AUBIGNY BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme
France
GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 49.89901, Longitude: 2.48442
Location Information
From Corbie take the D1 in the direction of Fouilloy-Amiens (A1 Paris) heading south. Leave the village of Corbie and travel through the village of Fouilloy, still on the D1 in the direction of Daours-Amiens A16. Leave Fouilloy and turn right 0.6 kilometres after leaving Fouilly in the direction of Aubigny, where the first CWGC signpost will be seen. The Cemetery is situated at the entrance of the village of Aubigny on the left hand side of the road.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access with some difficulty.
Historical Information
Aubigny British Cemetery was made by Australian units, mainly of the 54th-57th Battalions, in April-August 1918.
The cemetery was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
The cemetery contains 95 First World War burials, one of which is unidentified.
Total Burials: 95.
Identified Casualties: Australia 87, United Kingdom 7. Total 94.
Unidentified Casualty: 1.
From Corbie take the D1 in the direction of Fouilloy-Amiens (A1 Paris) heading south. Leave the village of Corbie and travel through the village of Fouilloy, still on the D1 in the direction of Daours-Amiens A16. Leave Fouilloy and turn right 0.6 kilometres after leaving Fouilly in the direction of Aubigny, where the first CWGC signpost will be seen. The Cemetery is situated at the entrance of the village of Aubigny on the left hand side of the road.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access with some difficulty.
Historical Information
Aubigny British Cemetery was made by Australian units, mainly of the 54th-57th Battalions, in April-August 1918.
The cemetery was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
The cemetery contains 95 First World War burials, one of which is unidentified.
Total Burials: 95.
Identified Casualties: Australia 87, United Kingdom 7. Total 94.
Unidentified Casualty: 1.
1918. The temporary cemetery at Aubigny near Amiens. The graves of Private T R Green (3rd right) and Private F Raynor (second right). On the far right is the grave of 596A Private James Woodlands of 54th Battalion Australian Infantry, of Port Macquarie NSW, who was killed in action on 12 April 1918. Note the flowers on all the graves.
These graves now make up row 'A' of the modern day cemetery.
2619 Sergeant
William Patrick Cosgrave
55th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
17th April 1918, aged 23.
Row B. 7.
Son of Patrick and Mary Cosgrave, of "Kenilworth," Boronia St., Kensington, Sydney, New South Wales.
A shop assistant from Kensington, NSW, Sgt Cosgrave was also an accomplished musician when he embarked with the rank of Private with the 6th Reinforcements, 17th Battalion from Sydney on HMAT Euripides on 2 November 1915. Later transferring to the 55th Battalion, he was promoted to Sergeant and, on 17 April 1918, aged 23, he was killed in action near Villers-Bretonneux and was buried in the Aubigny British Cemetery, France. His brother, 13867 Private Phillip Cameron Cosgrave served with the 14th Australian Field Ambulance and returned to Australia on 31 July 1918.
William Patrick Cosgrave
55th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
17th April 1918, aged 23.
Row B. 7.
Son of Patrick and Mary Cosgrave, of "Kenilworth," Boronia St., Kensington, Sydney, New South Wales.
A shop assistant from Kensington, NSW, Sgt Cosgrave was also an accomplished musician when he embarked with the rank of Private with the 6th Reinforcements, 17th Battalion from Sydney on HMAT Euripides on 2 November 1915. Later transferring to the 55th Battalion, he was promoted to Sergeant and, on 17 April 1918, aged 23, he was killed in action near Villers-Bretonneux and was buried in the Aubigny British Cemetery, France. His brother, 13867 Private Phillip Cameron Cosgrave served with the 14th Australian Field Ambulance and returned to Australia on 31 July 1918.
Lieutenant
George Haig
30th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
8th August 1918, aged 28.
Row D. 22.
A plumber prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Beltana (A72) on 9 November 1915. He was killed in action in the Proyart area, on 8 August 1918 during the third battle of the Somme, France, aged 28.
George Haig
30th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
8th August 1918, aged 28.
Row D. 22.
A plumber prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Beltana (A72) on 9 November 1915. He was killed in action in the Proyart area, on 8 August 1918 during the third battle of the Somme, France, aged 28.
French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau and Rene Renoult, the French Minister of Transportation, at the headquarters of Major-General Sinclair Maclaghe, the Commander of a Canadian Division, at Bussy-les-Daours, 7 July 1918. © IWM Q 78841
British soldiers helping local inhabitants to reinstate their homes at Corbie, 17 January 1917. © IWM Q 78332
Gunners of the Royal Garrison Artillery firing a 60-pounder gun, seen at full recoil. Near Corbie, 1 April 1918. © IWM Q 8653
Foden disinfecting lorry at Corbie, 15th January, 1917. © IWM Q 29222
Sherman tanks of Guards Armoured Division pass the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery during the advance towards Arras, 1 September 1944. © IWM BU 271
