DEVONSHIRE CEMETERY
Mametz
Somme
France
Image above © Carl Liversage @carl_liversage
Location Information
Mametz is a village in the Department of the Somme, 6.5 kilometres east of Albert.
Devonshire Cemetery is 800 metres south of Mametz and is situated on high ground some 450 metres west of the road (D938) from Albert to Peronne, 6.5 kilometres from Albert.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site makes wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
Mametz was within the German lines until 1 July 1916 when it was captured by the 7th Division, and Mametz Wood, north-east of the village, was cleared on the days following 7 July.
The 8th and 9th Battalions of the Devonshire Regiments, which were part of the 7th Division, attacked on 1 July 1916 from a point on the south-west side of Albert-Maricourt road, due south of Mametz village, by a plantation called Mansel Copse. On 4 July they returned this location and established a cemetery, burying their dead in a section of their old front line trench. All but two of the burials belong to these battalions.
Devonshire Cemetery contains 163 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, ten of which are unidentified.
Total Burials: 163.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 153.
The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw and Sir Edwin Lutyens
Mametz is a village in the Department of the Somme, 6.5 kilometres east of Albert.
Devonshire Cemetery is 800 metres south of Mametz and is situated on high ground some 450 metres west of the road (D938) from Albert to Peronne, 6.5 kilometres from Albert.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site makes wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
Mametz was within the German lines until 1 July 1916 when it was captured by the 7th Division, and Mametz Wood, north-east of the village, was cleared on the days following 7 July.
The 8th and 9th Battalions of the Devonshire Regiments, which were part of the 7th Division, attacked on 1 July 1916 from a point on the south-west side of Albert-Maricourt road, due south of Mametz village, by a plantation called Mansel Copse. On 4 July they returned this location and established a cemetery, burying their dead in a section of their old front line trench. All but two of the burials belong to these battalions.
Devonshire Cemetery contains 163 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, ten of which are unidentified.
Total Burials: 163.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 153.
The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw and Sir Edwin Lutyens
16683 Private
George Balch
9th Bn. Devonshire Regiment
1st July 1916
Row B. 4.
Brother of Mr. J. Balch, of Merton, Dolton, Devon.
George Balch
9th Bn. Devonshire Regiment
1st July 1916
Row B. 4.
Brother of Mr. J. Balch, of Merton, Dolton, Devon.
Second Lieutenant
Robert Henry Walter Davidson
1st July 1916, aged 31.
Row A. 2.
Son of F. G. and Mary Davidson.
Robert Henry Walter Davidson
1st July 1916, aged 31.
Row A. 2.
Son of F. G. and Mary Davidson.
14306 Private
Sydney James Dyer
9th Bn. Devonshire Regiment
1st July 1916, aged 21.
Row A. 8.
Son of James and Bessie Dyer, of East Cotts, Trusham, Chudleigh, Devon.
The inscription on his headstone reads; "Thine For Ever."
Sydney James Dyer
9th Bn. Devonshire Regiment
1st July 1916, aged 21.
Row A. 8.
Son of James and Bessie Dyer, of East Cotts, Trusham, Chudleigh, Devon.
The inscription on his headstone reads; "Thine For Ever."
14323 Private
John Haigh
9th Bn. Devonshire Regiment
1st July 1916, aged 22.
Row B. 5.
Son of James and Priscilla Haigh, of Royton, Oldham.
John Haigh
9th Bn. Devonshire Regiment
1st July 1916, aged 22.
Row B. 5.
Son of James and Priscilla Haigh, of Royton, Oldham.
Lieutenant
William Noel Hodgson, M. C. 9th Bn. Devonshire Regiment 1st July 1916, aged 23. Row A. 3. Son of the Rt. Rev. Henry Bernard Hodgson, D.D., 1st Bishop of St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich, and Penelope Hodgson (nee Warren), of Churcher's College, Petersfield, Hants. One of the war poets. Author of "Verse and Prose in Peace and War". |
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11129 Private
Edgar King
9th Bn. Devonshire Regiment
1st July 1916
Row A. 4.
Son of Mrs. M. J. Winsborough, of 17, Summerland Avenue, Minehead, Somerset.
Edgar King
9th Bn. Devonshire Regiment
1st July 1916
Row A. 4.
Son of Mrs. M. J. Winsborough, of 17, Summerland Avenue, Minehead, Somerset.
12086 Lance Corporal
H. Levy
9th Bn. Devonshire Regiment
1st July 1916.
Row B. 1.
Son of Mrs. E. Levy, of 1, Gwycliffe Cottages, Oakleigh Rd., Whetstone, London.
H. Levy
9th Bn. Devonshire Regiment
1st July 1916.
Row B. 1.
Son of Mrs. E. Levy, of 1, Gwycliffe Cottages, Oakleigh Rd., Whetstone, London.
Second Lieutenant
Harold Leslie Rayner
9th Bn. Devonshire Regiment
1st July 1916
Row A. 5.
Son of Mrs. L. Rayner, of The Haven, Blatchington Rd., Tunbridge Wells.
Harold Leslie Rayner
9th Bn. Devonshire Regiment
1st July 1916
Row A. 5.
Son of Mrs. L. Rayner, of The Haven, Blatchington Rd., Tunbridge Wells.
17929 Private
Herbert Rushworth 9th Bn. Devonshire Regiment 1st July 1916, aged 23. Row B. 6. Nephew of Mrs. S. Whittam, of 42, St. Cuthbert's St., Burnley, Lancs. |
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Captain
Geoffrey Philip Tregelles, Mentioned in Despatches
"A" Coy. 8th Bn. Devonshire Regiment
1st July 1916, aged 23.
Row B. 6.
Son of Mr. George F. and Mrs. M. S. Tregelles, of 5, Clarence Place, Barnstaple. Born at Penzance. Undergraduate of Caius College, Cambridge.
The inscription on his headstone reads: "Blessed are the pure in heart."
Geoffrey Philip Tregelles, Mentioned in Despatches
"A" Coy. 8th Bn. Devonshire Regiment
1st July 1916, aged 23.
Row B. 6.
Son of Mr. George F. and Mrs. M. S. Tregelles, of 5, Clarence Place, Barnstaple. Born at Penzance. Undergraduate of Caius College, Cambridge.
The inscription on his headstone reads: "Blessed are the pure in heart."
12540 Private
Alfred Frederick Weston
9th Bn. Devonshire Regiment
1st July 1916
Row B. 4.
Son of Mrs. C. S. Weston, of 85, Millins Rd., Leytonstone, London.
Alfred Frederick Weston
9th Bn. Devonshire Regiment
1st July 1916
Row B. 4.
Son of Mrs. C. S. Weston, of 85, Millins Rd., Leytonstone, London.
Images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem
Wounded British soldiers at Mametz, July 1916. © IWM (Q 815)
Lewis gun section of the 8th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment resting after an attack near Fricourt, August 1916. © IWM (Q 1395)
Image above © Carl Liversage @carl_liversage
