BUCQUOY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.14058, Longitude: 2.71468
Location Information
Bucquoy is a village in the Pas de Calais approximately 16 kilometres south of Arras.
Take the Arras to Bucquoy road (D919). On entering the village, turn left at the first main crossroads. Following the CWGC signpost, drive by the church and then turn left. A second CWGC signpost will be seen on the wall of a house. Continue straight on until you come to the communal cemetery, which backs onto pastureland.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to this site with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The village of Bucquoy was occupied by the 7th Division on 17 March 1917, and was the scene of very heavy fighting in March and April 1918.
Bucquoy Communal Cemetery was used by the Germans in 1914-16, but these graves, and those of nine Commonwealth soldiers buried by the Germans and 25 buried by the Royal Naval Division in August 1918 have been removed to other cemeteries.
All ten U. K. burials of the First World War that remain in the communal cemetery date from August 1918. There are two unidentified.
Burial Details
Second Lieutenant Alexander Norwell Clarke, 7A Battery, 317th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, died 24th August 1918, aged 20. Son of Alexander and Mary Clarke, of Graham St., Montrose, Forfarshire.
Z/2964 Able Seaman A. M. Cruickshank, 63rd Machine Gun Bn. Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, died 21st August 1918.
Lieutenant Osborne Montague Edwards, 37th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), died 25th August 1918, aged 33. Son of Edward Montague Edwards, J.P. and Alice Edwards, of "Osmont," Grove Park, Wanstead, Essex. His headstone bears the inscription Son Of E. Montague Edwards, J. P. Wanstead, Essex. "Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori"
765715 Lance Bombardier J. E. Flair, "B" Battery, 223rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, died 22nd August 1918.
R/4810 Able Seaman J. C. Hart, Howe Bn. Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, died 21st August 1918, aged 24. Son of Mrs. Mary Hart, of Lilleys Row, Peggs Close Lane, Measham, Leicestershire. His headstone bears the inscription "Until The Day Dawns And The Shadows Flee Away"
130479 Private Stephen William Hayter, 63rd Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), died 21st August 1918, aged 19. Son of Annie Sophia Hayter, and the late Stephen Hayter.
5155 Private H. Saunders, 4th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment, died 22nd August 1918, aged 19. Son of Frayton and Eliza Saunders, of 7, Home Farm, Stamner Park, Lewes, Sussex. His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace"
153314 Private J. Sims, 63rd Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), died 21st August 1918.
Bucquoy is a village in the Pas de Calais approximately 16 kilometres south of Arras.
Take the Arras to Bucquoy road (D919). On entering the village, turn left at the first main crossroads. Following the CWGC signpost, drive by the church and then turn left. A second CWGC signpost will be seen on the wall of a house. Continue straight on until you come to the communal cemetery, which backs onto pastureland.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to this site with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The village of Bucquoy was occupied by the 7th Division on 17 March 1917, and was the scene of very heavy fighting in March and April 1918.
Bucquoy Communal Cemetery was used by the Germans in 1914-16, but these graves, and those of nine Commonwealth soldiers buried by the Germans and 25 buried by the Royal Naval Division in August 1918 have been removed to other cemeteries.
All ten U. K. burials of the First World War that remain in the communal cemetery date from August 1918. There are two unidentified.
Burial Details
Second Lieutenant Alexander Norwell Clarke, 7A Battery, 317th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, died 24th August 1918, aged 20. Son of Alexander and Mary Clarke, of Graham St., Montrose, Forfarshire.
Z/2964 Able Seaman A. M. Cruickshank, 63rd Machine Gun Bn. Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, died 21st August 1918.
Lieutenant Osborne Montague Edwards, 37th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), died 25th August 1918, aged 33. Son of Edward Montague Edwards, J.P. and Alice Edwards, of "Osmont," Grove Park, Wanstead, Essex. His headstone bears the inscription Son Of E. Montague Edwards, J. P. Wanstead, Essex. "Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori"
765715 Lance Bombardier J. E. Flair, "B" Battery, 223rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, died 22nd August 1918.
R/4810 Able Seaman J. C. Hart, Howe Bn. Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, died 21st August 1918, aged 24. Son of Mrs. Mary Hart, of Lilleys Row, Peggs Close Lane, Measham, Leicestershire. His headstone bears the inscription "Until The Day Dawns And The Shadows Flee Away"
130479 Private Stephen William Hayter, 63rd Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), died 21st August 1918, aged 19. Son of Annie Sophia Hayter, and the late Stephen Hayter.
5155 Private H. Saunders, 4th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment, died 22nd August 1918, aged 19. Son of Frayton and Eliza Saunders, of 7, Home Farm, Stamner Park, Lewes, Sussex. His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace"
153314 Private J. Sims, 63rd Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), died 21st August 1918.
