DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO. 2
Somme
France
GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 50.15628, Longitude: 2.35041
Location Information
Doullens is a town in the Department of the Somme, approximately 30 kilometres north of Amiens on the N25 road to Arras.
The Communal Cemetery and Extensions lie on the eastern side of the town, about 270 metres south-east of the road to Arras.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible via the main entrance.
Historical Information
Doullens was Marshal Foch's headquarters early in the First World War and the scene of the conference in March 1918, after which he assumed command of the Allied armies on the Western Front. From the summer of 1915 to March 1916, Doullens was a junction between the French Tenth Army on the Arras front and the Commonwealth Third Army on the Somme. The citadelle, overlooking the town from the south, was a French military hospital, and the railhead was used by both armies. In March 1916, Commonwealth forces succeeded the French on the Arras front and the 19th Casualty Clearing Station came to Doullens, followed by the 41st, the 35th and the 11th. By the end of 1916, these had given way to the 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital (which stayed until June 1918) and the 2/1st Northumbrian Casualty Clearing Station.
From February 1916 to April 1918, these medical units continued to bury in the French extension (No.1) of the communal cemetery. In March and April 1918 the German advance and the desperate fighting on this front threw a severe strain on the Canadian Stationary Hospital. The extension was filled, and a second extension begun on the opposite side of the communal cemetery.
In May 1940, Doullens was bombed with Arras and Abbeville before being occupied by the Germans.
The COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION No.1 contains 1,335 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. There are also seven French and 13 German war graves from this period. Second World War burials number 35, more than half of them men of the Queen's Royal West Kents who died 20/21 May 1940.
The COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION No.2 contains 375 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, and 87 German war graves.
The COMMUNAL CEMETERY itself contains ten Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.
Total Burials: 462.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 322, Germany 83, New Zealand 28, Canada 24, South Africa 2. Total 459.
The extensions were designed by Charles Holden and William Harrison Cowlishaw
Doullens is a town in the Department of the Somme, approximately 30 kilometres north of Amiens on the N25 road to Arras.
The Communal Cemetery and Extensions lie on the eastern side of the town, about 270 metres south-east of the road to Arras.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible via the main entrance.
Historical Information
Doullens was Marshal Foch's headquarters early in the First World War and the scene of the conference in March 1918, after which he assumed command of the Allied armies on the Western Front. From the summer of 1915 to March 1916, Doullens was a junction between the French Tenth Army on the Arras front and the Commonwealth Third Army on the Somme. The citadelle, overlooking the town from the south, was a French military hospital, and the railhead was used by both armies. In March 1916, Commonwealth forces succeeded the French on the Arras front and the 19th Casualty Clearing Station came to Doullens, followed by the 41st, the 35th and the 11th. By the end of 1916, these had given way to the 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital (which stayed until June 1918) and the 2/1st Northumbrian Casualty Clearing Station.
From February 1916 to April 1918, these medical units continued to bury in the French extension (No.1) of the communal cemetery. In March and April 1918 the German advance and the desperate fighting on this front threw a severe strain on the Canadian Stationary Hospital. The extension was filled, and a second extension begun on the opposite side of the communal cemetery.
In May 1940, Doullens was bombed with Arras and Abbeville before being occupied by the Germans.
The COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION No.1 contains 1,335 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. There are also seven French and 13 German war graves from this period. Second World War burials number 35, more than half of them men of the Queen's Royal West Kents who died 20/21 May 1940.
The COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION No.2 contains 375 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, and 87 German war graves.
The COMMUNAL CEMETERY itself contains ten Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.
Total Burials: 462.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 322, Germany 83, New Zealand 28, Canada 24, South Africa 2. Total 459.
The extensions were designed by Charles Holden and William Harrison Cowlishaw
48144 Chaplain 4th Class
The Rev. Alexander Allen
New Zealand Chaplains' Department, attd. 4th Bn. 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
8th May 1918, aged 34.
Plot I. B. 32.
Son of Joseph and Annie Allen; husband of Eva Allen, of Wai-iti Avenue Wai-iti Rd., Timaru, New Zealand.
