BEAUMETZ COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Cartigny
Somme
France
Location Information
Beaumetz is a hamlet within the Commune of Cartigny, which is 8 kilometres south-south-east of Peronne. The cemetery is situated at the east end of the village. Four Commonwealth war graves of the 1914-1918 war lie towards the rear of the cemetery.
Burial Details
Second Lieutenant L. L. Clark, Leistershire Battery and Royal Horse Artillery, attached to 60th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, died 2nd August 1916, aged 18. Only son of Lyonel E. and Annie Jane Clark, of "Briarholme", Bourne End, Bucks.
Second Lieutenant Henry Joseph Newton, 60th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Cheshire Regiment, died 2nd August 1916, aged 19. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Newton, of Hampstead, London. Formerly Lt. 12th London Regt. (The Rangers), previously wounded at Ypres, May, 1915.
INSCRIPTION. HE SACRIFICED HIS LIFE YET WILL EVER LIVE IN OUR MEMORIES
Lieutenant John Anthony Ormsby, Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade attached to 60th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, died 2nd August 1916. Son of John and Susie Ormsby, of "Knockmore", Forest Hill Rd., Toronto, Canada.
INSCRIPTION. IN HIS PRESENCE THERE IS FULNESS OF JOY
2260 Serjeant Alexander Walker, 60th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, died 2nd august 1916, aged 22. Son of William and Margaret Walker, of Toll House, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire.
INSCRIPTION. GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
Pictures © Barry Cuttell
Beaumetz is a hamlet within the Commune of Cartigny, which is 8 kilometres south-south-east of Peronne. The cemetery is situated at the east end of the village. Four Commonwealth war graves of the 1914-1918 war lie towards the rear of the cemetery.
Burial Details
Second Lieutenant L. L. Clark, Leistershire Battery and Royal Horse Artillery, attached to 60th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, died 2nd August 1916, aged 18. Only son of Lyonel E. and Annie Jane Clark, of "Briarholme", Bourne End, Bucks.
Second Lieutenant Henry Joseph Newton, 60th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Cheshire Regiment, died 2nd August 1916, aged 19. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Newton, of Hampstead, London. Formerly Lt. 12th London Regt. (The Rangers), previously wounded at Ypres, May, 1915.
INSCRIPTION. HE SACRIFICED HIS LIFE YET WILL EVER LIVE IN OUR MEMORIES
Lieutenant John Anthony Ormsby, Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade attached to 60th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, died 2nd August 1916. Son of John and Susie Ormsby, of "Knockmore", Forest Hill Rd., Toronto, Canada.
INSCRIPTION. IN HIS PRESENCE THERE IS FULNESS OF JOY
2260 Serjeant Alexander Walker, 60th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, died 2nd august 1916, aged 22. Son of William and Margaret Walker, of Toll House, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire.
INSCRIPTION. GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
Pictures © Barry Cuttell