Bagneux British Cemetery
Roll of Honour
A - L
3320 Private
Robert Challoner
2nd/5th Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
26th May 1918, aged 25.
Plot II. D. 20
Son of Charles and Ann Challoner, of 10, Church Rd., Lytham, Lancs.
Picture courtesy of John Garlington
Robert Challoner
2nd/5th Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
26th May 1918, aged 25.
Plot II. D. 20
Son of Charles and Ann Challoner, of 10, Church Rd., Lytham, Lancs.
Picture courtesy of John Garlington
204219 Private
Thomas Alfred Cook
1st Bn. Hertfordshire Regiment
20th August 1918, aged 33*.(Died of gunshot wounds).
Plot IV. F. 4.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Cook, of 10, Clarendon Rd., Luton, Beds.
*(Grave shows age at death as 33 but census details would make him only 31)
Picture courtesy of grandson, David Cook.
Thomas Alfred Cook
1st Bn. Hertfordshire Regiment
20th August 1918, aged 33*.(Died of gunshot wounds).
Plot IV. F. 4.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Cook, of 10, Clarendon Rd., Luton, Beds.
*(Grave shows age at death as 33 but census details would make him only 31)
Picture courtesy of grandson, David Cook.
Lieutenant-Colonel
Hugh Courtenay, D. S. O., M. C.
1st Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
23rd August 1918, aged 30.
Plot V. C. 18.
Son of Charles C. and Constance H. Courtenay, of Manor Farm House, East Horsley, Surrey
Picture courtesy of Rob & Penny Maitland-Stuart
Hugh Courtenay, D. S. O., M. C.
1st Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
23rd August 1918, aged 30.
Plot V. C. 18.
Son of Charles C. and Constance H. Courtenay, of Manor Farm House, East Horsley, Surrey
Picture courtesy of Rob & Penny Maitland-Stuart
241430 Private
James Dean
1st/5th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
31st August 1918, aged aged 22.
Plot VI. B. 25
Born Wiswell, Lancashire and enlisted at Burnley, Lancashire
Picture courtesy of niece, Pauline Littler
James Dean
1st/5th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
31st August 1918, aged aged 22.
Plot VI. B. 25
Born Wiswell, Lancashire and enlisted at Burnley, Lancashire
Picture courtesy of niece, Pauline Littler
423910 Lance Corporal
Peter Eddy
10th Bn. London Regiment
24th August 1918, aged 39.
Plot IV. G. 5.
Son of William and Mary Eddy, of Glendurgan, Falmouth; husband of R. F. Eddy, of Durgan, Mawnan Smith, Falmouth.
Lance Corporal Peter Eddy, formerly of the Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry and latterly of the 10th Battalion London Regiment, who died on 24th August 1918 aged 39. He died from wounds received. He was the son of William and Mary Eddy of Mawnan Smith, Falmouth, Cornwall. He left his wife, Rosina Frances, and their five children.
Picture courtesy of grandson, William Salisbury
Peter Eddy
10th Bn. London Regiment
24th August 1918, aged 39.
Plot IV. G. 5.
Son of William and Mary Eddy, of Glendurgan, Falmouth; husband of R. F. Eddy, of Durgan, Mawnan Smith, Falmouth.
Lance Corporal Peter Eddy, formerly of the Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry and latterly of the 10th Battalion London Regiment, who died on 24th August 1918 aged 39. He died from wounds received. He was the son of William and Mary Eddy of Mawnan Smith, Falmouth, Cornwall. He left his wife, Rosina Frances, and their five children.
Picture courtesy of grandson, William Salisbury
51831 Rifleman
Arnold Emmett
3rd Bn. New Zealand Rifle Brigade
31st August 1918, aged 24.
Plot VI. E. 18.
Son of Arthur William and the late Jane Emmett, of Quinn's Rd., Shirley, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Picture courtesy of great niece, Dr Jennie Coleman
Arnold Emmett
3rd Bn. New Zealand Rifle Brigade
31st August 1918, aged 24.
Plot VI. E. 18.
Son of Arthur William and the late Jane Emmett, of Quinn's Rd., Shirley, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Picture courtesy of great niece, Dr Jennie Coleman
63137 Private
Roland William Henry Goddard
1st Bn. Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F., attached to 2nd New Zealand Light Trench Mortar Battery
25th August 1918, aged 24.
Plot VI. C. 31.
Son of Frederick and Emma Goddard, of Motueka; husband of Elizabeth Goddard, of Tasman, Nelson, New Zealand.
Images and additional text courtesy of Malcolm Goddard (Nephew)
Roland William Henry Goddard
1st Bn. Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F., attached to 2nd New Zealand Light Trench Mortar Battery
25th August 1918, aged 24.
Plot VI. C. 31.
Son of Frederick and Emma Goddard, of Motueka; husband of Elizabeth Goddard, of Tasman, Nelson, New Zealand.
