BEUVRY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 50.52335 Longitude: 2.67841
Picture © Werner Van Caneghem
Location Information
Beuvry is a town in the Pas de Calais, approximately 3 kilometres east of Bethune.
The Communal Cemetery is 200 metres north of the church on Rue Edouart Vallant.
The main war graves plot will be found directly opposite the entrance with scattered smaller plots to the right of this.
Historical Information
Beuvry village was largely occupied during the War by Royal Engineers, Supply units and Artillery horse-lines. It remained in British possession even during the German offensive of April, 1918.
Beuvry Communal Cemetery was used by units and Field Ambulances from November, 1914, to August, 1916.
There are now 69 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-18, 1 being unidentified, commemorated here. There are a further 34 burials of the 1939-45 war, 2 being unidentified, commemorated in this site.
Total Burials: 104.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 57, Canada 7, India 5. Total 69.
World War One Unidentified Casualty: 1.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 32.
World War Two Unidentified Casualties: 2.
The burials in the adjacent Communal Cemetery Extension are subject to a separate register entry.
Images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem
Captain
Alan Angus MacGregor Charles, Mentioned in Despatches
73rd Bty. Royal Field Artillery
20th December 1914, aged 27.
Grave 7.
Son of Ada Henrietta Charles, of 18, Heatherdale Rd., Camberley, Surrey, and the late Surg-Gen. T. Edmondston Charles, K.H.P., I.M.S. Born at Isleworth, Middx.
Alan Angus MacGregor Charles, Mentioned in Despatches
73rd Bty. Royal Field Artillery
20th December 1914, aged 27.
Grave 7.
Son of Ada Henrietta Charles, of 18, Heatherdale Rd., Camberley, Surrey, and the late Surg-Gen. T. Edmondston Charles, K.H.P., I.M.S. Born at Isleworth, Middx.
Captain
Harold Fisher, D. S. O.
1st Bn. Manchester Regiment
15th December 1914, aged 37.
Grave 2.
Son of the Rev. Canon Frederic H. Fisher.
Harold Fisher, D. S. O.
1st Bn. Manchester Regiment
15th December 1914, aged 37.
Grave 2.
Son of the Rev. Canon Frederic H. Fisher.
Lieutenant Colonel
George Henry Fitzmaurice Kelly
34th Sikh Pioneers
23rd November 1914, aged 44.
Grave 1.
Son of Rachel Mary Kelly, of The Convent, Chepstow Villas, London, W.11, and the late Col. Kelly, Bey of Cairo, Egypt.
George Henry Fitzmaurice Kelly
34th Sikh Pioneers
23rd November 1914, aged 44.
Grave 1.
Son of Rachel Mary Kelly, of The Convent, Chepstow Villas, London, W.11, and the late Col. Kelly, Bey of Cairo, Egypt.
Lieutenant
Edmund John MacRory Robertson, Mentioned in Despatches
70th Bty. 34th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
22nd May 1915, aged 23.
Grave 45.
Son of Dr. J. R. S. Robertson and Bessie Robertson, of The Lighthouse, Winterton, Gt. Yarmouth.
Edmund John MacRory Robertson, Mentioned in Despatches
70th Bty. 34th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
22nd May 1915, aged 23.
Grave 45.
Son of Dr. J. R. S. Robertson and Bessie Robertson, of The Lighthouse, Winterton, Gt. Yarmouth.
Captain
George John Lorne Smith
1st Bn. Canadian Infantry
15th June 1915, aged 32.
Grave 47.
Son of Edward B. Smith and Jane Roddick, his wife; husband of Edith M. Smith (nee Side), of 9, Grand Avenue West, Chatham, Ontario.
George John Lorne Smith
1st Bn. Canadian Infantry
15th June 1915, aged 32.
Grave 47.
Son of Edward B. Smith and Jane Roddick, his wife; husband of Edith M. Smith (nee Side), of 9, Grand Avenue West, Chatham, Ontario.
Captain
Stephen Ussher
129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis
16th December 1914, aged 32.
Grave 3.
Son of the Rev. Richard and Mary Ussher, of Westbury Vicarage, Brackley, Northants.
Stephen Ussher
129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis
16th December 1914, aged 32.
Grave 3.
Son of the Rev. Richard and Mary Ussher, of Westbury Vicarage, Brackley, Northants.
Some of the 32 World Two Burials
(Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem)
Troops of various regiments (Royal Field Artillery, Royal Fusiliers) fishing in the La Bassee Canal, near Beuvry, 27 June 1917. © IWM (Q 5535C)
British soldier laying flat on a 'camouflage-screened' road at Beuvry, 16 July 1918. © IWM (Q 11079)
