CRUMP TRENCH BRITISH CEMETERY
Fampoux
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.29533, Longitude: 2.88695
Location Information
Fampoux is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 6 kilometres east of Arras on the D42 road, and a little west of the A1 road (motorway) from Lille to Senlis.
The Cemetery is about 500 metres south-east of the village on the east side of the A1.
Visiting Information
The 150 metre long rough access track to this cemetery may be difficult in bad weather.
Wheelchair access with some difficulty.
Historical Information
Fampoux village was taken by the 4th Division (passing through the 9th (Scottish) Division) on 9 April 1917. It remained close behind the Allied front line, but part of it was lost on 28 March 1918 during the German advance. The village was finally cleared by the 51st (Highland) Division on 26 August 1918.
Crump Trench British Cemetery was made by fighting units between April and August 1917. After the Armistice, 85 of the graves were found to have been destroyed.
Crump Trench British Cemetery contains 217 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 74 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 33 casualties believed to be buried among them. The cemetery also contains two German burials.
The cemetery was designed by Noel Ackroyd Rew
Total Burials: 217.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 141. Total 141.
Unidentified Casualties: 74.
Other Nationalities: German 2.
317056 Private
John Campbell
2nd Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
4th May 1917, aged 26.
Plot II. C. 16.
Son of the late Murdo Campbell and of Annie Campbell, of 5, Lionel, Ness, Stornoway.
John Campbell
2nd Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
4th May 1917, aged 26.
Plot II. C. 16.
Son of the late Murdo Campbell and of Annie Campbell, of 5, Lionel, Ness, Stornoway.
2448 Private
William George Fall
1st Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
3rd May 1917
Plot II. B. 28.
William George Fall
1st Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
3rd May 1917
Plot II. B. 28.
Second Lieutenant
Joseph F. Harte
5th Bn. Royal Scots
6th June 1917, aged 21.
Plot II. A. 9.
Son of Peter Harte, of 31, Forrest Rd., Edinburgh.
His headstone bears the inscription "R. I. P."
Joseph F. Harte
5th Bn. Royal Scots
6th June 1917, aged 21.
Plot II. A. 9.
Son of Peter Harte, of 31, Forrest Rd., Edinburgh.
His headstone bears the inscription "R. I. P."
Captain
Harry Eustace Herrick
1st Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
11th May 1917.
Plot I. C. 33.
Harry Eustace Herrick
1st Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
11th May 1917.
Plot I. C. 33.
Second Lieutenant
Frederick Laurence Hislop
6th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
23rd April 1917, aged 36.
Plot II. B. 13.
Son of George Robertson Hislop, C.E., F.C.S. (Paisley), and Margaret Dewar Findlay Hislop, of Woolwich, London. B.Sc. Joined O.T.C. Jan., 1916. Gazetted July, 1916, posted to London Scottish. Partner in R. and G. Hislop, Gas and Heating Engineers and Contractors, Paisley.
His headstone bears the inscription "Killed In Action"
Frederick Laurence Hislop
6th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
23rd April 1917, aged 36.
Plot II. B. 13.
Son of George Robertson Hislop, C.E., F.C.S. (Paisley), and Margaret Dewar Findlay Hislop, of Woolwich, London. B.Sc. Joined O.T.C. Jan., 1916. Gazetted July, 1916, posted to London Scottish. Partner in R. and G. Hislop, Gas and Heating Engineers and Contractors, Paisley.
His headstone bears the inscription "Killed In Action"
202160 Private
Norman MacLean
1st/4th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
17th May 1917, aged 27.
Sp. Mem. A. 2.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Maclean, of Camuscoille, Achiltibuie, Ullapool, Ross-shire.
His headstone bears the inscription "Until The Day Break"
Norman MacLean
1st/4th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
17th May 1917, aged 27.
Sp. Mem. A. 2.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Maclean, of Camuscoille, Achiltibuie, Ullapool, Ross-shire.
His headstone bears the inscription "Until The Day Break"
Captain
Reginald Charles Rundell
General List, attached to 10th Trench Mortar Battery
3rd May 1917, aged 22.
Plot II. B. 32.
Son of Joseph W. E. and Laura Janet Rundell, of 117, Manners Rd., Southsea. B.Sc.
Reginald Charles Rundell
General List, attached to 10th Trench Mortar Battery
3rd May 1917, aged 22.
Plot II. B. 32.
Son of Joseph W. E. and Laura Janet Rundell, of 117, Manners Rd., Southsea. B.Sc.
107 Corporal
William Frank Smith
Household Battalion, formerly (2602) Royal Horse Guards
6th May 1917, aged 29.
Plot II. C .4.
Son of Frank and Clementina Smith, of 77, Nutley Lane, Reigate, Surrey.
His headstone bears the inscription "Peace Perfect Peace"
William Frank Smith
Household Battalion, formerly (2602) Royal Horse Guards
6th May 1917, aged 29.
Plot II. C .4.
Son of Frank and Clementina Smith, of 77, Nutley Lane, Reigate, Surrey.
His headstone bears the inscription "Peace Perfect Peace"
285055 Private
David Mitchell Walker
6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
Died between 12th May 1917 and 16th May 1917, aged 37.
Special Memorial B. 5.
Son of William Walker and Jane Mitchell Walker; husband of Jessie Moir McKay Walker.
His headstone bears the inscription "Faithful Unto Death"
David Mitchell Walker
6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
Died between 12th May 1917 and 16th May 1917, aged 37.
Special Memorial B. 5.
Son of William Walker and Jane Mitchell Walker; husband of Jessie Moir McKay Walker.
His headstone bears the inscription "Faithful Unto Death"
Second Lieutenant
Thomas Douglas Wilson
6th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
23rd April 1917, aged 26.
Plot I. A. 8.
Only Son of Lady Wilson, of Airdrie House, Airdrie, Lanarkshire and Kippen House, Dunning, Perthshire, and third son of the late Sir John Wilson, Bt., husband of Kathleen Elise Knowles (formerly Wilson, nee Gray), of Kippen House, Dunning, Perthshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "I Thank My God Upon Every Remembrance Of You"
Thomas Douglas Wilson
6th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
23rd April 1917, aged 26.
Plot I. A. 8.
Only Son of Lady Wilson, of Airdrie House, Airdrie, Lanarkshire and Kippen House, Dunning, Perthshire, and third son of the late Sir John Wilson, Bt., husband of Kathleen Elise Knowles (formerly Wilson, nee Gray), of Kippen House, Dunning, Perthshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "I Thank My God Upon Every Remembrance Of You"
Battle of the Scarpe. A tank attached to the 51st Division embedded in the Scarpe marshes. Near Fampoux, 29 August 1918. © IWM (Q 7037)
