CAMBRIN MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.51227, Longitude: 2.73702
Location Information
Cambrin is a village about 24 kilometres north of Arras and 8 kilometres east of Bethune on the road to La Bassee. The Cemetery is on the north side of the road and is approached by a path from the main road.
Historical Information
At one time, the village of Cambrin housed brigade headquarters but until the end of the First World War, it was only about 800 metres from the front line trenches. The village contains two cemeteries used for Commonwealth burials; the churchyard extension, taken over from French troops in May 1915, and the Military Cemetery "behind the Mayor's House."
Cambrin Military Cemetery, often called Cambrin Chateau Cemetery, was begun in February 1915 and used as a front line cemetery until December 1918. It contains many graves of the Battle of Loos and in row D there are buried 57 officers and men of the 1st King's (Liverpool Regiment) who died on the first day of the battle, 25 September 1915
Cambrin Military Cemetery contains 816 Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Total Burials: 822.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 814, Germany 1, South Africa 1. Total 816.
The cemetery was designed by Charles Henry Holden and Captain Wilfred Clement Von Berg M. C.
Dedications
26427 Private Michael Fahey, 1st Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment), 25th September 1915.
Remembered by great granddaughter, Denise Hitchen
G/21985 Private
Peter Abbott
2nd Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment
9th April 1918, aged 29.
Row N. 39.
Son of Mrs. M. A. Abbott, of 12, Curzon St., Blackburn.
His headstone bears the inscription "Not Gone From Memory Nor From Love But To A Better Home Above"
Peter Abbott
2nd Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment
9th April 1918, aged 29.
Row N. 39.
Son of Mrs. M. A. Abbott, of 12, Curzon St., Blackburn.
His headstone bears the inscription "Not Gone From Memory Nor From Love But To A Better Home Above"
8419 Private
Jasper Matthew Batey
11th Bn. Army Cyclist Corps
23rd October 1916, aged 25.
Row G. 30.
Son of Mr. G. W. and Mrs. M. E. Batey, of 6, Dean Terrace, South Shields.
His headstone bears the inscription "At Rest"
Jasper was born on 7th July 1891 and was an English professional footballer who played for Brighton & Hove Albion in the Southern Football League as a left half.
As of 1911, Jasper worked as a courier. On 7 January 1915, six months after the outbreak of the First World War, he enlisted in the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment as a private. He later transferred into the Army Cyclist Corps and was killed in action in Pas-de-Calais on 23 October 1916
Jasper Matthew Batey
11th Bn. Army Cyclist Corps
23rd October 1916, aged 25.
Row G. 30.
Son of Mr. G. W. and Mrs. M. E. Batey, of 6, Dean Terrace, South Shields.
His headstone bears the inscription "At Rest"
Jasper was born on 7th July 1891 and was an English professional footballer who played for Brighton & Hove Albion in the Southern Football League as a left half.
As of 1911, Jasper worked as a courier. On 7 January 1915, six months after the outbreak of the First World War, he enlisted in the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment as a private. He later transferred into the Army Cyclist Corps and was killed in action in Pas-de-Calais on 23 October 1916
PS/3442 Serjeant
Edgar Beale
19th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
2nd January 1916, aged 23.
Row E. 27.
Son of Edgar and Katharine Ann Beale, of Stream Cottage, Middle Bourne, Farnham. Native of Frensham, Surrey.
His headstone bears the inscription "Beati Mundo Corde"
Edgar Beale
19th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
2nd January 1916, aged 23.
Row E. 27.
Son of Edgar and Katharine Ann Beale, of Stream Cottage, Middle Bourne, Farnham. Native of Frensham, Surrey.
His headstone bears the inscription "Beati Mundo Corde"
Lieutenant
Alfred Burton
1st Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
11th January 1916, aged 21.
Row F. 40.
Native of Conway. Son of Mr. James Hartley Burton and Mrs. M. M. A. Burton, of Fryars, Beaumaris, Anglesey.
Alfred Burton
1st Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
11th January 1916, aged 21.
Row F. 40.
Native of Conway. Son of Mr. James Hartley Burton and Mrs. M. M. A. Burton, of Fryars, Beaumaris, Anglesey.
