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BEAUREVOIR BRITISH CEMETERY 
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Aisne

​France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.00231, Longitude: 3.3102

Beaurevoir British Cemetery

​Location Information

Beaurevoir is a commune 25 kilometres south of Cambrai, midway between Cambrai and St Quentin. The Cemetery is in the north eastern part of the village on the south east side of the road to Malincourt. 


Visiting Information

Wheelchair access to this cemetery is possible, but may be by alternative entrance.


Historical Information

Beaurevoir was attacked by the 2nd Australian Division on the 3rd October, 1918, and taken by the 25th Division on the 5th. 

Beaurevoir British Cemetery was made by the 66th Division in October, 1918, when officers and men who fell in the early part of that month were buried; and after the Armistice the graves of 70 who died in 1917-18, and were buried in the Communal Cemetery German Extension, were brought in to Rows AA, BB, B, C and G. 

There are now 290, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 46 are unidentified and special memorials are erected to four soldiers from the United Kingdom known or believed to be buried among them. 

The British Cemetery covers an area of 935 square metres and is enclosed by a rubble stone wall.

The cemetery was designed by Herbert Baker and William Harrison Cowlishaw

Total Burials: 290.

Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 179, South Africa 64, Australia 1. Total 244.

Unidentified Casualties: 46. Total 46.
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59467 Private
John Bernard Bishop
13th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
8th October 1918, aged 19.
Row D. 3.

Son of Samuel Thomas and Hagar Bishop, of Pear Tree Villa, 6 Albion St., Brierley Hill, Staffs.

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52868 Private
Reginald Coward
20th Bn. Manchester Regiment
4th October 1918.
​Row F. 17.


Son of Robert and Minnie Coward, of Greenbank, Hill Top, New Hutton, Kendal, Westmorland.

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17506 Private
Lindsay Howard Exall
4th Regiment, South African Infantry
8th October 1918, aged 22.
Row B. 17.

Inscription "To Live In The Memory Of Those He Left Behind Is Not To Die"

Son of Alfred Henry and Helen Ann Exall, of Durban, Natal.

Picture
View of the Beaurevoir Line, taken from near Grandcourt on the day on which the attack by the 7th Australian Infantry Brigade in this area commenced. The Australian troops advanced in the morning astride the Canal des Torrens, capturing Mushroom Quarry and Lormisset Farm against machine gun fire and a barrage which included incendiary (phosphorous) shells. From 2 pm until well into the night, the attack was continued to the high ground stretching from Beaurevoir Mill to Montbrehain. The strong resistance at certain points was broken with the bayonet. The following day, striking hard, the 6th Australian Infantry Brigade pushed beyond Pouchaux and completed a hard fought action by capturing Montbrehain. In the background (left) is the village of Beaurevoir. Note the chimmney stack in the background (centre).
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Lieutenant
William Golder
13th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
5th October 1918, aged 22.
Row F. 28.

Inscription "We Have Found Safety With All Things Undying"

Only son of William and Annie Golder, of "Elvanside", Blyth, Northumberland.

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67765 Private
Ernest Webster
9th Cavalry, Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
8th October 1918, aged 33.
​Row BB. 26.


Son of the late George and Eunice Webster, of Ossett, Yorks.

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52800 Private
John Wilkinson
21st Bn. Manchester Regiment
4th October 1918, aged 27.
Row F. 7.

Son of Mr W. Wilkinson of Queen Victoria Road, Burnley; husband of Mrs Wilkinson, 20 Tennis Street, Burnley. A father of one.


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