BEAULENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Ligny-Thilloy
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.07939, Longitude: 2.85385
Location Information
Beaulencourt is a village on the RN17 south of Bapaume, a town 20 Kms south-south-west of Arras. On arrival at Beaulencourt from Bapaume, the Cemetery is indicated on the right, and then turn immediately right again. The Cemetery is 1 Km from this junction at the roadside on the right. This small road crosses the A1 autoroute.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to this cemetery is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The cemetery was made originally by the 3rd, 4th, 43rd and 58th Casualty Clearing Stations, which were posted in Beaulencourt at different periods after the middle of September, 1918; and the burials from these hospitals are in Plot I, Rows A to D. It was greatly enlarged after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from the neighbouring battlefields and from certain other cemeteries, including:-
BEAULENCOURT CHURCHYARD, in which two soldiers from the United Kingdom were buried by the enemy in 1918.
BEAULENCOURT GERMAN CEMETERIES, one a little North of the village on the West side of the road to Bapaume, and another at the Southern exit of the village. These two cemeteries were used by German medical units in 1916 and 1918; and they contained, besides German graves, those of 50 soldiers from the United Kingdom and New Zealand, which have been removed partly to Beaulencourt British Cemetery, and partly to Favreuil.
GREVILLERS GERMAN CEMETERY, on the road from Grevillers to Bihucourt, in which 500 German soldiers and 12 from the United Kingdom were buried by the Germans, and eleven New Zealand soldiers and one from the United Kingdom by their comrades in August, 1918.
There are now over 700, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over 300 are unidentified and special memorials are erected to 21 soldiers from the United Kingdom known or believed to be buried among them.
The cemetery covers an area of 2,917 square metres and is enclosed on three sides by a rubble wall.
Total Burials: 736.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 313, New Zealand 80, Australia 29, Canada 3, India 1, South Africa 1. Total 427.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 286, Australia 22, New Zealand 1. Total 309.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens & William Harrison Cowlishaw
Beaulencourt is a village on the RN17 south of Bapaume, a town 20 Kms south-south-west of Arras. On arrival at Beaulencourt from Bapaume, the Cemetery is indicated on the right, and then turn immediately right again. The Cemetery is 1 Km from this junction at the roadside on the right. This small road crosses the A1 autoroute.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to this cemetery is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The cemetery was made originally by the 3rd, 4th, 43rd and 58th Casualty Clearing Stations, which were posted in Beaulencourt at different periods after the middle of September, 1918; and the burials from these hospitals are in Plot I, Rows A to D. It was greatly enlarged after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from the neighbouring battlefields and from certain other cemeteries, including:-
BEAULENCOURT CHURCHYARD, in which two soldiers from the United Kingdom were buried by the enemy in 1918.
BEAULENCOURT GERMAN CEMETERIES, one a little North of the village on the West side of the road to Bapaume, and another at the Southern exit of the village. These two cemeteries were used by German medical units in 1916 and 1918; and they contained, besides German graves, those of 50 soldiers from the United Kingdom and New Zealand, which have been removed partly to Beaulencourt British Cemetery, and partly to Favreuil.
GREVILLERS GERMAN CEMETERY, on the road from Grevillers to Bihucourt, in which 500 German soldiers and 12 from the United Kingdom were buried by the Germans, and eleven New Zealand soldiers and one from the United Kingdom by their comrades in August, 1918.
There are now over 700, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over 300 are unidentified and special memorials are erected to 21 soldiers from the United Kingdom known or believed to be buried among them.
The cemetery covers an area of 2,917 square metres and is enclosed on three sides by a rubble wall.
Total Burials: 736.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 313, New Zealand 80, Australia 29, Canada 3, India 1, South Africa 1. Total 427.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 286, Australia 22, New Zealand 1. Total 309.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens & William Harrison Cowlishaw
42011 Private
Hector Ogilvie Ashworth
1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
25th August 1918
Plot I. F. 22.
Son of Maj. W. G. Ashworth, of Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Hector Ogilvie Ashworth
1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
25th August 1918
Plot I. F. 22.
Son of Maj. W. G. Ashworth, of Palmerston North, New Zealand.
12/2638 Rifleman
Walter Bartley
2nd Bn. 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
10th October 1918, aged 28.
Plot I. B. 20.
Son of Andrew and Sarah Bartley, of Mongonui, Auckland, New Zealand.
Walter Bartley
2nd Bn. 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
10th October 1918, aged 28.
Plot I. B. 20.
Son of Andrew and Sarah Bartley, of Mongonui, Auckland, New Zealand.
62014 Private
Robert Woodward Campbell
1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
28th August 1918
Plot I. G. 10.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Campbell, of Kohi, Waverley, New Zealand.
