BEAUVAL COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme
France
GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 50.11155, Longitude: 2.32927
Location Information
Beauval is a village on the main road (N25) between Amiens and Doullens, about 24 kilometres north of Amiens and 6 kilometres south of Doullens.
Beauval Communal Cemetery is on the northern side of the village at the end of a by-road leading off the main road - Rue de l'Eglise.
Historical Information
The 4th Casualty Clearing Station was at Beauval from June 1915 to October 1916 and the 47th from October to December 1916. The great majority of the burials were carried out from these hospitals, but a few were made as late as March 1918. After the Armistice, graves from Lucheux Military Cemetery were moved to Rows A and G of this cemetery.
LUCHEUX MILITARY CEMETERY was made by French troops and used at intervals from 1916 to 1918 by British units. It stood at the South end of the village of Lucheux, in wooded country North-East of Doullens. It contained the graves of 48 French soldiers, twelve British and one New Zealand, and two men of the Chinese Labour Corps.
Beauval Communal Cemetery contains 248 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. There is also one Second World War burial.
Total Burials: 249.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 234, Australia 8, Canada 5, New Zealand 1. Total 248.
World War Two Identified Casualty: Canada 1. Total 1.
The Commonwealth plot was designed by G H Goldsmith
Beauval is a village on the main road (N25) between Amiens and Doullens, about 24 kilometres north of Amiens and 6 kilometres south of Doullens.
Beauval Communal Cemetery is on the northern side of the village at the end of a by-road leading off the main road - Rue de l'Eglise.
Historical Information
The 4th Casualty Clearing Station was at Beauval from June 1915 to October 1916 and the 47th from October to December 1916. The great majority of the burials were carried out from these hospitals, but a few were made as late as March 1918. After the Armistice, graves from Lucheux Military Cemetery were moved to Rows A and G of this cemetery.
LUCHEUX MILITARY CEMETERY was made by French troops and used at intervals from 1916 to 1918 by British units. It stood at the South end of the village of Lucheux, in wooded country North-East of Doullens. It contained the graves of 48 French soldiers, twelve British and one New Zealand, and two men of the Chinese Labour Corps.
Beauval Communal Cemetery contains 248 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. There is also one Second World War burial.
Total Burials: 249.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 234, Australia 8, Canada 5, New Zealand 1. Total 248.
World War Two Identified Casualty: Canada 1. Total 1.
The Commonwealth plot was designed by G H Goldsmith
1504 Lance Corporal
Walter Ernest Alexander
1st Bn. Newfoundland Regiment
5th July 1916, aged 24.
Row. B. 39.
Son of Robert and Annie Alexander, of Holly Hill, Bergh Apton, Norwich, England.
His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace"
Walter Ernest Alexander
1st Bn. Newfoundland Regiment
5th July 1916, aged 24.
Row. B. 39.
Son of Robert and Annie Alexander, of Holly Hill, Bergh Apton, Norwich, England.
His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace"
15107 Private
John William Baines
11th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
7th July 1916, aged 22.
Plot F. 12.
Son of Albert and Mary Jane Baines, of 80, Ormerod St., Accrington. Native of Accrington.
His headstone bears the inscription "Dearer To Memory Than Words Can Tell"
John William Baines
11th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
7th July 1916, aged 22.
Plot F. 12.
Son of Albert and Mary Jane Baines, of 80, Ormerod St., Accrington. Native of Accrington.
His headstone bears the inscription "Dearer To Memory Than Words Can Tell"
4259 Private
Alf Birger Fristad
6th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
19th March 1916, aged 21.
Row. D 19.
Son of Johannes Olsen Fristad, of Munkelivsgate No. 6, Bergen, Norway.
Alf Birger Fristad
6th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
19th March 1916, aged 21.
Row. D 19.
Son of Johannes Olsen Fristad, of Munkelivsgate No. 6, Bergen, Norway.
353 Gunner
George Reginald Jenkins
4th Battery, 4th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
14th March 1916, aged 20.
Plot D. 17.
Son of Sarah Ann Jenkins, of 141, Hearsall Lane, Chapel Fields, Coventry, and the late Alfred Jenkins.
His headstone bears the inscription "Redeemed By The Precious Blood Of Christ"
George Reginald Jenkins
4th Battery, 4th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
14th March 1916, aged 20.
Plot D. 17.
Son of Sarah Ann Jenkins, of 141, Hearsall Lane, Chapel Fields, Coventry, and the late Alfred Jenkins.