32990 Corporal
Leonard Euinton
1st Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
16th March 1917
Row H. 28.
Husband of Edith May Euinton of 57 Boyle Street, Luton, Beds.
Leonard Euinton
1st Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
16th March 1917
Row H. 28.
Husband of Edith May Euinton of 57 Boyle Street, Luton, Beds.
Images in gallery below © Thierry Grier
Captain
Alan Geoffrey Fox
16th Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps and Royal Engineers
9th May 1915, aged 27.
Row A. 21.
Son of Charles James and Beatrice Clara Fox, of 30, Ladbroke Gardens, Notting Hill, London. Born in London. One of the first five Officers in the Army taught to fly.
His headstone bears the inscription "One Of The Pioneers Of Flight, His Life Was Service, His Death, Glory"
Alan Geoffrey Fox
16th Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps and Royal Engineers
9th May 1915, aged 27.
Row A. 21.
Son of Charles James and Beatrice Clara Fox, of 30, Ladbroke Gardens, Notting Hill, London. Born in London. One of the first five Officers in the Army taught to fly.
His headstone bears the inscription "One Of The Pioneers Of Flight, His Life Was Service, His Death, Glory"
M/332189 Private
Judah Kalminsky
111th Corps Troops Mechanical Transport Coy. Army Service Corps
27th October 1918, aged 26.
Row Q. 45.
Son of Jacob and Sarah Kalminsky, of 13, Stutfield St., Commercial Rd., London.
His headstone bears the inscription "Deeply Mourned For By Parents, Sister and Relatives"
Judah Kalminsky
111th Corps Troops Mechanical Transport Coy. Army Service Corps
27th October 1918, aged 26.
Row Q. 45.
Son of Jacob and Sarah Kalminsky, of 13, Stutfield St., Commercial Rd., London.
His headstone bears the inscription "Deeply Mourned For By Parents, Sister and Relatives"
Captain
Francis Prior Lacy, M. C.
Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry, attached to 170th Tunnelling Coy Royal Engineers
13th August 1915, aged 28.
Row C. 15.
Son of Dyson and Frances Amelia Lacy, of Montague Avenue, Augusta Rd., Hobart, Tasmania. Born at St. Helens, Queensland, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "What I Do Thou Knowest Not Now But Thou Shalt Know Hereafter. John CH. 13. Verse 7"
Francis Prior Lacy, M. C.
Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry, attached to 170th Tunnelling Coy Royal Engineers
13th August 1915, aged 28.
Row C. 15.
Son of Dyson and Frances Amelia Lacy, of Montague Avenue, Augusta Rd., Hobart, Tasmania. Born at St. Helens, Queensland, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "What I Do Thou Knowest Not Now But Thou Shalt Know Hereafter. John CH. 13. Verse 7"
3027 Corporal
N. C. Neilson
21st Bn. Royal Fusiliers
5th February 1916, aged 30.
Row F. 23.
Son of W. B. Neilson and Margaret Neilson, of Co. Durham; husband of Annie Viccars Neilson, of Durham.
N. C. Neilson
21st Bn. Royal Fusiliers
5th February 1916, aged 30.
Row F. 23.
Son of W. B. Neilson and Margaret Neilson, of Co. Durham; husband of Annie Viccars Neilson, of Durham.
37786 Gunner
Richard Shorrock
10th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
11th December 1915.
Row E. 35.
Richard Shorrock
10th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
11th December 1915.
Row E. 35.
4712 Lance Corporal
Denis Haworth Witham
23rd Bn. Royal Fusiliers
27th June 1917, aged 20.
Row K. 22.
Son of Harold and Alice Mary Witham, of 55, Queen's Rd., Urmston, Manchester.
His headstone bears the inscription "Duty Nobly Done He Was One Of The Best & Loved By All Who Knew Him"
Denis Haworth Witham
23rd Bn. Royal Fusiliers
27th June 1917, aged 20.
Row K. 22.
Son of Harold and Alice Mary Witham, of 55, Queen's Rd., Urmston, Manchester.
His headstone bears the inscription "Duty Nobly Done He Was One Of The Best & Loved By All Who Knew Him"