Robert Woodward Campbell
1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
28th August 1918
Plot I. G. 10.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Campbell, of Kohi, Waverley, New Zealand.
21655 Private
Arthur Ching
2nd Bn. Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
24th August 1918, aged 23.
Plot III. H. 15.
Only son of John and Emily Ching, of Spring Grove, Nelson, New Zealand.
Arthur Ching
2nd Bn. Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
24th August 1918, aged 23.
Plot III. H. 15.
Only son of John and Emily Ching, of Spring Grove, Nelson, New Zealand.
352 Company Sergeant Major
Ernest Holland
31st Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
14th March 1917, aged 22.
Plot I. G. 13.
Son of Alfred and Janet Holland; husband of Gertie Holland, of Healy St., Toowoomba, Queensland.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done"
Picture courtesy of Jim Donald
Ernest Holland
31st Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
14th March 1917, aged 22.
Plot I. G. 13.
Son of Alfred and Janet Holland; husband of Gertie Holland, of Healy St., Toowoomba, Queensland.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done"
Picture courtesy of Jim Donald
4257 Private
John Herbert Martin
5th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
2nd March 1917.
Plot IV. G. 7.
Son of Richard and Mary Martin, of 17, Albert St., Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia. Born at Richmond, Victoria.
His headstone bears the inscription "Faithful Unto Death"
John Herbert Martin
5th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
2nd March 1917.
Plot IV. G. 7.
Son of Richard and Mary Martin, of 17, Albert St., Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia. Born at Richmond, Victoria.
His headstone bears the inscription "Faithful Unto Death"
1734 Sergeant
Arthur Mundell, M. M.
"A" Company, 24th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
14th March 1917, aged 32.
Plot III. G. 2.
Son of Jessie Mundell, of 127, Northbourne St., Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, and the late John Mundell.
Arthur Mundell, M. M.
"A" Company, 24th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
14th March 1917, aged 32.
Plot III. G. 2.
Son of Jessie Mundell, of 127, Northbourne St., Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, and the late John Mundell.
1947 Private
Samuel George Frederick Oakley
58th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
6th March 1917, aged 30.
Plot IV. F. 21.
Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Oakley, of 7, Park St., Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Loving Son And Brother One Of The Best Our Hero"
Samuel George Frederick Oakley
58th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
6th March 1917, aged 30.
Plot IV. F. 21.
Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Oakley, of 7, Park St., Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "Loving Son And Brother One Of The Best Our Hero"
33439 Private
Arthur Hamilton Quin
Ruahine Company, 1st Bn. Wellington Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
30th August 1918, aged 33.
Plot I. H. 9.
Son of Robert and Annie Hamilton Quin, of 21, Arthur St., Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand.
Arthur Hamilton Quin
Ruahine Company, 1st Bn. Wellington Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
30th August 1918, aged 33.
Plot I. H. 9.
Son of Robert and Annie Hamilton Quin, of 21, Arthur St., Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand.
19377 Lance Corporal
Robert Roberts, M. M. & Bar
16th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
9th October 1918, aged 24.
Plot I. A. 14.
Son of Peter and Anne Roberts, of Ty Cornel, Gwytherin, Llanrwst, Denbighshire.
Robert Roberts, M. M. & Bar
16th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
9th October 1918, aged 24.
Plot I. A. 14.
Son of Peter and Anne Roberts, of Ty Cornel, Gwytherin, Llanrwst, Denbighshire.
6/4151 Second Lieutenant
Gerald Leslie Stobie
3rd Bn. 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
26th August 1918, aged 23.
Plot III. H. 10.
Son of William and Margery Stobie, of Redwoods Valley, Nelson, New Zealand.
Gerald Leslie Stobie
3rd Bn. 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
26th August 1918, aged 23.
Plot III. H. 10.
Son of William and Margery Stobie, of Redwoods Valley, Nelson, New Zealand.
Second Lieutenant
Kenneth Ronald MacLaren Wheater
4th Special Bn. Royal Engineers
6th May 1917, aged 22.
Plot III. E. 23.
Son of Thomas Snowball Wheater and Julia Wheater, of "Hadleigh," North Rd., Berkhamsted.
Kenneth Ronald MacLaren Wheater
4th Special Bn. Royal Engineers
6th May 1917, aged 22.
Plot III. E. 23.
Son of Thomas Snowball Wheater and Julia Wheater, of "Hadleigh," North Rd., Berkhamsted.
A German cemetery at Beaulencourt, 14 September 1918. Some of those now buried at Beaulencourt British Cemetery would have been originally buried here. © IWM (Q 78750)
