ANZIN-ST. AUBIN BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
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.
Casualty Details: UK 291, Canada 63, India 4, Total Burials: 358.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield
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.
Casualty Details: UK 291, Canada 63, India 4, Total Burials: 358.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield
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.
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.
201918 Private
John Mackay
4th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
6th April 1917.
Plot II. A. 4.
"Remembered with pride"
Image courtesy of D. M. MacDonald
John Mackay
4th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
6th April 1917.
Plot II. A. 4.
"Remembered with pride"
Image courtesy of D. M. MacDonald
