BOYELLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas De Calais
France
Location Information
Boyelles is a village about 11 kilometres south of Arras on the main road to Bapaume, and the Communal Cemetery lies to the north of the village and to the east of the main road. From Boyelles, follow the Rue Principale and then the Rue D'Henin to the cemetery.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this cemetery makes wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
Boyelles was taken by the 7th Division on 19 March 1917, but it was in German hands for five months from March 1918.
The extension was used between the end of March 1917 and March 1918, and again in the following August and September. Many of the graves are of the 21st, 33rd and 56th London Divisions.
Boyelles Communal Cemetery contains 142 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, five of which are unidentified. There are also four German war graves.
Casualty Details: UK 142, Germany 4, Total Burials: 146
The extension was designed by W H Cowlishaw.
Boyelles is a village about 11 kilometres south of Arras on the main road to Bapaume, and the Communal Cemetery lies to the north of the village and to the east of the main road. From Boyelles, follow the Rue Principale and then the Rue D'Henin to the cemetery.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this cemetery makes wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
Boyelles was taken by the 7th Division on 19 March 1917, but it was in German hands for five months from March 1918.
The extension was used between the end of March 1917 and March 1918, and again in the following August and September. Many of the graves are of the 21st, 33rd and 56th London Divisions.
Boyelles Communal Cemetery contains 142 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, five of which are unidentified. There are also four German war graves.
Casualty Details: UK 142, Germany 4, Total Burials: 146
The extension was designed by W H Cowlishaw.
Captain
Cyril Arthur Mecrate Butcher
10th Bn. attd. 62nd Trench Mortar Bty. Yorkshire Regiment
6th July1917, aged 20.
Plot I. F. 1.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Butcher, of Beaucastle, Bewdley, Worcs.
Cyril Arthur Mecrate Butcher
10th Bn. attd. 62nd Trench Mortar Bty. Yorkshire Regiment
6th July1917, aged 20.
Plot I. F. 1.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Butcher, of Beaucastle, Bewdley, Worcs.
33868 Private
John William Dyson
12th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
31st March 1917, aged 28.
Plot I. A. 1.
Son of Mr. W. Dyson, of 84, Smith St., Nelson, Lancs.
John William Dyson
12th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
31st March 1917, aged 28.
Plot I. A. 1.
Son of Mr. W. Dyson, of 84, Smith St., Nelson, Lancs.
Lieutenant
Robert Ward Shepherd Robertson
4th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) attd.19th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
27th May 1917, aged 22.
Plot I. D. 3.
Son of G. Ross Robertson and Mary Roberts Shepherd Robertson, of 162, Crescent St., Montreal. Enlisted in the Royal Montreal Regt. Aug., 1914, and served as a Pte. in France for a year, receiving his commission Jan., 1916.
Robert Ward Shepherd Robertson
4th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) attd.19th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
27th May 1917, aged 22.
Plot I. D. 3.
Son of G. Ross Robertson and Mary Roberts Shepherd Robertson, of 162, Crescent St., Montreal. Enlisted in the Royal Montreal Regt. Aug., 1914, and served as a Pte. in France for a year, receiving his commission Jan., 1916.
Second Lieutenant
Ronald Henry Sampson
122nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
30th August 1918, aged 20.
Plot II. G. 3.
Son of Charles Henry and Margaret Caroline Sophie Sampson, of Principal's Lodgings, Brasenose College, Oxford. Educated at Lancing College, Shoreham, Sussex.
Ronald Henry Sampson
122nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
30th August 1918, aged 20.
Plot II. G. 3.
Son of Charles Henry and Margaret Caroline Sophie Sampson, of Principal's Lodgings, Brasenose College, Oxford. Educated at Lancing College, Shoreham, Sussex.
Royal Engineers being conveyed by a rail motor lorry near Boyelles, 7 May 1917. © IWM (Q 5315)
