CUCKOO PASSAGE CEMETERY
Héninel
Pas De Calais
France
Image above © Carl Liversage @carl_liversage
Location Information
Cuckoo Passage Cemetery is midway between Heninel and Fontaine-les-Croisilles.
The village of Héninel will be found on the D33 road, Boisleux St Marc to Wancourt. From Rue de Wancourt, turn right to Rue de St Germain, then left at fork for 800 metres, then right at fork on road to Cherisy Road East Cemetery (CWGC signposted). 1 kilometre further on road access to a small track will be seen and Cuckoo Passage Cemetery is 120 metres along this track.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site make wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
Cuckoo Passage Cemetery (named from a trench which ran from north-east to south-west beside the site of the cemetery) was begun by a divisional burial officer in April 1917 and closed in May.
The cemetery contains 54 First World War burials, one of which is unidentified.
Casualty Details: UK 54, Total Burials: 54
Cuckoo Passage Cemetery is midway between Heninel and Fontaine-les-Croisilles.
The village of Héninel will be found on the D33 road, Boisleux St Marc to Wancourt. From Rue de Wancourt, turn right to Rue de St Germain, then left at fork for 800 metres, then right at fork on road to Cherisy Road East Cemetery (CWGC signposted). 1 kilometre further on road access to a small track will be seen and Cuckoo Passage Cemetery is 120 metres along this track.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site make wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
Cuckoo Passage Cemetery (named from a trench which ran from north-east to south-west beside the site of the cemetery) was begun by a divisional burial officer in April 1917 and closed in May.
The cemetery contains 54 First World War burials, one of which is unidentified.
Casualty Details: UK 54, Total Burials: 54
47842 Private
Christopher Bullock
18th Bn. Manchester Regiment
23rd April 1917, aged 40.
Plot A. 17.
Christopher Bullock was born in Burnley in 1877 one of eight children, 4 sons and 4 daughters of John and Mary Ann Bullock of 38 Ashfield Road, Burnley. John Bullock was a Cotton weaver and Chris as he was known also found work as a Cotton weaver at Cowpe's mill after leaving school. Later the family moved to 90 Padiham Road.
His father John was a founder member of the Old Burnley Volunteers and was a member of that organisations band which he served as a kettle-drummer, his brothers, John Henry, Walter and Admiral all served in the Great War, John Henry died of appendicitis in Burnley's Victoria Hospital, Walter and Admiral survived.
By 1886 Christopher was living at 47 Clough Street and had met a Bradford girl, Jane Aikin whom he married at Holy Trinity Church on 9th April 1898, in 1901 a son, Albert was born.
Christopher was a talented musician and aged 15 joined the Volunteer band in which his father had served, he remained with the Volunteers for 15 years until the old movement was disbanded in favour of the Territorial system in which he joined the Artillery Band. He was also a member of the Burnley Philharmonic Society and was for a number of years in the Orchestra of the Burnley Victoria Opera House.
He enlisted in the army in December 1914 and spent 2 years on home service with the 6th and 3rd Battalions of the Manchester Regiment, he was posted to France in January 1917 arriving at Boulogne on the 13th and moving on to Etaples the following day, he joined the 18th battalion on the 16th.
Three months later, during the second phase of the Battle of Arras, Christopher Bullock was killed. He is buried in Cuckoo Passage Cemetery a pretty and isolated cemetery of 54 burials near Heninel, France.
Jane, his wife placed a memorial stone in Burnley Cemetery which has the inscription; 'My Beloved husband, Christopher Bullock, Killed in Action (France), April 23rd 1917, aged 40 years.'
Jane Bullock died in January 1959 aged 80, she had outlived her husband by 41 years.
Biography by Brent Whittam, with thanks to Burnley in the Great War
Christopher Bullock
18th Bn. Manchester Regiment
23rd April 1917, aged 40.
Plot A. 17.
Christopher Bullock was born in Burnley in 1877 one of eight children, 4 sons and 4 daughters of John and Mary Ann Bullock of 38 Ashfield Road, Burnley. John Bullock was a Cotton weaver and Chris as he was known also found work as a Cotton weaver at Cowpe's mill after leaving school. Later the family moved to 90 Padiham Road.
His father John was a founder member of the Old Burnley Volunteers and was a member of that organisations band which he served as a kettle-drummer, his brothers, John Henry, Walter and Admiral all served in the Great War, John Henry died of appendicitis in Burnley's Victoria Hospital, Walter and Admiral survived.
By 1886 Christopher was living at 47 Clough Street and had met a Bradford girl, Jane Aikin whom he married at Holy Trinity Church on 9th April 1898, in 1901 a son, Albert was born.
Christopher was a talented musician and aged 15 joined the Volunteer band in which his father had served, he remained with the Volunteers for 15 years until the old movement was disbanded in favour of the Territorial system in which he joined the Artillery Band. He was also a member of the Burnley Philharmonic Society and was for a number of years in the Orchestra of the Burnley Victoria Opera House.
He enlisted in the army in December 1914 and spent 2 years on home service with the 6th and 3rd Battalions of the Manchester Regiment, he was posted to France in January 1917 arriving at Boulogne on the 13th and moving on to Etaples the following day, he joined the 18th battalion on the 16th.
Three months later, during the second phase of the Battle of Arras, Christopher Bullock was killed. He is buried in Cuckoo Passage Cemetery a pretty and isolated cemetery of 54 burials near Heninel, France.
Jane, his wife placed a memorial stone in Burnley Cemetery which has the inscription; 'My Beloved husband, Christopher Bullock, Killed in Action (France), April 23rd 1917, aged 40 years.'
Jane Bullock died in January 1959 aged 80, she had outlived her husband by 41 years.
Biography by Brent Whittam, with thanks to Burnley in the Great War
43871 Private
John Howarth
18th Bn. Manchester Regiment
23rd April 1917, aged 36.
Row A. 42.
Son of Mrs. Sellers, of Wigan; husband of Sarah Ann Heley (formerly Howarth), of 599, Liverpool Rd., Platt Bridge, Wigan.
Pictures courtesy of Vera Howarth
John Howarth
18th Bn. Manchester Regiment
23rd April 1917, aged 36.
Row A. 42.
Son of Mrs. Sellers, of Wigan; husband of Sarah Ann Heley (formerly Howarth), of 599, Liverpool Rd., Platt Bridge, Wigan.
Pictures courtesy of Vera Howarth
British soldier taking up screw pickets for wiring. Heninel, 23 October 1917. © IWM (Q 6135)
