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Duisans British Cemetery 

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2545 Private
Ambrose A. O'Neill
1st Bn. Newfoundland Regiment
22nd April 1917, aged 29.
Plot II. P. 9.

Son of Paul and Mary O'Neill, of Admiral's Cove, Ferrneuse, Newfoundland.

The inscription on his headstone reads; "Sacred heart of Jesus have mercy on his soul. May he Rest in Peace."


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275719 Lance Corporal
Richard Henry Stanley Owen
2nd Bn. Royal Scots
3rd May 1917, aged 23.
Plot IV. B. 32.

Son of Thomas and Georgina Owen, of Balfour Street, Clarksfield, Oldham.

His headstone bears the following inscription; "Thou hast raised my soul from the grave. Underneath are the everlasting arms."

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21150 Private
George Palframan M. M.
8th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
12th April 1917, aged 24.
Plot I. Q. 10.

Son of William and Elizabeth Palframan

Picture courtesy of Sarah Beaumont

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Harry St. Hill Peskett
"C" Company, 10th Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
13th April 1917, aged 29.
Plot III. G. 8.

Son of Frank and Mary Lorina Peskett, of Lowestoft, Suffolk.

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38419 Lance Corporal 
Wilfred Edwin  Price
2nd/6th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment. 
25th October 1917, aged 28.
Plot V. C. 42.

Son of Elsie Price, of Leytonstone; husband of Amy Rosina Price, of "The Glen," 2, Glengarry Rd., Dulwich, London.

Picture kindly supplied by his grandson Reg Ritchie of Pinneberg, Germany

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43051 Private
J. Randall
4th Bn. Middlesex Regiment
12th April 1917, aged 24.
Plot III. G. 38.

Husband of Louisa Ellenor Draper (formerly Randall), of 15, Elmcroft Cottages, Frimley Green, Farnborough, Hants.

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30829 Private
William Scotney
4th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
15th May 1917, aged 37.
Plot IV. G. 42.

Husband of Mary E. Scotney, of High St., Elton, Peterborough.

 
He was born on 4th August 1881 in Nassington, Northamptonshire, so was 35 years old when he died (not 37 as stated in official records). He was the husband of Mary Elizabeth Scotney of Elton, Huntingdonshire and the father of 4 daughters at the time of his death. My mother Annie Elizabeth Scotney was born in Elton on 24th June 1917, 5 weeks after William's death.
 
Picture courtesy of grandson, Ian Blackwell

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G/7031 Private
 James Thomas
13th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
Killed in action: 12th April 1917, a
ged 37.
Plot III. G. 22.


 Son of Alfred and Martha Thomas, of Acton; husband of Edith Grace Tucker (formerly Thomas), of 6, Long Drive, East Acton, London. 

Picture kindly supplied by his grandson Michael Thomas

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S/40915 Private
Frederick Thompson
"B" Coy. 8th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
24th April 1917, aged 22.
Plot IV. C. 35.

Son of Charles and Margaret Thompson, of Mount of Glosat, Milton of Campsie, Stirlingshire.
 

Picture courtesy of his Great nephew, Alfred Kelly, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire

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3032059 Private
Harry Alfred Underhill
3rd Bn. Canadian Machine Gun Corps.
24th September 1918, aged 28.
Plot VI. H. 49.

Son of Harry and Emily Underhill, of 78, Hillsdale Avenue, Toronto, Canada.

Picture courtesy of great, great niece, Lisa Sharp

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27097 Private
Percy Wensley
7th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
3rd September 1917, aged 24.
Plot VI. C. 51.

Son of George and Martha Ann Wensley, of 22, Church Lane, Robert Town, Liversedge, Yorks.

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18203 Private
Arthur Wilde
9th Bn. Duke of Wellington's Regiment
27th April 1917, aged 20.
Plot II. M. 16.

Son of William and Ellen Wilde, of 33, Haigh St., Greetland, Halifax, Yorks.

Wounded in the early hours of 25/4/17 when the Battalion attacked Bayonet and Rifle trenches between Monchy and Rouex.

Picture courtesy of Tim Thurlow

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548154 Sapper
T. J. Williams
510th Field Company, Royal Engineers
1st May 1917.
Plot II. Q. 20.

Nephew of Mrs. F. Gilbert, of Alma Cottage, Common Rd., Claygate, Surrey.

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 My grandfather had been sent home on compassionate leave as my grandmother was ill with cancer and according to stories, died one month after this picture was taken. Then my grandfather died leaving my Mother (upper left daughter) and her 2 sisters orphans. They were brought up by a maiden aunt.

​Pictures and information courtesy of John M. Horton (Grandson)

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