BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.73872 Longitude: 2.74182
Picture © Werner Van Caneghem
Location Information
Bailleul is a large town in France, near the Belgian border, 14.5 Kms south-west of Ieper and on the main road from St. Omer to Lille.
From the Grand place, take the Ieper road and 400 metres along this road is a sign indicating the direction of the cemetery. Turn down the right into a small road and follow for approximately 400 metres, the cemetery is on the right.
Historical Information
Bailleul was occupied on 14 October 1914 by the 19th Brigade and the 4th Division. It became an important railhead, air depot and hospital centre, with the 2nd, 3rd, 8th, 11th, 53rd, 1st Canadian and 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Stations quartered in it for considerable periods. It was a Corps headquarters until July 1917, when it was severely bombed and shelled, and after the Battle of Bailleul (13-15 April 1918), it fell into German hands and was not retaken until 30 August 1918.
The earliest Commonwealth burials at Bailleul were made at the east end of the communal cemetery and in April 1915, when the space available had been filled, the extension was opened on the east side of the cemetery. The extension was used until April 1918, and again in September, and after the Armistice graves were brought in from the neighbouring battlefields.
BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY contains 610 Commonwealth burials of the First World War; 17 of the graves were destroyed by shell fire and are represented by special memorials.
Total Burials: 619.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 575, Canada 21, Germany 8, India 4. Total 608.
BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION contains 4,403 Commonwealth burials of the First World War; 11 of the graves made in April 1918 were destroyed by shell fire and are represented by special memorials. There are also 17 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War and 154 German burials from both wars.
Both the Commonwealth plot in the communal cemetery and the extension were designed by Sir Herbert Baker and Noel Ackroyd Rew
Bailleul is a large town in France, near the Belgian border, 14.5 Kms south-west of Ieper and on the main road from St. Omer to Lille.
From the Grand place, take the Ieper road and 400 metres along this road is a sign indicating the direction of the cemetery. Turn down the right into a small road and follow for approximately 400 metres, the cemetery is on the right.
Historical Information
Bailleul was occupied on 14 October 1914 by the 19th Brigade and the 4th Division. It became an important railhead, air depot and hospital centre, with the 2nd, 3rd, 8th, 11th, 53rd, 1st Canadian and 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Stations quartered in it for considerable periods. It was a Corps headquarters until July 1917, when it was severely bombed and shelled, and after the Battle of Bailleul (13-15 April 1918), it fell into German hands and was not retaken until 30 August 1918.
The earliest Commonwealth burials at Bailleul were made at the east end of the communal cemetery and in April 1915, when the space available had been filled, the extension was opened on the east side of the cemetery. The extension was used until April 1918, and again in September, and after the Armistice graves were brought in from the neighbouring battlefields.
BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY contains 610 Commonwealth burials of the First World War; 17 of the graves were destroyed by shell fire and are represented by special memorials.
Total Burials: 619.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 575, Canada 21, Germany 8, India 4. Total 608.
BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION contains 4,403 Commonwealth burials of the First World War; 11 of the graves made in April 1918 were destroyed by shell fire and are represented by special memorials. There are also 17 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War and 154 German burials from both wars.
Both the Commonwealth plot in the communal cemetery and the extension were designed by Sir Herbert Baker and Noel Ackroyd Rew
Lieutenant
Elphinstone D'Oyly Aplin
2nd Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
13th May 1915, aged 22.
Plot I. 1.
Son of Lt. Col. Hugh M. and Annie Campbell Aplin, of Clinton Lodge, Budleigh Salterton, Devon.
Elphinstone D'Oyly Aplin
2nd Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
13th May 1915, aged 22.
Plot I. 1.
Son of Lt. Col. Hugh M. and Annie Campbell Aplin, of Clinton Lodge, Budleigh Salterton, Devon.
9291 Rifleman
Richard Vincent Bevan
5th Bn. London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)
12th December 1914, aged 21.
Plot A. 27.
Son of Dr. Richard Bevan, and Annie, his wife, of 2, Park Avenue, East Sheen, London. Educated at and Scholar of St. Paul's School, Hammersmith. Medical Student and Huxley Scholar at Charing Cross Hospital. Born at Lydd, Kent.
Richard Vincent Bevan
5th Bn. London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)
12th December 1914, aged 21.
Plot A. 27.
Son of Dr. Richard Bevan, and Annie, his wife, of 2, Park Avenue, East Sheen, London. Educated at and Scholar of St. Paul's School, Hammersmith. Medical Student and Huxley Scholar at Charing Cross Hospital. Born at Lydd, Kent.
Lieutenant
H. Coupland
5th Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
24th April 1915.
Plot I. 18.
H. Coupland
5th Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
24th April 1915.
Plot I. 18.
Lieutenant
Richard Gilpin Crawford
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
9th May 1915, aged 23.
Plot I. 10.
