AILLY-SUR-SOMME COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.92468, Longitude: 2.19788
Location Information
Ailly-sur-Somme is a village on the south bank of the River Somme, 8 kilometres north-west of Amiens, on the road to Abbeville (N235). The Communal Cemetery is on the southern side of the village on the road to Borelles. The war graves are near the northern corner of the Cemetery.
Historical Information
Ailly-sur-Somme Communal Cemetery contains three Commonwealth burials of the First World War and seven from the Second World War.
Ailly-sur-Somme is a village on the south bank of the River Somme, 8 kilometres north-west of Amiens, on the road to Abbeville (N235). The Communal Cemetery is on the southern side of the village on the road to Borelles. The war graves are near the northern corner of the Cemetery.
Historical Information
Ailly-sur-Somme Communal Cemetery contains three Commonwealth burials of the First World War and seven from the Second World War.
1914-1918 Burials
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316 Private E. Hollings, 2nd Bn. Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.). Died 16th December 1916.
5448 Private R. Holly, 2/4th Bn. Gloucestershire Regt., attd. 9th Bn. Devonshire Regt. Died 3rd August 1916, aged 27. Son of John and Ellen Holly of Horsington, Templecombe, Somerset. His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace"
17298 Private Thomas Percival Marsden, 1st Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers. Died 9th January 1917, aged 20. Son of John and Margaret Marsden of Levenshulme, Manchester. Native of Crumpsall, Manchester.
1939-1945 Burials & Entrance
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88197 Second Lieutenant Maurice Dixon, 4th Bn. Border Regiment, died 24th May 1940, aged 24. Son of Walter and Edith Agnes Dixon of Windermere, Westmorland. His headstone bears the inscription "A Valiant Heart"
3599926 Corporal Arthur Borwick Guest, 4th Bn. Border Regiment, died 24th May 1940, aged 21. Son of Leonard Arthur and Margaret Isabel Guest, of Kendal, Westmorland. His headstone bears the inscription "A Man From Kendal, Westmorland"
3601133 Private George William Hetherington, 4th Bn. Border Regiment, died 24th May 1940, aged 21. Son of John William and Catherine Hetherington of Carlisle. His headstone bears the inscription "Dear George, WhoseKindness And Personal EndeavourMade Him Loved By All"
121819 Second Lieutenant Charles A. Hill, 4th Bn. Border Regiment, died 24th May 1940, aged 21. Son of Capt. Charles Albert Hill, formerly of the Border Regiment and of Martha Elizabeth Hill of Norbury, Surrey. His headstone bears the inscription "I Thank My God Upon Every Remembrance Of You. Mother"
3601154 Private George Mitchell, 4th Bn. Border Regiment, died 24th May 1940, aged 21. Son of George and Mary Ellen Mitchell of Egremont, Cumberland. His headstone bears the inscription In Loving Memory Of My Dear Son George. "Thy Will Be Done"
3594101 Lance Corporal Walter Norman, 4th Bn. Border Regiment, died 24th May 1940, aged 31. Son of Joseph William and Margaret Norman; husband of Daisy Johanna Norman of Gosport, Hants. His headstone bears the inscription "When Life's Journey Is Over We Shall Meet Our Loved One Again. Daisy, Jack & George"
3598327 Sergeant William Watson, 4th Bn. Border Regiment, died 24th May 1940, aged 26. Son of William R. and Margaret Watson; husband of Ethel Watson, of Windermere. His headstone bears the inscription "In Heavenly Love Abiding"
88197 Second Lieutenant Maurice Dixon, 4th Bn. Border Regiment, died 24th May 1940, aged 24. Son of Walter and Edith Agnes Dixon of Windermere, Westmorland. His headstone bears the inscription "A Valiant Heart"
3599926 Corporal Arthur Borwick Guest, 4th Bn. Border Regiment, died 24th May 1940, aged 21. Son of Leonard Arthur and Margaret Isabel Guest, of Kendal, Westmorland. His headstone bears the inscription "A Man From Kendal, Westmorland"
3601133 Private George William Hetherington, 4th Bn. Border Regiment, died 24th May 1940, aged 21. Son of John William and Catherine Hetherington of Carlisle. His headstone bears the inscription "Dear George, WhoseKindness And Personal EndeavourMade Him Loved By All"
121819 Second Lieutenant Charles A. Hill, 4th Bn. Border Regiment, died 24th May 1940, aged 21. Son of Capt. Charles Albert Hill, formerly of the Border Regiment and of Martha Elizabeth Hill of Norbury, Surrey. His headstone bears the inscription "I Thank My God Upon Every Remembrance Of You. Mother"
3601154 Private George Mitchell, 4th Bn. Border Regiment, died 24th May 1940, aged 21. Son of George and Mary Ellen Mitchell of Egremont, Cumberland. His headstone bears the inscription In Loving Memory Of My Dear Son George. "Thy Will Be Done"
3594101 Lance Corporal Walter Norman, 4th Bn. Border Regiment, died 24th May 1940, aged 31. Son of Joseph William and Margaret Norman; husband of Daisy Johanna Norman of Gosport, Hants. His headstone bears the inscription "When Life's Journey Is Over We Shall Meet Our Loved One Again. Daisy, Jack & George"
3598327 Sergeant William Watson, 4th Bn. Border Regiment, died 24th May 1940, aged 26. Son of William R. and Margaret Watson; husband of Ethel Watson, of Windermere. His headstone bears the inscription "In Heavenly Love Abiding"
