BAC-DU-SUD BRITISH CEMETERY
Bailleulval
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.22463, Longitude: 2.60344
© Johan Pauwels
Location Information
Bailleulval is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais about 13 Kms south-west of Arras, and the Cemetery is 1 Km west of the village on the north side of the main road from Arras to Doullens (N25).
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to site possible - maybe by alternative entrance.
Historical Information
The cemetery was made in March 1918 by the 7th, 20th and 43rd Casualty Clearing Stations, but when the German advance began at the end of that month, their place was taken by field ambulances of the units fighting on the Arras front, notably the 31st Division and the Canadian Corps. In August and September, when the Germans had been pushed back, the 45th and 46th Casualty Clearing Stations were posted to the neighbourhood.
Bac-du-Sud British Cemetery contains 688 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. There are also 55 German war graves.
Total Burials: 743.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 636, Germany 54, Canada 48. Total 738.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 4, Germany 1. Total 5.
The cemetery was designed by Charles Holden and W. H. Cowlishaw
Bailleulval is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais about 13 Kms south-west of Arras, and the Cemetery is 1 Km west of the village on the north side of the main road from Arras to Doullens (N25).
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to site possible - maybe by alternative entrance.
Historical Information
The cemetery was made in March 1918 by the 7th, 20th and 43rd Casualty Clearing Stations, but when the German advance began at the end of that month, their place was taken by field ambulances of the units fighting on the Arras front, notably the 31st Division and the Canadian Corps. In August and September, when the Germans had been pushed back, the 45th and 46th Casualty Clearing Stations were posted to the neighbourhood.
Bac-du-Sud British Cemetery contains 688 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. There are also 55 German war graves.
Total Burials: 743.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 636, Germany 54, Canada 48. Total 738.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 4, Germany 1. Total 5.
The cemetery was designed by Charles Holden and W. H. Cowlishaw
Images in this gallery © Johan Pauwels
235937 Lance Corporal
Frank Addison
16th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
5th April 1918.
Plot II. C. 5
Frank Addison
16th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
5th April 1918.
Plot II. C. 5
L/1649 Gunner
Thomas Harold Burton
"C" Coy. 178th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
25th March 1918, aged 22.
Plot I. C. 25.
Native of Nottingham. Only son of Thomas and Fanny Burton, of 50, Ramsey St., Scarborough.
Thomas Harold Burton
"C" Coy. 178th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
25th March 1918, aged 22.
Plot I. C. 25.
Native of Nottingham. Only son of Thomas and Fanny Burton, of 50, Ramsey St., Scarborough.
Captain
Rupert Caldwell Butler Fellowes
4th Company, 1st Bn. Coldstream Guards
21st August 1918, aged 24.
Plot III. A. 30.
Son of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas and of Lady Fellowes, of "Woodfield," Stevenage, Herts.
Rupert Caldwell Butler Fellowes
4th Company, 1st Bn. Coldstream Guards
21st August 1918, aged 24.
Plot III. A. 30.
Son of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas and of Lady Fellowes, of "Woodfield," Stevenage, Herts.
17638 Serjeant
James William Hearn, M. M. and Bar
1st Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
17th May 1918, aged 29.
Plot II. D. 10
Son of James and Jessie Amelia Hearn of 34 Quadrant St., Canning Town, London.
Pictures courtesy of Barry Hearn, great nephew of this soldier
James William Hearn, M. M. and Bar
1st Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
17th May 1918, aged 29.
Plot II. D. 10
Son of James and Jessie Amelia Hearn of 34 Quadrant St., Canning Town, London.
Pictures courtesy of Barry Hearn, great nephew of this soldier
281052 Private
Michael Drummond Kelbie
"D" Coy. 1st/7th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
25th August 1918, aged 20.
Plot III. E. 13.
Son of Peter and Mary Kelbie, of 16, Forrest St., Mile End, Glasgow. Native of Dunfermline.
Pictures courtesy of Keith Holland, great nephew of this soldier
Michael Drummond Kelbie
"D" Coy. 1st/7th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
25th August 1918, aged 20.
Plot III. E. 13.
Son of Peter and Mary Kelbie, of 16, Forrest St., Mile End, Glasgow. Native of Dunfermline.
Pictures courtesy of Keith Holland, great nephew of this soldier
104576 Lance Corporal
G. A. Lee, M. M.
228th Field Company, Royal Engineers
26th March 1918, aged 27.
Plot I. D. 9.
Born at Wheldon, Castleford. Son of Nicholas and Mary Lee, of Oxspring Lodge, Penistone, Sheffield.
G. A. Lee, M. M.
228th Field Company, Royal Engineers
26th March 1918, aged 27.
Plot I. D. 9.
Born at Wheldon, Castleford. Son of Nicholas and Mary Lee, of Oxspring Lodge, Penistone, Sheffield.
Captain
John Keith Mews
1st Bn. Royal Fusiliers
24th August 1918, aged 23.
Plot III. E. 19.
Son of John and Ethel Mews, of 90 , Westbourne Terrace, Paddington, London.
John Keith Mews
1st Bn. Royal Fusiliers
24th August 1918, aged 23.
Plot III. E. 19.
Son of John and Ethel Mews, of 90 , Westbourne Terrace, Paddington, London.
105253 Private
F. J. Oborne
2nd Squadron, Machine Gun Corps, (Cavalry)
21st August 1918.
Plot III. A. 12.
Pictures courtesy of Alan Hawkins (Grandson)
F. J. Oborne
2nd Squadron, Machine Gun Corps, (Cavalry)
21st August 1918.
Plot III. A. 12.
Pictures courtesy of Alan Hawkins (Grandson)
A member of the 55th Divisional Concert Party at Gouy-on-Artois conversing with two soldiers of the British Army, 14th April 1916. © IWM Q 511
October 1918; The fate of a German Machine Gunner, near the Canal-du-Nord. © IWM CO 3320
Officers exercising their chargers near Arras, 18th May 1917. © IWM Q 2155
Fatigue party of the Royal Garrison Artillery (see Q 8674) eating. Ransart, 7 April 1918. © IWM Q 8675
Pre - 1936 ©CWGC
June 1954 - ©CWGC
June 1954 - ©CWGC