His headstone bears the inscription "Redeemed By The Precious Blood Of Christ"
Captain
E. W. Monk
Royal Flying Corps and 1st/4th Bn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
29th March 1918, aged 23.
Plot A. 21.
Son of Elizabeth Monk, of 5, Lemna Rd., Leytonstone, London, and the late George Stephen Monk.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done"
E. W. Monk
Royal Flying Corps and 1st/4th Bn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
29th March 1918, aged 23.
Plot A. 21.
Son of Elizabeth Monk, of 5, Lemna Rd., Leytonstone, London, and the late George Stephen Monk.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done"
20972 Private
A. Riley
11th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
30th April 1916, aged 24.
Plot E. 7.
Son of Mr. G. T. and Mrs. A. A. Riley, of 54, Charter St., Accrington.
A. Riley
11th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
30th April 1916, aged 24.
Plot E. 7.
Son of Mr. G. T. and Mrs. A. A. Riley, of 54, Charter St., Accrington.
1326 Private
Ambrose William Stride
1st Bn. Newfoundland Regiment
19th June 1916, aged 24.
Row. B. 8.
Son of James and Philapina Stride, of Moreton's Harbour, Notre Darne Bay, Newfoundland.
His headstone bears the inscription "From This Earth This Grave, This Dust My God Shall Raise Me Up I Trust"
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Ambrose William Stride
1st Bn. Newfoundland Regiment
19th June 1916, aged 24.
Row. B. 8.
Son of James and Philapina Stride, of Moreton's Harbour, Notre Darne Bay, Newfoundland.
His headstone bears the inscription "From This Earth This Grave, This Dust My God Shall Raise Me Up I Trust"
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Major
Lionel Percy Walsh
2nd Bn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
4th July 1916, aged 41.
Plot A. 12.
Brother of Mrs. Beatrice Scott-Smith, of Banks Hall, Barnsley.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Fought A Good Fight Finished His Course And Kept The Faith"
Lionel Percy Walsh
2nd Bn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
4th July 1916, aged 41.
Plot A. 12.
Brother of Mrs. Beatrice Scott-Smith, of Banks Hall, Barnsley.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Fought A Good Fight Finished His Course And Kept The Faith"
Lieutenant
James Kenneth Wardle
15th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
30th April 1916, aged 26.
Plot A. 6.
Only son of James and Emily Wardle, of Moor Cottage, Cottage Rd., Far Headingley, Leeds.
His headstone bears the inscription "Only Child Of James And Emily Wardle Of Far, Headingley, Leeds"
James Kenneth Wardle
15th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
30th April 1916, aged 26.
Plot A. 6.
Only son of James and Emily Wardle, of Moor Cottage, Cottage Rd., Far Headingley, Leeds.
His headstone bears the inscription "Only Child Of James And Emily Wardle Of Far, Headingley, Leeds"
Shot at Dawn:
5715 Private Charles Depper, 1st/4th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment, executed for desertion 13th September 1916, aged 30. Row G. 1. Son of Charles Depper, of Rock Hill, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. In August 1916, when tired of serving in the trenches, he deserted prior to an attack on the Somme. Leaving his rifle & equipment in the reserve trenches at Ovillers, Depper went to Amiens where he was promptly arrested, foolishly telling the Military Police that he was on his way to Rouen to catch the boat for England. (Putkowski, p. 112)
5715 Private Charles Depper, 1st/4th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment, executed for desertion 13th September 1916, aged 30. Row G. 1. Son of Charles Depper, of Rock Hill, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. In August 1916, when tired of serving in the trenches, he deserted prior to an attack on the Somme. Leaving his rifle & equipment in the reserve trenches at Ovillers, Depper went to Amiens where he was promptly arrested, foolishly telling the Military Police that he was on his way to Rouen to catch the boat for England. (Putkowski, p. 112)
Picture © Geerhard Joos
Troops of the Army Ordnance Corps re-assembling and repairing guns at a mobile artillery repair workshop; the Beauval-Amiens road.
© IWM (Q 347)
Image in this gallery © Johan Pauwels
Pilots of No. 32 Squadron examining a map before starting on a raid from their aerodrome at Beauval, 1916 (Fourth Amy aircraft park). On the left, an Observer in the nacelle of a Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2D biplane. © IWM Q 11862
Second World War Burial
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
J/9388 Flying Officer Manley Ignatius Fraleigh, Pilot in 181 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 19th August 1943, aged 22. Row C. 1A. Son of Charles and Lula Fraleigh, of Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada. His headstone bears the inscription; "Manley. We Loved Him In Life, Let Us Not Forget Him In Death"
