ATHIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas De Calais
France
Location Information
Athies is a village 5 Kms east of Arras. The Cemetery is on the north side of the road from Arras to Fampoux and the Extension is on the north-east side of the Communal Cemetery.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to this cemetery is possible, but may be by alternative entrance.
Historical Information
Athies was captured by the 9th (Scottish) Division, which included the South African Brigade, on 9 April 1917, and from then it remained in Allied hands.
ATHIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY contains one Commonwealth burial of the First World War.
The adjoining COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION was begun immediately after the capture of the village and used by field ambulances and fighting units until May 1918, and again in September 1918.
The extension contains 312 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 32 of the burials are unidentified but special memorials commemorate three casualties known to be buried among them. The extension also contains 41 Second World War burials, ten of them unidentified, mostly dating from May 1940 and the German advance across nothern France.
Casualty Details: UK 289, Australia 1, South Africa 22, Germany 1, Total Burials: 313.
Athies is a village 5 Kms east of Arras. The Cemetery is on the north side of the road from Arras to Fampoux and the Extension is on the north-east side of the Communal Cemetery.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to this cemetery is possible, but may be by alternative entrance.
Historical Information
Athies was captured by the 9th (Scottish) Division, which included the South African Brigade, on 9 April 1917, and from then it remained in Allied hands.
ATHIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY contains one Commonwealth burial of the First World War.
The adjoining COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION was begun immediately after the capture of the village and used by field ambulances and fighting units until May 1918, and again in September 1918.
The extension contains 312 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 32 of the burials are unidentified but special memorials commemorate three casualties known to be buried among them. The extension also contains 41 Second World War burials, ten of them unidentified, mostly dating from May 1940 and the German advance across nothern France.
Casualty Details: UK 289, Australia 1, South Africa 22, Germany 1, Total Burials: 313.
34209 Private
E. E. Scovell
1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
8th May 1917.
Plot K. 3.
E. E. Scovell
1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
8th May 1917.
Plot K. 3.
Warrant Officer Class II. C. S. M.
Robert Shaw
4th Bn. Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment)
Between 21st May 1940 and 24th May 1940, aged 28.
Plot 2. A. 11.
Son of Walter and Elizabeth Shaw; husband of Ethel Shaw, of Skelton, Yorkshire.
Robert Shaw
4th Bn. Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment)
Between 21st May 1940 and 24th May 1940, aged 28.
Plot 2. A. 11.
Son of Walter and Elizabeth Shaw; husband of Ethel Shaw, of Skelton, Yorkshire.
101184 Gunner
Whitfield George Nicholson
"D" Bty. 51st Bde. Royal Field Artillery
4th June 1917
Row K. 23.
Whitfield George Nicholson
"D" Bty. 51st Bde. Royal Field Artillery
4th June 1917
Row K. 23.
Party of the British troops resting by a wrecked building in Athies, April 1917. © IWM (Q 1977)
