BEAUREVOIR COMMUNAL CEMETERY BRITISH EXTENSION
Aisne
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.99245, Longitude: 3.31745
Location Information
Beaurevoir is a village in the north-eastern corner of the Department of the Aisne, midway between Cambrai and St Quentin (approximately 19 kilometres north of St. Quentin).
Beaurevoir Communal Cemetery is situated on the D28 in the direction of Montbrehain. It is first signposted by the square in front of the church and then again at the road fork of the D28 and D716. The British Extension will be found behind the Communal Cemetery.
Historical Information
The village of Beaurevoir was attacked by the 2nd Australian Division on the 3rd October, 1918, and taken by the 25th Division on the 5th. The Communal Cemetery British Extension was made by the 25th Division in October, 1918.
There are 96, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 14 are unidentified.
The British Extension covers an area of 578 square metres and is enclosed on three sides by a low brick wall and on the fourth by the high brick wall of the Communal Cemetery.
Total Burials: 96.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 61, South Africa 18, Australia 3. Total 82.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 12, Australia 2. Total 14.
The British Extension was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
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).
Images in this gallery © Johan Pauwels
41596 Private
Josiah Forknall
9th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
5th October 1918
Row B.11.
Josiah Forknall
9th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
5th October 1918
Row B.11.
1830 Private
Nelson James Sing
26th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
3rd October 1918, aged 21.
Row A. 3.
Son of James Percy Sing; husband of Ada J. Sing, of "Laurel", Banksia Rd., Bankstown, New South Wales. Native of Launceston, Tasmania.
Nelson James Sing, 26th Battalion, of Launceston, Tas, his wife Ada Jane Sing and their baby. A boat builder prior to enlisting in June 1915, Pte Sing embarked from Melbourne with the 2nd Reinforcements on board HMAT Orsova (A67) on 17 July 1915. He served at Gallipoli from September 1915 until the evacuation in December and arrived in France for service on the Western Front in March 1916. Pte Sing was wounded in action in August 1916 and after recovery and duties in England rejoined his unit in France in July 1918. The three chevrons on his lower sleeve indicate three years service.
Nelson James Sing
26th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
3rd October 1918, aged 21.
Row A. 3.
Son of James Percy Sing; husband of Ada J. Sing, of "Laurel", Banksia Rd., Bankstown, New South Wales. Native of Launceston, Tasmania.
Nelson James Sing, 26th Battalion, of Launceston, Tas, his wife Ada Jane Sing and their baby. A boat builder prior to enlisting in June 1915, Pte Sing embarked from Melbourne with the 2nd Reinforcements on board HMAT Orsova (A67) on 17 July 1915. He served at Gallipoli from September 1915 until the evacuation in December and arrived in France for service on the Western Front in March 1916. Pte Sing was wounded in action in August 1916 and after recovery and duties in England rejoined his unit in France in July 1918. The three chevrons on his lower sleeve indicate three years service.
33408 Private
Sidney Robert Stevens
9th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
5th October 1918, aged 29.
Plot C. 6.
Husband of Mrs. L. R. Frost (formerly Stevens), of 37, Coronation St., Hills Rd. Cambridge.
Sidney Robert Stevens
9th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
5th October 1918, aged 29.
Plot C. 6.
Husband of Mrs. L. R. Frost (formerly Stevens), of 37, Coronation St., Hills Rd. Cambridge.
