ACHEUX BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme
France
Location Information
Acheux lies on the D938, the main road from Albert to Doullens, approximately 10 Kms out of Albert.
As you arrive in Acheux the church will be seen on your right and you will come to a crossroads. Turn left on to the D114 in the direction of Lealvillers and the cemetery will be found 800 metres further along on the right hand side of the road.
Historical Information
The VIII Corps Collection Station was placed at Acheux in readiness for the Battle of the Somme in 1916 and the graves of July, August and September 1916, in Row A and part of Row B, are the earliest in the cemetery. A few graves in Row B mark the period of eighteen months during which the field ambulances had moved eastwards and the cemetery was little used. The remaining graves cover the period April to August 1918, when the German offensives brought the Allied front line within 8 kilometres of Acheux.
There are now 180 First World War burials in the cemetery.
Casualty Details: United Kingdom 179, Canada 1. Total Burials: 180.
The cemetery was designed by N A Rew.
Acheux lies on the D938, the main road from Albert to Doullens, approximately 10 Kms out of Albert.
As you arrive in Acheux the church will be seen on your right and you will come to a crossroads. Turn left on to the D114 in the direction of Lealvillers and the cemetery will be found 800 metres further along on the right hand side of the road.
Historical Information
The VIII Corps Collection Station was placed at Acheux in readiness for the Battle of the Somme in 1916 and the graves of July, August and September 1916, in Row A and part of Row B, are the earliest in the cemetery. A few graves in Row B mark the period of eighteen months during which the field ambulances had moved eastwards and the cemetery was little used. The remaining graves cover the period April to August 1918, when the German offensives brought the Allied front line within 8 kilometres of Acheux.
There are now 180 First World War burials in the cemetery.
Casualty Details: United Kingdom 179, Canada 1. Total Burials: 180.
The cemetery was designed by N A Rew.
32185 Private
Lawrence John Victor Greygoose
9th Bn. Essex Regiment
12th May 1918, aged 21.
Plot I. C. 23.
Native of Abridge, Essex. Son of Alfred and Annie Greygoose, of 44, Eastfield Road., Enfield Wash, Middx. His brother Leo Eric Greygoose also fell and is buried in Adanac Military Cemetery
Picture courtesy of Patrick Horgan
Lawrence John Victor Greygoose
9th Bn. Essex Regiment
12th May 1918, aged 21.
Plot I. C. 23.
Native of Abridge, Essex. Son of Alfred and Annie Greygoose, of 44, Eastfield Road., Enfield Wash, Middx. His brother Leo Eric Greygoose also fell and is buried in Adanac Military Cemetery
Picture courtesy of Patrick Horgan
1686 Private
Alexander Smith
89th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
5th July 1916, aged 22.
Plot 1. Row A. Grave 7.
Son of Wm. S. Smith, of 16, Kinneddar St., Lossiemouth, Morayshire, Scotland.
Alexander Smith
89th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
5th July 1916, aged 22.
Plot 1. Row A. Grave 7.
Son of Wm. S. Smith, of 16, Kinneddar St., Lossiemouth, Morayshire, Scotland.
Shot at Dawn
14387 Private William Barry Nelson of the 14th Bn. Durham Light Infantry, executed for desertion on 11th August 1916, aged 22 and is buried in Plot I. B. 8. Son of Henry Nelson, of 10, Back Adelaide Row, Seaham Harbour and the late Alice. He deserted in the vicinity of Ypres, having previously been twice convicted & sentenced to imprisonment for absence. (Putkowski, p. 101)
14387 Private William Barry Nelson of the 14th Bn. Durham Light Infantry, executed for desertion on 11th August 1916, aged 22 and is buried in Plot I. B. 8. Son of Henry Nelson, of 10, Back Adelaide Row, Seaham Harbour and the late Alice. He deserted in the vicinity of Ypres, having previously been twice convicted & sentenced to imprisonment for absence. (Putkowski, p. 101)
Picture © Geerhard Joos