The Rev. Alexander Allen
New Zealand Chaplains' Department, attd. 4th Bn. 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
8th May 1918, aged 34.
Plot I. B. 32.
Son of Joseph and Annie Allen; husband of Eva Allen, of Wai-iti Avenue Wai-iti Rd., Timaru, New Zealand.
12/4143 Sergeant
Stuart Graeme Brownlie
1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
7th June 1918, aged 22.
Plot I. D. 7.
Son of James A. and Helene Brownlie, of Rotorua, New Zealand.
Stuart Graeme Brownlie
1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
7th June 1918, aged 22.
Plot I. D. 7.
Son of James A. and Helene Brownlie, of Rotorua, New Zealand.
M/299797 Private
George Christopher Deadman
Royal Army Service Corps
Attd. 66th Bde. Royal Garrison Artillery
17th February 1919, aged 36.
Plot II. E. 26.
Son of George David and Sarah Elizabeth Deadman, of Walworth, husband of G. C. Deadman, of 71, Spa Hill, Upper Norwood, London.
Picture courtesy of his grandson Jim Deadman
George Christopher Deadman
Royal Army Service Corps
Attd. 66th Bde. Royal Garrison Artillery
17th February 1919, aged 36.
Plot II. E. 26.
Son of George David and Sarah Elizabeth Deadman, of Walworth, husband of G. C. Deadman, of 71, Spa Hill, Upper Norwood, London.
Picture courtesy of his grandson Jim Deadman
33051 Corporal
Walter Thomas Edwards
4th Bn. 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
26th May 1918, aged 30.
Plot II. C. 27.
Son of Thomas and Alice Edwards, of Takaka, Nelson, New Zealand.
Walter Thomas Edwards
4th Bn. 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
26th May 1918, aged 30.
Plot II. C. 27.
Son of Thomas and Alice Edwards, of Takaka, Nelson, New Zealand.
Lieutenant
Ernest John Glasgow
21st Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th May 1918
Plot II. A. 1.
Ernest John Glasgow
21st Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th May 1918
Plot II. A. 1.
59205 Rifleman
Oswald Hansen
4th Bn. 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
4th May 1918, aged 21.
Plot II. A. 32.
Son of Adolph and Matilda Hansen, of Gisborne, New Zealand.
Oswald Hansen
4th Bn. 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
4th May 1918, aged 21.
Plot II. A. 32.
Son of Adolph and Matilda Hansen, of Gisborne, New Zealand.
196779 Gunner
Arthur Heaton
"D" Bty. 285th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
26th May 1918
Plot II. C. 34.
Picture courtesy of great niece, Kathy Carter
Arthur Heaton
"D" Bty. 285th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
26th May 1918
Plot II. C. 34.
Picture courtesy of great niece, Kathy Carter
Captain
Francis Leopold Mond
Royal Field Artillery and 57th Squadron, Royal Air Force
15th May 1918, aged 22.
Plot I. B. 29.
Son of Emile S Mond and of Mrs Mond, of Greyfriars, Storrington, Sussex, and 22, Hyde Park Square, London.
Francis Leopold Mond
Royal Field Artillery and 57th Squadron, Royal Air Force
15th May 1918, aged 22.
Plot I. B. 29.
Son of Emile S Mond and of Mrs Mond, of Greyfriars, Storrington, Sussex, and 22, Hyde Park Square, London.
Canadian journalists visiting the ruins of No. 3 Canadian General Hospital at Doullens which was bombed during an air-raid on the night of 29 May 1918. 27 July 1918. © IWM (Q 9125)
Nurses looking after British and French wounded on a RAMC ambulance train near Doullens, 27 April 1918. They are members of either the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve or the Territorial Force Nursing Service. © IWM (Q 8750)
Images in this gallery © Johan Pauwels
Nurse and a RAMC orderly dressing wounds of French and British in a RAMC ambulance train near Doullens, 27 April 1918. © IWM Q 8737
Troops of the 10th (Service) Battalion (1st Hull), East Yorkshire Regiment marching to the trenches near Doullens, 28 June 1916. © IWM Q 743
August 1950 - ©CWGC
April 1951 - ©CWGC
June 1954 - ©CWGC
