DOMINO BRITISH CEMETERY
Épehy
Somme
France
Location Information
Épehy is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme, 26 kilometres north-north-west of St. Quentin and 20 kilometres south-south-west of Cambrai. Domino British Cemetery is 8 kilometres north of the village.
Historical Information
The village of Epehy was captured at the beginning of April, 1917; lost on the 22nd March, 1918; and retaken (in the Battle of Epehy) on the following 18th September by the 12th (Eastern) Division.
Domino British Cemetery was made by the 33rd Division Burial Officer at the beginning of October, 1918, and named by him from the divisional sign. One grave (in Plot I, Row C,) was brought in after the Armistice.
There are now over 50, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified.
The cemetery covers an area of 255 square metres and is enclosed by a low rubble wall. Four hundred and fifty metres North-East of the cemetery is Vaucelette Farm, where a Memorial has been erected to commemorate the services of the 1st/4th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.
Casualty Details: UK 51, Total Burials: 51
Épehy is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme, 26 kilometres north-north-west of St. Quentin and 20 kilometres south-south-west of Cambrai. Domino British Cemetery is 8 kilometres north of the village.
Historical Information
The village of Epehy was captured at the beginning of April, 1917; lost on the 22nd March, 1918; and retaken (in the Battle of Epehy) on the following 18th September by the 12th (Eastern) Division.
Domino British Cemetery was made by the 33rd Division Burial Officer at the beginning of October, 1918, and named by him from the divisional sign. One grave (in Plot I, Row C,) was brought in after the Armistice.
There are now over 50, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified.
The cemetery covers an area of 255 square metres and is enclosed by a low rubble wall. Four hundred and fifty metres North-East of the cemetery is Vaucelette Farm, where a Memorial has been erected to commemorate the services of the 1st/4th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.
Casualty Details: UK 51, Total Burials: 51
Cemetery under renovation July 2017
Commemorative cigarette card from John Player and Son. Issued in 1924 this was one of a series representing the British Divisional emblems from the Great War.
Battle of Epehy. Three soldiers resting on ground near Epehy captured by the 12th Division that day, 18th September 1918. © IWM (Q 11326)
Captain
William Tait Craig
1st Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
21st September 1918, aged 36.
Plot I. B. 8.
Son of George Craig, of 23, Linkfield Rd. Musselburgh.
His father added the following to his headstone; "Dulce et Decorum est Pro Patria Mori"
William Tait Craig
1st Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
21st September 1918, aged 36.
Plot I. B. 8.
Son of George Craig, of 23, Linkfield Rd. Musselburgh.
His father added the following to his headstone; "Dulce et Decorum est Pro Patria Mori"
Lieutenant
John Gray
5th Bn. attd. 2nd Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
21st September 1918, aged 27.
Plot I. A. 2.
Son of John Gray, of Airlie, Bridge-of-Weir, Renfrewshire.
John Gray
5th Bn. attd. 2nd Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
21st September 1918, aged 27.
Plot I. A. 2.
Son of John Gray, of Airlie, Bridge-of-Weir, Renfrewshire.
Lieutenant
William Wood McLean, M. M.
2nd Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
23rd September 1918
Plot II. C. 8.
William Wood McLean, M. M.
2nd Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
23rd September 1918
Plot II. C. 8.
Battle of Epehy. British wounded and German prisoner sharing a cigarette at an advanced dressing station near Epehy, 18 September 1918. Note captured German Maxim 08/15 (Spandau) light machine guns in the background. © IWM (Q 11538)
