BERTINCOURT CHÂTEAU BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
Location Information
Bertincourt is a village and commune in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais on the RD7 Bapaume to Gouzeaucourt road, 4.5 kilometres south of the RN30 Bapaume-Cambrai road. From Bapaume, take RD7 to Bertincourt, signpost indicates 9 kilometres. On arrival at Bertincourt continue through the village and the cemetery is clearly signposted on the left with a short access path just before leaving the village.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access with some difficulty.
GPS CO-Ordinates:
Longitude:2.98709
Latitude: 50.08836
Historical Information
Bertincourt was occupied in March, 1917, evacuated on the 24th March, 1918, and re-occupied by the 1st Canterbury Infantry Battalion on the 3rd September, 1918.
The 7th K.O.Y.L.I. buried in this cemetery at the end of March, 1917, and other units (mainly the 37th and 42nd Divisions) in September, 1918.
There are now nearly 50, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified.
The cemetery covers an area of 278 square metres and is enclosed on one side by the high red brick wall of the Château, and on the other three by low red brick walls.
Casualty Details: UK 47, Total Burials: 47
Bertincourt is a village and commune in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais on the RD7 Bapaume to Gouzeaucourt road, 4.5 kilometres south of the RN30 Bapaume-Cambrai road. From Bapaume, take RD7 to Bertincourt, signpost indicates 9 kilometres. On arrival at Bertincourt continue through the village and the cemetery is clearly signposted on the left with a short access path just before leaving the village.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access with some difficulty.
GPS CO-Ordinates:
Longitude:2.98709
Latitude: 50.08836
Historical Information
Bertincourt was occupied in March, 1917, evacuated on the 24th March, 1918, and re-occupied by the 1st Canterbury Infantry Battalion on the 3rd September, 1918.
The 7th K.O.Y.L.I. buried in this cemetery at the end of March, 1917, and other units (mainly the 37th and 42nd Divisions) in September, 1918.
There are now nearly 50, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified.
The cemetery covers an area of 278 square metres and is enclosed on one side by the high red brick wall of the Château, and on the other three by low red brick walls.
Casualty Details: UK 47, Total Burials: 47
Group of the Royal Irish Rifles, 36th Ulster Division, before parading for the trenches. Near Bertincourt, 20 November 1917.
Second Lieutenant
James Elliott Kippax
4th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
22nd September 1918, aged 20.
Row B. 16.
Son of James and May Edith Kippax, of 11, Bank Hall Terrace, Burnley.
James was an Accountant with Messrs. Rawlinson and Hargreaves Chartered Accountants.
He was educated at Burnley Grammar School and King Edward VII College, Lytham. He joined the Inns of Court O. T. C. in January 1917 and was gazetted toward the end of 1917.
James Elliott Kippax
4th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
22nd September 1918, aged 20.
Row B. 16.
Son of James and May Edith Kippax, of 11, Bank Hall Terrace, Burnley.
James was an Accountant with Messrs. Rawlinson and Hargreaves Chartered Accountants.
He was educated at Burnley Grammar School and King Edward VII College, Lytham. He joined the Inns of Court O. T. C. in January 1917 and was gazetted toward the end of 1917.
32537 Private
Joseph Maloney, M. M.
1st/5th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment.
24th September 1918, aged 30.
Row B. 17.
Son of Mrs. Ellen McCabe, of 13, Upper Duke St., Hulme, Manchester.
The centre picture shows Joseph (L) with his brother James (seated) and Richard Entwistle the contributor of these photographs' Grandfather, James Maloney also won the MM and survived the war. The picture on the right shows the grave of Joseph Maloney photographed many years ago by his parents.
Photos courtesy of Bruce Entwistle
Joseph Maloney, M. M.
1st/5th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment.
24th September 1918, aged 30.
Row B. 17.
Son of Mrs. Ellen McCabe, of 13, Upper Duke St., Hulme, Manchester.
The centre picture shows Joseph (L) with his brother James (seated) and Richard Entwistle the contributor of these photographs' Grandfather, James Maloney also won the MM and survived the war. The picture on the right shows the grave of Joseph Maloney photographed many years ago by his parents.
Photos courtesy of Bruce Entwistle
Lieutenant
Alexander Smith Tennant
7th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
27th September 1918, aged 30.
Row C. 6.
Son of Robert and Isabella Tennant, of Leith Walk, Station House, Edinburgh.
Alexander Smith Tennant
7th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
27th September 1918, aged 30.
Row C. 6.
Son of Robert and Isabella Tennant, of Leith Walk, Station House, Edinburgh.
