PERNES BRITISH CEMETERY
Pernes
Pas de Calais
France
General Directions: Pernes-en-Artois is a small town on the main road from Lillers to St Pol. The British Cemetery is nearly one kilometre west of the town on the road to Sains-les-Pernes.
The cemetery was not begun until April 1918 when the 1st and 4th Canadian Casualty Clearing Stations came to Pernes, driven back by the German advance. In May, the 6th and 22nd Clearing Stations arrived and in August, they were joined by the 13th. Almost all the burials were made by these units, but a few of the graves were brought into the cemetery after the Armistice.
Casualty Details: UK 1032, Canada 25, Australia 3, South Africa 5, India 10, France 3, Total Burials: 1078
203157 Lance Corporal
Evan Williams
"M" Special Company,
Royal Engineers
19/07/1918, aged 30.
Son of Evan and Rachel Williams, of Cwm-Y-Glo, Carnarvonshire.
Plot V. F. 9
This is my mum's beloved uncle , who was engaged at the time to Nellie Lewis. He was a school teacher
( I would love to hear from relatives of Nellie)
Picture courtesy of Ann Keijser
86582 Private
Thomas Frederick Oakley
1st/7th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
30/05/1918, aged 19.
Plot II. D. 40.
Thomas was the son of William & Hannah Oakley and lived at Ladies Row, Hinkshay, Dawley, Shropshire. He had done some of his training at Park Hall camp, Oswestry as letters survive from him which mention the death of his elder brother William who fell in action on December 30th 1917 at the battle of Welsh Ridge whilst serving with the 1/4th KSLI (Pte.200309). A third brother, Harry, survived the war.
Picture courtesy of Dave Shaw
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