ANZIN-ST. AUBIN BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.3163, Longitude: 2.74557
Location Information
The village of Anzin-St. Aubin is on the north-western outskirts of Arras. The British Cemetery is on the northern side of the village, turning right after the church on the D341 from Arras.
Historical Information
The cemetery was begun by the 51st (Highland) Division early in April 1917, and carried on by artillery units and field ambulances until October 1917. It was then used by the 30th and 57th Casualty Clearing Stations. The 51st Division came back to it in April 1918 and it was closed the following September. The graves of three Indian cavalrymen were brought to it from ANZIN-ST. AUBIN FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY, which was West of the village, in 1922.
The cemetery contains 358 First World War burials, 145 of which belonged, or were attached, to Artillery units. There are also four Second World War burials, all dating from the British Expeditionary Force's period in France during the early months of the war before the German invasion.
Total Burials: 362.
World War One Identified Casualties: United KIngdom 290, Canada 63, India 4. Total 357.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 4.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield and Noel Ackroyd Rew
Lieutenant
Charles Ramsay Bayly
128th Battery, 29th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
29th March 1918, aged 24.
Plot IV. B. 6.
Son of James A. and Elizabeth Bayly, of 62, Old Broad St., London.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory"
Charles Ramsay Bayly
128th Battery, 29th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
29th March 1918, aged 24.
Plot IV. B. 6.
Son of James A. and Elizabeth Bayly, of 62, Old Broad St., London.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory"
Major
John Edouard Marsden Bromley, D. S. O.
Commanding 17th Bty. 41st Bde. Royal Field Artillery
7th June 1918, aged 36.
Plot IV. C. 6.
Son of John and Rebecca Bromley, of 30, Manchester St., London, W.1 Assistant Native Commissioner, Northern Rhodesia. Served in the Natal Native Rebellion, 1906, and the South African Campaign.
His headstone bears the inscription "Sleep Well Brave Heart Non Inferiora Secutus"
John Edouard Marsden Bromley, D. S. O.
Commanding 17th Bty. 41st Bde. Royal Field Artillery
7th June 1918, aged 36.
Plot IV. C. 6.
Son of John and Rebecca Bromley, of 30, Manchester St., London, W.1 Assistant Native Commissioner, Northern Rhodesia. Served in the Natal Native Rebellion, 1906, and the South African Campaign.
His headstone bears the inscription "Sleep Well Brave Heart Non Inferiora Secutus"
875381 Private
Clarence Albert Wiseman Hopwood
78th Bn. Canadian Infantry
29th March 1918, aged 21.
Plot III. B. 25.
Son of George and Jennie Hopwood, of Lyleton, Manitoba.
Clarence Albert Wiseman Hopwood
78th Bn. Canadian Infantry
29th March 1918, aged 21.
Plot III. B. 25.
Son of George and Jennie Hopwood, of Lyleton, Manitoba.
64728 Bombardier
Albert W. Jones
109th Battery, 281st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
28th March 1918.
Plot IV. B. 16.
Albert W. Jones
109th Battery, 281st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
28th March 1918.
Plot IV. B. 16.
201918 Private
John Mackay
4th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
6th April 1917.
Plot II. A. 4.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mackay, of Tain, Ross-shire.
His headstone bears the inscription "Remembered With Pride"
Image courtesy of D. M. MacDonald
John Mackay
4th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
6th April 1917.
Plot II. A. 4.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mackay, of Tain, Ross-shire.
His headstone bears the inscription "Remembered With Pride"
Image courtesy of D. M. MacDonald
Second Lieutenant
George Inglis Millar
Royal Field Artillery
8th April 1917, aged 21.
Plot II. A. 15.
Son of George Inglis Millar, of 40, Grange Rd., Edinburgh.
George Inglis Millar
Royal Field Artillery
8th April 1917, aged 21.
Plot II. A. 15.
Son of George Inglis Millar, of 40, Grange Rd., Edinburgh.
Captain
John Cairns Rae, M. C.
86th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
10th April 1917.
Plot I. B. 4.
John Cairns Rae, M. C.
86th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
10th April 1917.
Plot I. B. 4.
Second Lieutenant
Edmund John Waldegrave
"D" Battery, 286th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
10th August 1918, aged 19.
Plot III. E. 2.
Son of the Rev. Samuel Edmund Waldegrave and Alice Waldegrave, of Poyntington, Sherborne, Dorset. Captain of Marlborough College.
His headstone bears the inscription "Passes Avant He That Loseth His Life For My Sake Shall Find It"
Edmund John Waldegrave
"D" Battery, 286th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
10th August 1918, aged 19.
Plot III. E. 2.
Son of the Rev. Samuel Edmund Waldegrave and Alice Waldegrave, of Poyntington, Sherborne, Dorset. Captain of Marlborough College.
His headstone bears the inscription "Passes Avant He That Loseth His Life For My Sake Shall Find It"
