AVESNES-LE-COMTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas De Calais
France
Location Information
Avesnes-le-Comte is a large village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, approximately 20 Kms west of Arras and 18 Kms south-east of St. Pol.
The Communal Cemetery lies on the CD8 between the road to Manin and a side road called "Petit chemin de Manin" on the north-west side of the village and the extension is on the western side of it.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible via the main entrance.
Historical Information
The village of Avesnes-le-Comte was for some time the VI Corps headquarters. The 37th and 30th Casualty Clearing Stations were there from April 1916, the 42nd in June 1916, and the 41st in January 1917.
The communal cemetery contains 2 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, both made in April 1916. Thereafter, burials were made in the extension, which contains 333 graves, 4 of which are unidentified. Most of these were from the 37th CCS which stayed in the village until July 1917.
N.B. The CWGC states that there are 332 Identified Casualties which indicates that there is only 1 unidentified and not 4 as mentioned above.
The Extension also contains 4 Second World War burials.
World War One
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 325, Canada 4, South Africa 3. Total 332.
World War Two
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 4. Total 4.
The Extension was designed by Charles Holden and William Cowlishaw
Dedication
76206 Gunner Leonard Moat, 156th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, died 8th April 1917, aged 22. Son of George and Mary Elizabeth Moat, of Westfield, Manea, March, Cambs.
Remembered by his relative Barry Cundell
Avesnes-le-Comte is a large village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, approximately 20 Kms west of Arras and 18 Kms south-east of St. Pol.
The Communal Cemetery lies on the CD8 between the road to Manin and a side road called "Petit chemin de Manin" on the north-west side of the village and the extension is on the western side of it.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible via the main entrance.
Historical Information
The village of Avesnes-le-Comte was for some time the VI Corps headquarters. The 37th and 30th Casualty Clearing Stations were there from April 1916, the 42nd in June 1916, and the 41st in January 1917.
The communal cemetery contains 2 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, both made in April 1916. Thereafter, burials were made in the extension, which contains 333 graves, 4 of which are unidentified. Most of these were from the 37th CCS which stayed in the village until July 1917.
N.B. The CWGC states that there are 332 Identified Casualties which indicates that there is only 1 unidentified and not 4 as mentioned above.
The Extension also contains 4 Second World War burials.
World War One
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 325, Canada 4, South Africa 3. Total 332.
World War Two
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 4. Total 4.
The Extension was designed by Charles Holden and William Cowlishaw
Dedication
76206 Gunner Leonard Moat, 156th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, died 8th April 1917, aged 22. Son of George and Mary Elizabeth Moat, of Westfield, Manea, March, Cambs.
Remembered by his relative Barry Cundell
Second Lieutenant
Karl Christian Horner
Royal Flying Corps and 7th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
4th April 1917, aged 20.
Plot IV. C. 4.
Son of Charles Robert and Isabel Mary Horner, of 18, Monkbridge Rd., Headingley, Leeds.
Karl Christian Horner
Royal Flying Corps and 7th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
4th April 1917, aged 20.
Plot IV. C. 4.
Son of Charles Robert and Isabel Mary Horner, of 18, Monkbridge Rd., Headingley, Leeds.
Captain
F. H. Moore
Royal Garrison Artillery, attd. Army Ordnance Department
17th May 1917.
Plot I. D. 3.
F. H. Moore
Royal Garrison Artillery, attd. Army Ordnance Department
17th May 1917.
Plot I. D. 3.
73875 Private
Albert Scholfield
The King's (Liverpool Regiment), transf. to (45403) 76th Coy. Labour Corps
6th July 1917, aged 34.
Plot I. D. 20.
Son of Thomas and Ann Scholfield, of Holme, nr. Burnley, Lancs.
Albert Scholfield
The King's (Liverpool Regiment), transf. to (45403) 76th Coy. Labour Corps
6th July 1917, aged 34.
Plot I. D. 20.
Son of Thomas and Ann Scholfield, of Holme, nr. Burnley, Lancs.
The 4 World War Two Burials
c.1939-1940: A game of football being played in the snow at 1st Anti Aircraft Brigade Headquarters at Avesnes Le Comte. © IWM (F 2546)
