BERLENCOURT (LE CAUROY) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
Location Information
Le Cauroy is a small hamlet to the west of Arras and to the south of Berlencourt-le-Cauroy. Berlencourt (Le Cauroy) Communal Cemetery is located to the north of the D 339.
Historical Information
Berlencourt (Le Cauroy) Communal Cemetery contains four Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Le Cauroy is a small hamlet to the west of Arras and to the south of Berlencourt-le-Cauroy. Berlencourt (Le Cauroy) Communal Cemetery is located to the north of the D 339.
Historical Information
Berlencourt (Le Cauroy) Communal Cemetery contains four Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Shot at Dawn
251797 Private William Benham, 1st/3rd Bn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), executed for desertion 12th July 1917. Son of William Charles Benham, of 21, Polygon Mews, Burwood Place, Edgware Road, London. A volunteer, of good character, he deserted during the Battle of Arras. (Putkowski, p. 181)
43359 Serjeant George E. Gleadow, 10th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), executed for desertion 6th April 1917. Son of Mrs. Rebecca Gleadow, of 22, Ladysmith Road, Great Grimsby, Lincs. The sergeant went missing in October 1916 when his unit was operating on the Somme. For 2 months thereafter, he masqueraded as a senior NCO or officer, & fraudulently cashed several cheques. When arrested in Amiens in January 1917, he was found to be wearing the ribbons of the Victoria Cross, the Distinguished Conduct Medal & the Military Medal. At trial, he claimed that when on leave he had been wounded in the head & taken to a French hospital, but was unable to support his account with details & witnesses — & 2 doctors found against him as to the wound he claimed.
(Putkowski, p. 167)
Other Burial Details
242059 Private Frederick Edward Crowhurst, 2nd/5th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment, died 31st December 1917, aged 19. Son of Frederick and Julia Crowhurst, of 23, Longhurst Rd., Lewisham, London.
23083 Private W. B. Page, 7th Bn. Border Regiment, died 1st July 1917.
251797 Private William Benham, 1st/3rd Bn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), executed for desertion 12th July 1917. Son of William Charles Benham, of 21, Polygon Mews, Burwood Place, Edgware Road, London. A volunteer, of good character, he deserted during the Battle of Arras. (Putkowski, p. 181)
43359 Serjeant George E. Gleadow, 10th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), executed for desertion 6th April 1917. Son of Mrs. Rebecca Gleadow, of 22, Ladysmith Road, Great Grimsby, Lincs. The sergeant went missing in October 1916 when his unit was operating on the Somme. For 2 months thereafter, he masqueraded as a senior NCO or officer, & fraudulently cashed several cheques. When arrested in Amiens in January 1917, he was found to be wearing the ribbons of the Victoria Cross, the Distinguished Conduct Medal & the Military Medal. At trial, he claimed that when on leave he had been wounded in the head & taken to a French hospital, but was unable to support his account with details & witnesses — & 2 doctors found against him as to the wound he claimed.
(Putkowski, p. 167)
Other Burial Details
242059 Private Frederick Edward Crowhurst, 2nd/5th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment, died 31st December 1917, aged 19. Son of Frederick and Julia Crowhurst, of 23, Longhurst Rd., Lewisham, London.
23083 Private W. B. Page, 7th Bn. Border Regiment, died 1st July 1917.
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Picture © Geerhard Joos
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