ÉCOUST-ST.-MEIN BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
Location Information
The village of Ecoust-St.-Mein is 16 kilometres south-east of Arras and the British Cemetery is a little to the right of the Croisilles road, 80 metres from the Communal Cemetery.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site makes wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
Ecoust-St. Mein was captured by the 8th and 9th Devons in a blizzard on 2 April 1917, lost on 21 March 1918, and retaken at the end of the following August by the 3rd Division. The British Cemetery was then made, in continuation of a German Extension (now removed) of the communal cemetery.
The cemetery contains 151 burials of the First World War, eight of which are unidentified.
Casualty Details: UK 145, Canada 6, Total Burials: 151
The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw.
The village of Ecoust-St.-Mein is 16 kilometres south-east of Arras and the British Cemetery is a little to the right of the Croisilles road, 80 metres from the Communal Cemetery.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site makes wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
Ecoust-St. Mein was captured by the 8th and 9th Devons in a blizzard on 2 April 1917, lost on 21 March 1918, and retaken at the end of the following August by the 3rd Division. The British Cemetery was then made, in continuation of a German Extension (now removed) of the communal cemetery.
The cemetery contains 151 burials of the First World War, eight of which are unidentified.
Casualty Details: UK 145, Canada 6, Total Burials: 151
The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw.
326914 Private
F. C. Barnes
2nd Bn. Suffolk Regiment
30th August 1918.
Plot A. 7.
F. C. Barnes
2nd Bn. Suffolk Regiment
30th August 1918.
Plot A. 7.
Second Lieutenant
Ian William Arthur Beynon
27th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
27th September 1918, aged 20.
Row B. 25.
Son of John W. H. and Margaret A. Beynon, of Jessfield House, Newhaven Rd., Edinburgh.
Picture courtesy of Denise Eden-Green
Ian William Arthur Beynon
27th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
27th September 1918, aged 20.
Row B. 25.
Son of John W. H. and Margaret A. Beynon, of Jessfield House, Newhaven Rd., Edinburgh.
Picture courtesy of Denise Eden-Green
256467 Private
Joseph Albert Bonneau
28th Bn. Canadian Infantry
8th September 1918, aged 25.
Plot B. 5.
Son of Treffle Bonneau and Marie Louise Vaudry, his wife, of Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan.
Joseph Albert Bonneau
28th Bn. Canadian Infantry
8th September 1918, aged 25.
Plot B. 5.
Son of Treffle Bonneau and Marie Louise Vaudry, his wife, of Willow Bunch, Saskatchewan.
Lieutenant
Robert Darling M. C.
9th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
16th September 1918, aged 27.
Row B. 20.
Son of Robert and the late Dorothy Darling. Native of Hart, West Hartlepool.
The inscription on his headstone reads "And so shall they ever be with the Lord."
Robert Darling M. C.
9th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
16th September 1918, aged 27.
Row B. 20.
Son of Robert and the late Dorothy Darling. Native of Hart, West Hartlepool.
The inscription on his headstone reads "And so shall they ever be with the Lord."
Plotting reference: 57C B 6 12 G 1 2 7 8. Key feature: Ecoust-St-Mein. © IWM (BOX 858-2098-205V-57C-1918)
An advanced dressing station under a ruined house at Ecoust-St-Mein, 17 July, 1917, showing the Royal Army Medical Corps Captain, decorated with a Military Cross, and an Officer of the Gordon Highlanders. © IWM (Q 5689)
