SAILLY-AU-BOIS MILITARY CEMETERY
Sailly-au-Bois
Pas de Calais
France
General Directions: Sailly-au-Bois is a village between Arras and Amiens. The Military Cemetery is western of the village, on the south side of the road (D23) leading to Bayencourt and Souastre. Access to this road can be taken from the main road (N25) from Doullens to Arras leading to Gaudiempre and St Amand (D23).
The cemetery was begun in May 1916, "in a field opposite the Town Major's dug-out". It was used by field ambulances and fighting units until March 1917, when the Allied line had moved forward, and again from April to August 1918, when the front came very close to it.
Casualty Details: UK 212, Australia 1 New Zealand 24, South Africa 2, Germany 1, Total Burials: 240
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Second Lieutenant Eric James Trubshawe 460th (West Riding) Field Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action near Hebuterne, 02/02/1917. Aged 20. Son of Vyvyan and Margaret Trubshawe, of 21, Fairfield Rd., East Croydon, Surrey. Born at Richmond, Surrey. Plot II. A. 2.
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