Images and additional text courtesy of Malcolm Goddard (Nephew)
Private, Roland William Henry Goddard, 63137, No.2, Light Trench Mortar Battery, 1st Otago Infantry Regiment, NZEF.
Born, 09 Jun 1895, Nelson, New Zealand
Died, 25 Aug 1918, The Somme, France
Known locations/Units that he served
Attempted to enlist 19 Oct 1916 – held over medically unfit due to rheumatic fever in 1909.
Enlisted again 24 Jul 1917
E Company, 31st Battalion, NZEF, 24 Jul 1917 – 21 Nov 1917, New Zealand,
Embarked on troop ship HMNZT96 Maunganui for England 22 Nov 1917, arrived in Liverpool 7 Jan 1918
D Company, 4th reserve Battalion Otago Inf. Regiment
Transferred to 1st Battalion, Otago Regiment,
Arrived in France, 20 Mar 1918
Transferred to No.2 NZ Light Trench Mortar Battery, at Rouen, France, 3 Jul 1918
Wounded in Action 24 Aug 1918
Died from wounds 25 Aug 1918, 23 years old.
Buried at Bagneux British Cemetery Gezaincourt, France, Grave Reference: VI. C. 31.
Roland William Henry Goddard, called Mick in the family was living in Blenheim and working as a labourer. He was also a member of the “The 12th Nelson Regiment”, up until he later joined the NZ Army.
Mick applied to join the NZ Army in April 1916 for the 23rd reinforcements (in Blenheim) but was rejected on medical grounds for 3 months, as he had previously had rhematic fever.
He again attempted to join the Army again on 24 July 1917 (for the 32nd reinforcements) and was successful.
Standing 5 feet 9 and half inches tall with a dark complexion, brown eyes and light brown hair. Mick entered Trentham Camp on the 20th of August 1917 where he began training with the 31st and 32nd Reinforcements.
He embarked for England on 22 Nov. 1917 and arrived in Liverpool on 7 Jan. 1918 and was sent to the Sling Camp. On the 20th of March he proceeded to France where he entered Etaples Camp for further training.
From there he was sent to the frontline and joined the 2nd NZ Entrenching Battalion on the 28th of March. Essentially a Labour force, this unit was full of new reinforcements and previously sick or wounded men returning to duty. During this time (March and April 1918) they were thrust into the German Spring Offensive and were used as Infantry at times. Before long, Mick was posted to his new unit 10th Company 1st Otago Battalion on the 14th of April.
On the 3rd of July 1918, he was detached to duty with the 2nd NZ light trench mortar battery and saw action during the Rossignol Wood fighting. The Otago Battalion was heavily involved with scouting and raiding of the German positions, and the New Zealanders so harassed their opponents that the Germans eventually abandoned Rossignol Wood.
In contrast to the relatively static trench-based stalemate that characterised the Western Front for most of the First World War, by mid-1918 the tide had turned in favour of the Allied armies and open warfare ensued over swathes of the French countryside. The position of the front line shifting rapidly eastwards in August-September 1918 during one of the New Zealand Division’s final offensives of the war, the Battle of Bapaume.
From July 1918, the overstretched German army faced renewed attacks from the British, French, Belgian and American allies along the Western Front. On 21 August the British Third Army (with the New Zealand Division as part of its IV Corps) launched an attack north of the previous battlefield, intending to drive the Germans back towards the town of Bapaume. This ground was chosen as it was less torn-up by years of shelling, and thus better suited to mobile attacks with armoured support.
The New Zealand Division supported the right flank of the main attack in the first few days of the battle, but from 24 August it took a lead role. In a single day the New Zealanders captured the town of Grévillers, Loupart Wood and the village of Biefvillers. The following day they began to surround the town of Bapaume, where several major roads intersected. The German defenders resisted the siege until the night of 28 August, when they retreated to positions just east of Bancourt and Frémicourt. The New Zealanders entered Bapaume next day and continued to push the front-line further east across largely abandoned terrain until they halted east of Bertincourt to regroup.
By early September the British First, Third and Fourth armies had pushed the Germans back to the Hindenburg Line east of Bapaume, the area from which they had launched their Spring Offensive in March.
Mick was wounded in action during the Battle of Bapaume from gunshot wounds to the head, back and chest on the 24 Aug 1918 and died from his wounds the following day 25 Aug 1918. He was 23 years old and left a wife Elizabeth and daughter Joan.
Born, 09 Jun 1895, Nelson, New Zealand
Died, 25 Aug 1918, The Somme, France
Known locations/Units that he served
Attempted to enlist 19 Oct 1916 – held over medically unfit due to rheumatic fever in 1909.
