ÉCOUST-ST.-MEIN BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.18437, Longitude: 2.90602
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.
Total Burials: 151.
Commonwealth Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 137, Canada 6. Total 143.
Commonwealth Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 8.
The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw.
Cemetery images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
326914 Private
Frederick Charles Barnes
2nd Bn. Suffolk Regiment
30th August 1918.
Plot A. 7.
Frederick Charles 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.
His headstone bears the inscription "His Was The Noblest Road To Death And His The Sweetest Grave"
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.
His headstone bears the inscription "His Was The Noblest Road To Death And His The Sweetest Grave"
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.
His headstone bears the inscription "Ne A Willow Bunch, Sask., Canada Le 3 Oct. 1892 Fils de T. & M.L. Bonneau"
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.
His headstone bears the inscription "Ne A Willow Bunch, Sask., Canada Le 3 Oct. 1892 Fils de T. & M.L. Bonneau"
820487 Lance Bombardier
John William Brewer
"A" Battery, 232nd, Royal Field Artillery
8th September 1918, aged 24.
Row B. 3.
Son of Joseph and Susannah Brewer, of 20, Oxford St., Clayton, Bradford, Yorks. Native of Lincoln.
His headstone bears the inscription "At Rest"
John William Brewer
"A" Battery, 232nd, Royal Field Artillery
8th September 1918, aged 24.
Row B. 3.
Son of Joseph and Susannah Brewer, of 20, Oxford St., Clayton, Bradford, Yorks. Native of Lincoln.
His headstone bears the inscription "At Rest"
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.
His headstone bears the inscription "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.
His headstone bears the inscription "And So Shall They Ever Be With The Lord."
Major
Aylmer Louis Elliott Fleet, M. C.
"B" Battery, 56th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
10th September 1918, aged 29.
Row B. 7.
Son of Vice Admiral Henry L. Fleet, C.B.E., and Mrs. Fleet, of The Camber, Coley Avenue, Reading.
His headstone bears the inscription "Say Not Goodnight But In A Brighter Clime Bid Me Good Morning"
Aylmer Louis Elliott Fleet, M. C.
"B" Battery, 56th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
10th September 1918, aged 29.
Row B. 7.
Son of Vice Admiral Henry L. Fleet, C.B.E., and Mrs. Fleet, of The Camber, Coley Avenue, Reading.
His headstone bears the inscription "Say Not Goodnight But In A Brighter Clime Bid Me Good Morning"
40410 Private
Robert John Johnson
2nd Bn. Suffolk Regiment
30th August 1918, aged 21.
Row A. 3.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Johnson, of 24, King St., Cambridge.
Robert John Johnson
2nd Bn. Suffolk Regiment
30th August 1918, aged 21.
Row A. 3.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Johnson, of 24, King St., Cambridge.
21705 Sergeant
Thomas Philip Massey
13th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
31st August 1918.
Row D. 53.
Son of Thomas Massey and Ann nee Burnett)
Thomas Philip Massey
13th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
31st August 1918.
Row D. 53.
Son of Thomas Massey and Ann nee Burnett)
50481 Private
Percy Reece
"A" Company, 13th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
31st August 1918, aged 20.
Row D. 24.
Son of Percy and Annie Reece, of Caniambo, Victoria, Australia. Native of Queen's Park, Manchester.
His headstone bears the inscription "There Is A Link Death Cannot Sever Love And Remembrance Last For Ever"
Percy Reece
"A" Company, 13th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
31st August 1918, aged 20.
Row D. 24.
Son of Percy and Annie Reece, of Caniambo, Victoria, Australia. Native of Queen's Park, Manchester.
His headstone bears the inscription "There Is A Link Death Cannot Sever Love And Remembrance Last For Ever"
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)
