Holland
30837 Private John (Jack) Charles Hale 6th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment 24/03/1918, aged 18. Son of Richard Hale, of 22, Upper Mill St., Evesham, Worcs. Bay 6. Arras Memorial
His brother William Hale is buried at Valenciennes (St. Roch) Communal Cemetery
Picture courtesy of Barbara Turner, this soldier is her husband's great uncle.
11038 Serjeant Leslie Alexander Beaton 2nd Bn. Highland Light Infantry 28/04/1917 Bay 8, Arras Memorial Leslie Alexander BEATON was born at Monkshill, Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, on 20 October 1890, and grew up in Musselburgh where he later attested for the 2nd Battalion/Highland Light Infantry. Leslie arrived with his regiment at Boulogne on 14 August 1914 (WO 372/2) and remained with the 2/HLI (First Army, Second Division, 5th Infantry Brigade), until his death. On leave in June 1915 following 2nd Ypres, Leslie married Mary Keppie MCNEILL at Musselburgh. His rank at the time of his marriage was Quartermaster Serjeant, and his widow's pension papers (PIN 82/10) relate that Leslie was a company Serjeant Major in "A" Company when he was killed at the age of 26 in the Battle of Arleux. Losses for the 2/HLI on 28 April 1917 totalled 42 officers and men killed, 187 wounded and 43 missing.
Picture courtesy of Ann Beaton
G/2766 Serjeant William Gladstone White 12th Bn. Middlesex Regiment 02/05/1917 Bay 7. Arras Memorial
Picture courtesy of Christine Paterson
50346 Private Joseph Henry Harper 13th Bn. King's Liverpool Regiment 28/03/1918 Son of Harry and Sarah Jane Harper of 73 Wind Street, Ammanford, husband of Caroline Harper of Grantsfield, Leominster, Herefordshire. Bay 3, Arras Memorial Picture courtesy of Wendy Head, Great Granddaughter of this soldier
57147 Lance Corporal David Victor Grove 1st/6th Bn. Manchester Regiment 25/03/1918 Killed in action Ablainzevelle, near Arras Youngest son of Joseph and Alice Grove of Fleetwood, Lancashire. Bay 7, Arras Memorial Picture courtesy of Lynette Morrissey, Great niece of this soldier
573437 Rifleman Sidney Abraham Oram 1st/17th Bn. London Regiment 25/03/1918. Bay 9 or 10, Arras Memorial Husband of Hannah (Annie) Elizabeth Willis - Son of William James Oram & Mary Lehair.
Image courtesy of Angela Boon, great granddaughter of this soldier
17290 Lance Corporal Frank Clutton 9th Bn. Royal Welch Fusiliers 22/03/1918 Bay 6. Arras Memorial
Picture courtesy of Gwyn Morris
18687 Private Charles Emmett 8th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 09/04/1917, aged 29. Born
Knaresborough, Yorks, son of Charles Emmett and Bridget Emmett Bay 2. Arras Memorial
Picture courtesy of Roy Bethune-Emmett, great grandson
S/8755 Corporal Joseph Cairns 8th/10th Bn. Gordon Highlanders 09/04/1917, aged 21. He was unmarried and resided with his widowed mother at 68 West Academy Street, Wishaw, prior to enlisting Joseph was employed at Wishaw Steel Works. Bay 8 and 10. Arras Memorial Picture courtesy of Joe O'Raw
49551 Private John Joseph Wilkinson 20th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 21/03/1917, aged 23. Son of Joseph and Annie Blanche Wilkinson, of 53, Compton St., Everton, Liverpool. Bay 3, Arras Memorial
Remembered with Honour
Picture courtesy of Simon Wilkinson
Second Lieutenant Leonard Percival Bartlett 5th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment 09/04/1917, aged 23. Son of William and Alice Rosa Bartlett, of 248, Haydon's Rd., Wimbledon, London. A Civil Servant (Engineer's Dept., G.P.O.). Plot IV. A. 26.
Leonard entered France on the 30th March 1915, was a Private with the Royal Berkshire Regiment, then became a 2nd Corporal with the Machine Gun Corps, before being commissioned into the Royal Berks around the 20th December 1916. At 12:45pm, on 9th April, he lead one of two companies of Royal Berkshires over the crest of Observation Ridge. At this point, Leonard, and his fellow officer, 2nd Lt KCB Storey (aged 19), also of the Royal Berkshire Regiment, together with a score of men, found themselves facing four enemy artillery batteries, which immediately opened fire at point blank range. The two officers are buried in Faubourg D'Amiens, while the men were buried in Houdain Lane Cemetery. "There is no death, dear Len. Life and love live for ever. Mam & Dad" Picture courtesy of Graham Wilson, his Great Nephew, who would be delighted to hear from relatives of any of the men serving with him.
21289 Private William John Norry 1st Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry 22/03/1918 Arras Memorial Bay 7
Resident of 2 Wellington Road (Carpenters Row), Coalbrookdale, Shropshire. John had been born in Dawley, Shropshire but was living with his father at Coalbrookdale when he enlisted into the 1st Battalion KSLI, before which he had worked at the Coalbrookdale Foundry. John served as Pte 21289 and had been wounded at Hooge in October 1915, He was killed in action on March 22nd 1918 whilst trying to stem the German March offensive. He is remembered on the Arras memorial, Bay 7 Picture courtesy of Dave Shaw
10804 Private Albert A. Dicker 1st Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment 29/04/1917. Son of Mr & Mrs H. D. Dicker of 52 Castle Bar Park, Ealing, London. Husband of Caroline Dicker, nee White, of 3 Grove Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire. Arras Memorial, Bay 7
Picture courtesy of granddaughter, Jean McPhee and grandson, Doug Dicker
19514 Corporal George McArthur, MM 10th/11th Bn. Highland Light Infantry 28/04/1917, aged 22. Son of James and Alice McArthur, of Plains, Airdrie, Lanarkshire, brother of Jessie and Mary. Plot IV. D. 3.
Picture courtesy of great nephew, Tom Muir
64876 Bombardier Arthur Edwards, MM. 112th Bty. 24th Bde. Royal Field Artillery 25/03/1918. Panel 1. Arras Memorial
Formerly of the Pembrokeshire Police Force he was wounded on the 23rd March 1918 while leading an ammunition wagon up to the Guns. His wounds were dressed on site and it was believed his injuries where not too serious. His C.O. put forward his award for the M.M. for "his grand and brave work during the heavy fighting round Queant". Unfortunately he died of wounds received and never knew he was to receive the M.M.
Picture courtesy of Owen Vaughan
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