AMERVAL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Solesmes
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.14735, Longitude: 3.54409
Picture © Johan Pauwels
Location Information
Amerval is a small village 5 Kms north of Le Cateau on the D955, Solesmes to Le Cateau road.
Take the D98, in the direction of Croix Caluyauer, to Amerval and the Communal Cemetery will be found on the eastern side of the village on the south side of the road to Forest-en Cambresis. The extension is situated on the West side of the communal cemetery.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
Amerval Communal Cemetery Extension was made after the 51st Brigade (17th Division) had captured Amerval on the 20th October, 1918; and it was enlarged after the Armistice by the concentration of 61 graves from CONTOUR BRITISH CEMETERY, SOLESMES.
There are now over 150, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified.
The cemetery covers an area of 308 square metres and is enclosed by a stone rubble wall.
The cemetery was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Total Burials: 151.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 146.
Unidentified Casualties: 5.
116717 Private
Edward Amos Gunby
10th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
20th October 1918.
Row A. 33.
Edward Amos Gunby
10th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
20th October 1918.
Row A. 33.
117472 Private
Leonard Hewitt
10th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
20th October 1918
Row A. 26.
Leonard Hewitt
10th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
20th October 1918
Row A. 26.
116572 Private
John George Jepson
10th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
20th October 1918, aged 22.
Row A. 27.
Son of George and Elizabeth Jepson, of 18, Top Row, Pye Hill, Jacksdale, Notts.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Gone But Not Forgotten Father And Sister"
John George Jepson
10th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
20th October 1918, aged 22.
Row A. 27.
Son of George and Elizabeth Jepson, of 18, Top Row, Pye Hill, Jacksdale, Notts.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Gone But Not Forgotten Father And Sister"
68233 Private
Myles McDonnell
1st Bn. Cheshire Regiment
23rd October 1918.
Row A. 2.
Myles McDonnell
1st Bn. Cheshire Regiment
23rd October 1918.
Row A. 2.
Captain
Noel Martin Saunders
7th (West. and Cumb. Yeomanry) Bn. Border Regiment
20th October 1918, aged 35.
Row A. 9.
Son of the Rev. C. M. Saunders and Mrs. Saunders; husband of Norah Saunders, "Jorepokri," Wetheral, Carlisle, Cumberland. Native of Bournemouth.
Noel Martin Saunders
7th (West. and Cumb. Yeomanry) Bn. Border Regiment
20th October 1918, aged 35.
Row A. 9.
Son of the Rev. C. M. Saunders and Mrs. Saunders; husband of Norah Saunders, "Jorepokri," Wetheral, Carlisle, Cumberland. Native of Bournemouth.
74254 Private
James Whitewell
15th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
23rd October 1918, aged 21.
Row B. 40.
Son of William and Mary Jane Whitwell, of 15, Stavordale St. West, Dawdon, Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham.
His headstone bears the inscription "At Rest"
James Whitewell
15th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
23rd October 1918, aged 21.
Row B. 40.
Son of William and Mary Jane Whitwell, of 15, Stavordale St. West, Dawdon, Seaham Harbour, Co. Durham.
His headstone bears the inscription "At Rest"