Son of William C. and Annie Gilpin Gawford, of 51, Water St., Chatham, Ontario. Native of Tilbury, Ontario.
Richard Gilpin Crawford
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
9th May 1915, aged 23.
Plot I. 10.
Son of William C. and Annie Gilpin Gawford, of 51, Water St., Chatham, Ontario. Native of Tilbury, Ontario.
Major
Aeneas Charles Perkins
40th Pathans
28th April 1915, aged 43.
Plot I. 17.
Son of the late Gen. Sir Aeneas Perkins, K.C.B., R.E., and Lady Perkins; husband of Mary Perkins, of 6, Glendowe Place, South Kensington, London.
Aeneas Charles Perkins
40th Pathans
28th April 1915, aged 43.
Plot I. 17.
Son of the late Gen. Sir Aeneas Perkins, K.C.B., R.E., and Lady Perkins; husband of Mary Perkins, of 6, Glendowe Place, South Kensington, London.
10815 Private
Ernest Rise
2nd Bn. Cameronians, (Scottish Rifles)
16th November 1914, aged 21.
Row C. 22.
Picture courtesy of great nephew Pete Nelson
Ernest Rise
2nd Bn. Cameronians, (Scottish Rifles)
16th November 1914, aged 21.
Row C. 22.
Picture courtesy of great nephew Pete Nelson
Captain
Philip Ernest Viney
1st Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
17th December 1914, aged 26.
Plot F. 1.
INSCRIPTION. DEATH IS THE GATE OF LIFE GOD IS LOVE.
Second son of Dr. J. Ernest Viney and Mrs. B. L. Viney, of Cintra, Swanage, Dorset.
Born the second son to Dr and Mrs Viney of Cintra ,Swanage on the 23rd April 1888. Educated at Summerfield’s, Oxford and Alderman School, Elstree. Joining the Leicestershire Regiment from the R.M.C., Sandhurst 1906.He became Lieutenant in May 1910. On the 5th October 1911, he was seconded for employment with the West African Frontier Force, and in 1914 was A.D.C. to Sir Hugh Clifford. On the outbreak of the war he rejoined the 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment as Captain to which rank he had been promoted in August. He was sent to the front in September 1914. His Battalion formed part of the 16th Brigade, 51st Division which took part in the advance to the Battle of the Aisne. Mortally wounded by a high explosive shell on the afternoon of the 14th December whilst in the trenches. He was removed to the Field Hospital, Bailleul , and died on the evening of the 17th December. Deeply regretted by his brother Officers and the men who served under him, to whom he had endeared himself by his cheerful unselfishness and thought for others. Captain Viney was a member of the junior Army and Navy club and was unmarried.
Text and picture courtesy of Warren Pilmore
Philip Ernest Viney
1st Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
17th December 1914, aged 26.
Plot F. 1.
INSCRIPTION. DEATH IS THE GATE OF LIFE GOD IS LOVE.
Second son of Dr. J. Ernest Viney and Mrs. B. L. Viney, of Cintra, Swanage, Dorset.
Born the second son to Dr and Mrs Viney of Cintra ,Swanage on the 23rd April 1888. Educated at Summerfield’s, Oxford and Alderman School, Elstree. Joining the Leicestershire Regiment from the R.M.C., Sandhurst 1906.He became Lieutenant in May 1910. On the 5th October 1911, he was seconded for employment with the West African Frontier Force, and in 1914 was A.D.C. to Sir Hugh Clifford. On the outbreak of the war he rejoined the 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment as Captain to which rank he had been promoted in August. He was sent to the front in September 1914. His Battalion formed part of the 16th Brigade, 51st Division which took part in the advance to the Battle of the Aisne. Mortally wounded by a high explosive shell on the afternoon of the 14th December whilst in the trenches. He was removed to the Field Hospital, Bailleul , and died on the evening of the 17th December. Deeply regretted by his brother Officers and the men who served under him, to whom he had endeared himself by his cheerful unselfishness and thought for others. Captain Viney was a member of the junior Army and Navy club and was unmarried.
Text and picture courtesy of Warren Pilmore
Captain
Herbert Moline Warner
1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
16th November 1914, aged 25.
Plot D. 1. 4.
Son of Herbert Warner, of Les Rossignol, Hyeres, Var, France.
Herbert Moline Warner
1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
16th November 1914, aged 25.
Plot D. 1. 4.
Son of Herbert Warner, of Les Rossignol, Hyeres, Var, France.
Second Lieutenant
Frederick Maurice Wookey
"C" Company, 1st Bn. Royal Irish Regiment
19th March 1915, aged 27.
Plot I. 22.
Son of Frederick Wookey, J.P., of Leixlip, Co. Dublin.
Frederick Maurice Wookey
"C" Company, 1st Bn. Royal Irish Regiment
19th March 1915, aged 27.
Plot I. 22.
Son of Frederick Wookey, J.P., of Leixlip, Co. Dublin.