Enlisted again 24 Jul 1917
E Company, 31st Battalion, NZEF, 24 Jul 1917 – 21 Nov 1917, New Zealand,
Embarked on troop ship HMNZT96 Maunganui for England 22 Nov 1917, arrived in Liverpool 7 Jan 1918
D Company, 4th reserve Battalion Otago Inf. Regiment
Transferred to 1st Battalion, Otago Regiment,
Arrived in France, 20 Mar 1918
Transferred to No.2 NZ Light Trench Mortar Battery, at Rouen, France, 3 Jul 1918
Wounded in Action 24 Aug 1918
Died from wounds 25 Aug 1918, 23 years old.
Buried at Bagneux British Cemetery Gezaincourt, France, Grave Reference: VI. C. 31.
Roland William Henry Goddard, called Mick in the family was living in Blenheim and working as a labourer. He was also a member of the “The 12th Nelson Regiment”, up until he later joined the NZ Army.
Mick applied to join the NZ Army in April 1916 for the 23rd reinforcements (in Blenheim) but was rejected on medical grounds for 3 months, as he had previously had rhematic fever.
He again attempted to join the Army again on 24 July 1917 (for the 32nd reinforcements) and was successful.
Standing 5 feet 9 and half inches tall with a dark complexion, brown eyes and light brown hair. Mick entered Trentham Camp on the 20th of August 1917 where he began training with the 31st and 32nd Reinforcements.
He embarked for England on 22 Nov. 1917 and arrived in Liverpool on 7 Jan. 1918 and was sent to the Sling Camp. On the 20th of March he proceeded to France where he entered Etaples Camp for further training.
From there he was sent to the frontline and joined the 2nd NZ Entrenching Battalion on the 28th of March. Essentially a Labour force, this unit was full of new reinforcements and previously sick or wounded men returning to duty. During this time (March and April 1918) they were thrust into the German Spring Offensive and were used as Infantry at times. Before long, Mick was posted to his new unit 10th Company 1st Otago Battalion on the 14th of April.
On the 3rd of July 1918, he was detached to duty with the 2nd NZ light trench mortar battery and saw action during the Rossignol Wood fighting. The Otago Battalion was heavily involved with scouting and raiding of the German positions, and the New Zealanders so harassed their opponents that the Germans eventually abandoned Rossignol Wood.
In contrast to the relatively static trench-based stalemate that characterised the Western Front for most of the First World War, by mid-1918 the tide had turned in favour of the Allied armies and open warfare ensued over swathes of the French countryside. The position of the front line shifting rapidly eastwards in August-September 1918 during one of the New Zealand Division’s final offensives of the war, the Battle of Bapaume.
From July 1918, the overstretched German army faced renewed attacks from the British, French, Belgian and American allies along the Western Front. On 21 August the British Third Army (with the New Zealand Division as part of its IV Corps) launched an attack north of the previous battlefield, intending to drive the Germans back towards the town of Bapaume. This ground was chosen as it was less torn-up by years of shelling, and thus better suited to mobile attacks with armoured support.
The New Zealand Division supported the right flank of the main attack in the first few days of the battle, but from 24 August it took a lead role. In a single day the New Zealanders captured the town of Grévillers, Loupart Wood and the village of Biefvillers. The following day they began to surround the town of Bapaume, where several major roads intersected. The German defenders resisted the siege until the night of 28 August, when they retreated to positions just east of Bancourt and Frémicourt. The New Zealanders entered Bapaume next day and continued to push the front-line further east across largely abandoned terrain until they halted east of Bertincourt to regroup.
By early September the British First, Third and Fourth armies had pushed the Germans back to the Hindenburg Line east of Bapaume, the area from which they had launched their Spring Offensive in March.
Mick was wounded in action during the Battle of Bapaume from gunshot wounds to the head, back and chest on the 24 Aug 1918 and died from his wounds the following day 25 Aug 1918. He was 23 years old and left a wife Elizabeth and daughter Joan.
709987 Private
Roy Eugene Graham
26th Bn. Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)
12th June 1918
Plot III. B. 23
Picture courtesy of Jim Walker
Roy Eugene Graham
26th Bn. Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)
12th June 1918
Plot III. B. 23
Picture courtesy of Jim Walker
21624 Lance Corporal
Jack Keyworth
2nd Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
31st August 1918, aged 22.
Plot VI. B. 37.
Picture courtesy of Suzi Strafford
Jack Keyworth
2nd Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
31st August 1918, aged 22.
Plot VI. B. 37.
Picture courtesy of Suzi Strafford
81605 Private
John W. Lawrenson
15th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
27th August 1918, aged 31.
Plot V. B. 1C
Eldest son of Mary Ann and the late Magnus Lawrenson, of 58, Hinge St., South Shields.
Picture courtesy of Jeff Harkness, great cousin of this soldier
John W. Lawrenson
15th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
27th August 1918, aged 31.
Plot V. B. 1C
Eldest son of Mary Ann and the late Magnus Lawrenson, of 58, Hinge St., South Shields.
Picture courtesy of Jeff Harkness, great cousin of this soldier
