CAYEUX MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme
France
GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 49.8142, Longitude: 2.59424
Location Information
Cayeux-en-Santerre is a village and commune situated on the River Luce in the department of the Somme.
Coming from Amiens on the N29 - E44, in the direction of St Quentin, turn right after Larmotte Warfusee towards Bayonvillers and Harbonnieres (the D337). At Harbonnieres take the D41 towards Caix. At Caix take the D76 to Cayeux. Cayeux Military Cemetery is situated on the side of the road to Beaucourt-en-Santerre, approximately 1.5 kilometres outside of Cayeux.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site makes wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
Cayeux village, which had been in the hands of Commonwealth forces for some time, was lost on 27 March 1918 during the great German advance, but recaptured by the Canadian Corps on the following 8 August.
The cemetery was begun by French troops. It was used in March, April and May 1917 by the 36th Casualty Clearing Station, and again for a few burials in March and August 1918. It was enlarged after the Armistice when graves were brought in, mainly from the battlefields to the north and from the following cemetery:-
MARCELCAVE FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY, was at the North-West corner of the village, contained the body of one British soldier.
The cemetery now contains 216 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 114 of which are unidentified. French and German graves have been removed to other cemeteries.
Total Burials: 216.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 101, India 1. Total 102.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 106, Canada 5, South Africa 2, Australia 1. Total 114.
The cemetery was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Cayeux-en-Santerre is a village and commune situated on the River Luce in the department of the Somme.
Coming from Amiens on the N29 - E44, in the direction of St Quentin, turn right after Larmotte Warfusee towards Bayonvillers and Harbonnieres (the D337). At Harbonnieres take the D41 towards Caix. At Caix take the D76 to Cayeux. Cayeux Military Cemetery is situated on the side of the road to Beaucourt-en-Santerre, approximately 1.5 kilometres outside of Cayeux.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site makes wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
Cayeux village, which had been in the hands of Commonwealth forces for some time, was lost on 27 March 1918 during the great German advance, but recaptured by the Canadian Corps on the following 8 August.
The cemetery was begun by French troops. It was used in March, April and May 1917 by the 36th Casualty Clearing Station, and again for a few burials in March and August 1918. It was enlarged after the Armistice when graves were brought in, mainly from the battlefields to the north and from the following cemetery:-
MARCELCAVE FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY, was at the North-West corner of the village, contained the body of one British soldier.
The cemetery now contains 216 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 114 of which are unidentified. French and German graves have been removed to other cemeteries.
Total Burials: 216.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 101, India 1. Total 102.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 106, Canada 5, South Africa 2, Australia 1. Total 114.
The cemetery was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
100812 Sapper
Frank Boxall
219th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
4th April 1917, aged 36.
Plot I. B. 2.
Husband of Ruth Boxall, of Leggatt Hill, Lodsworth, Petworth, Sussex.
Frank Boxall
219th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
4th April 1917, aged 36.
Plot I. B. 2.
Husband of Ruth Boxall, of Leggatt Hill, Lodsworth, Petworth, Sussex.
M2/222547 Lance Corporal
Edward A. Jackson
M. T. 9th Tank Bde. Army Service Corps
10th August 1918, aged 31.
Plot I. E. 10.
Husband of Mrs. M. Duxbury (formerly Jackson), of 1, Balaclava St., Blackburn.
(Edward is seated on the right)
Photo courtesy of Steve Hulme of Felixstowe. (Great Grandson)
Edward A. Jackson
M. T. 9th Tank Bde. Army Service Corps
10th August 1918, aged 31.
Plot I. E. 10.
Husband of Mrs. M. Duxbury (formerly Jackson), of 1, Balaclava St., Blackburn.
(Edward is seated on the right)
Photo courtesy of Steve Hulme of Felixstowe. (Great Grandson)
71478 Sapper
Henry John Newman
4th Railway Telegraph Signals, Royal Engineers
26th March 1917.
Plot I. A. 3.
Henry John Newman
4th Railway Telegraph Signals, Royal Engineers
26th March 1917.
Plot I. A. 3.
Second Lieutenant
Philip Southwell Preeston
1st Bty. Royal Field Artillery
28th March 1918, aged 34.
Plot II. C. 1A.
Son of Percival Southwell Preeston and Caroline Maria Hartley Preeston. Born at Braintree, Essex.
Philip Southwell Preeston
1st Bty. Royal Field Artillery
28th March 1918, aged 34.
Plot II. C. 1A.
Son of Percival Southwell Preeston and Caroline Maria Hartley Preeston. Born at Braintree, Essex.
39711 Private
George Shaw
2nd Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
11th April 1917.
Plot I. C. 5.
Picture courtesy of his granddaughter Doris Highfield
George Shaw
2nd Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
11th April 1917.
Plot I. C. 5.
Picture courtesy of his granddaughter Doris Highfield
42271 Private
Thomas David McGregor White
15th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
4th April 1917, aged 28.
Plot I. B. 1.
Son of David and Marion White. Native of Stirling. A Divinity Student.
Thomas David McGregor White
15th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
4th April 1917, aged 28.
Plot I. B. 1.
Son of David and Marion White. Native of Stirling. A Divinity Student.
Battle of Amiens. Convoy and a tank on the flooded Ignucourt and Cayeux in the Luce Valley, on ground captured the previous day. 9 August 1918.
© IWM (Q 8199)
Battle of Amiens. British horse-Wagon convoy passing under the German Ortskommandantur (Town Major's Office) notice swinging across the road at Cayeux-en-Santerre, 9 August 1918, the day after its capture.
© IWM (Q 8232)
Battle of Amiens. A tank coming to "pull out" another, one track of which has slipped over the edge of the flooded road between Ignaucourt and Cayeux, in the Luce Valley, into the ditch beside it. 9 August 1918. © IWM (Q 8217)
Soldiers from the Army Service Corps helping French girls with the harvesting, Cayeux, 13 August 1918. © IWM Q 11229
Spahi cavalrymen watering their horses at Cayeux, 21 September 1916. © IWM Q 78958
1961 - ©CWGC
