BELLACOURT MILITARY CEMETERY
Rivière
Pas De Calais
France
Location Information
Bellacourt is a village in the commune of Riviere, in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 10 kilometres south-west of Arras.
Visitors should take the N25, Arras to Doullens main road, as far as Beaumetz les Loges. Take the D34 to Riviere, fork right onto the D7, still in the direction of Riviere, and then turn left to the cemetery as indicated by the CWGC sign.
Historical Information
The cemetery was begun by French troops in October 1914, and carried on by the 46th (North Midland), 55th (West Lancashire), 58th (London), 49th (West Riding) and other Divisions, and later by the Canadian Corps, from February 1916, to September 1918; and the French plot was increased in 1923 by concentrations from other cemeteries. The 16 American graves of July and August, 1918 (all but one of which belonged to the 320th Regiment) have been removed to another place of burial.
There are 434 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-18 war commemorated in this site, 1 being unidentified. There are French burials here and 1 unknown German burial.
The Cemetery covers an area of 3,582 square metres and is enclosed by a rubble wall.
Total Burials: 549.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 260, Canada 173. Total 433.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens & Captain Wilfred Clement Von Berg, MC
Bellacourt is a village in the commune of Riviere, in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 10 kilometres south-west of Arras.
Visitors should take the N25, Arras to Doullens main road, as far as Beaumetz les Loges. Take the D34 to Riviere, fork right onto the D7, still in the direction of Riviere, and then turn left to the cemetery as indicated by the CWGC sign.
Historical Information
The cemetery was begun by French troops in October 1914, and carried on by the 46th (North Midland), 55th (West Lancashire), 58th (London), 49th (West Riding) and other Divisions, and later by the Canadian Corps, from February 1916, to September 1918; and the French plot was increased in 1923 by concentrations from other cemeteries. The 16 American graves of July and August, 1918 (all but one of which belonged to the 320th Regiment) have been removed to another place of burial.
There are 434 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-18 war commemorated in this site, 1 being unidentified. There are French burials here and 1 unknown German burial.
The Cemetery covers an area of 3,582 square metres and is enclosed by a rubble wall.
Total Burials: 549.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 260, Canada 173. Total 433.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens & Captain Wilfred Clement Von Berg, MC
Lieutenant
Gilbert Edgar Adamson, M. C.
"C" Coy. 7th Bn. Middlesex Regiment
24th August 1918, aged 23.
Plot III. G. 2.
Son of John William and Amanda Adamson, of 44, Whitehall Park, Highgate, London. Educated at City of London School (1906-14), and Merton College, Oxford, (Oct., 1914-March, 1915).
Gilbert Edgar Adamson, M. C.
"C" Coy. 7th Bn. Middlesex Regiment
24th August 1918, aged 23.
Plot III. G. 2.
Son of John William and Amanda Adamson, of 44, Whitehall Park, Highgate, London. Educated at City of London School (1906-14), and Merton College, Oxford, (Oct., 1914-March, 1915).
2114975 Private
Arthur Frederick Bagg
27th Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1918, aged 25.
Plot II. C. 2.
Son of Frederick William and Annie Elizabeth Bagg, of Hespeler, Ontario.
Arthur Frederick Bagg
27th Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th April 1918, aged 25.
Plot II. C. 2.
Son of Frederick William and Annie Elizabeth Bagg, of Hespeler, Ontario.
2964 Private
W. H. Hammond
8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
7th October 1916.
Plot I. A. 1.
W. H. Hammond
8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
7th October 1916.
Plot I. A. 1.
3/7103 Private
Gordon Stewart Ingram
1st Bn. Gordon Highlanders
29th March 1918, aged 32.
Plot II. E. 1.
Son of William Ingram, of Everton, Rothienorman, Aberdeenshire, and the late Mary Jane Mackie Ingram. Born at Towie, Clatt, Aberdeenshire.
Gordon Stewart Ingram
1st Bn. Gordon Highlanders
29th March 1918, aged 32.
Plot II. E. 1.
Son of William Ingram, of Everton, Rothienorman, Aberdeenshire, and the late Mary Jane Mackie Ingram. Born at Towie, Clatt, Aberdeenshire.
2942 Lance Corporal
Ernest Pride
8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
13th July 1916, aged 19.
Plot I. D. 3.
Son of John and Alice Pride, of Farndon Fields, Newark, Notts.
Ernest Pride
8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
13th July 1916, aged 19.
Plot I. D. 3.
Son of John and Alice Pride, of Farndon Fields, Newark, Notts.
Shot at Dawn
62218 Private Leopold DeLisle, 22nd Bn. Canadian Infantry, executed for desertion 21st May 1918, aged 25. Plot II. J. 6. Son of Philippe and Hectorine Larose Delisle, of 1553, Jeanne Mance St., Montreal. A former labourer, of uncertain age (Army records are not consistent), he enlisted in April, reaching England in May 1915. There, DeLisle was sentenced for absence; insubordination; disobedience; drunkenness; & absence from parade. Following his arrival in France in early 1916, 28 days’ Field Punishment No 1 was imposed for 3 further similar offences. In March 1917, he was released from serving — in full — 12 months’ imprisonment with hard labour imposed for striking a superior officer; & returned to his unit. Apart from an admission to a Field Ambulance suffering from ‘convulsions’ (but being discharged the next day), he seems to have behaved till 29 March 1918, when he absconded, being arrested 8 days later; he was executed on May 20. (Putkowski, pp. 243-244)
62218 Private Leopold DeLisle, 22nd Bn. Canadian Infantry, executed for desertion 21st May 1918, aged 25. Plot II. J. 6. Son of Philippe and Hectorine Larose Delisle, of 1553, Jeanne Mance St., Montreal. A former labourer, of uncertain age (Army records are not consistent), he enlisted in April, reaching England in May 1915. There, DeLisle was sentenced for absence; insubordination; disobedience; drunkenness; & absence from parade. Following his arrival in France in early 1916, 28 days’ Field Punishment No 1 was imposed for 3 further similar offences. In March 1917, he was released from serving — in full — 12 months’ imprisonment with hard labour imposed for striking a superior officer; & returned to his unit. Apart from an admission to a Field Ambulance suffering from ‘convulsions’ (but being discharged the next day), he seems to have behaved till 29 March 1918, when he absconded, being arrested 8 days later; he was executed on May 20. (Putkowski, pp. 243-244)
Original wooden cross from the grave of Corporal Joshua Strong, 29th Canadian Infantry Battalion (British Columbia Regiment), killed in action on 26 April 1918. Corporal Strong (son of Joseph and Mary Strong, of Elterwater, Westmorland, England) served in the 3rd Company of 29th Battalion (British Columbia Regiment); he was aged 29 at the time of his death. His remains are buried at Bellacourt Military Cemetery, Riviere. Plot II. E. 14. © IWM (EPH 9460)
