ENGLEBELMER COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.05712, Longitude: 2.60329
Location Information
Englebelmer is a village in the Department of the Somme, 8 kilometres north-west of Albert and 24 kilometres south-south-east of Arras. The Cemetery is by the side of the road, with the British plots at the east end, to the right and left of the entrance. The Extension is at the south-west corner of the Communal Cemetery away from the road.
Historical Information
The village of Englebelmer was in Allied hand during the whole of the War, and it was used as a Field Ambulance station; but until the autumn of 1916, and again in the summer of 1918, it was liable to occasional shelling. It was later "adopted" by the City of Winchester.
The Extension was begun in October, 1916, closed in March, 1917, and used again in 1918; and after the Armistice graves were brought from the battlefields immediately North and East of Englebelmer and the following cemeteries:-
BEAUSSART COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, in a hamlet of Mailly-Maillet, was used at intervals from April, 1916, to May, 1918, and contained the graves of 18 soldiers from the United Kingdom and nine from New Zealand.
There are now 150, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified and special memorials are erected to two United Kingdom soldiers, buried at Beaussart, whose graves could not be found. Five German graves were removed in 1923.
The Extension covers an area of 714 square metres and is enclosed by a brick wall on three sides.
The extension was designed by Captain Wilfred Clement Von Berg, M. C.
Total Burials: 150.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 121, New Zealand 27. Total 148.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 2.
Shot at Dawn
Private James Cassidy, 1st Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, executed for desertion on 23rd July 1916 and buried in D. 5.
A veteran of the Dardanelles, he seems to have deserted following a failed attack during which his battalion lost 568 men including the Commanding Officer. (Putkowski, p 94)
Private James Cassidy, 1st Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, executed for desertion on 23rd July 1916 and buried in D. 5.
A veteran of the Dardanelles, he seems to have deserted following a failed attack during which his battalion lost 568 men including the Commanding Officer. (Putkowski, p 94)
Picture © Geerhard Joos
Shot at Dawn Irish Memorial. Pictures © Johan Pauwels
17604 Gunner
Thomas Alfred Amos
New Zealand Field Artillery
18th April 1918
Row F. 8.
Son of Charles and Annie Amos, of Greytown, Wellington, New Zealand.
Thomas Alfred Amos
New Zealand Field Artillery
18th April 1918
Row F. 8.
Son of Charles and Annie Amos, of Greytown, Wellington, New Zealand.
Second Lieutenant
Lawrence Alfred Henry Barrow
10th Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment
31st August 1916, aged 21.
Row D. 3.
Son of the Rev. A. H. Barrow and Emily Mary Barrow, of Ashfield, Beckenham, Kent.
Lawrence Alfred Henry Barrow
10th Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment
31st August 1916, aged 21.
Row D. 3.
Son of the Rev. A. H. Barrow and Emily Mary Barrow, of Ashfield, Beckenham, Kent.
31060 Private
Roy Gwen Billing
New Zealand Machine Gun Battalion
20th April 1918
Row D. 19.
Roy Gwen Billing
New Zealand Machine Gun Battalion
20th April 1918
Row D. 19.
16720 Private
Cornelius Broadhurst
10th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
1st May 1918
Row B. 7.
Husband of E. Hook (formerly Broadhurst), of 15, Sutherland Place, Salford, Manchester.
Cornelius Broadhurst
10th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
1st May 1918
Row B. 7.
Husband of E. Hook (formerly Broadhurst), of 15, Sutherland Place, Salford, Manchester.
49694 Private
Victor George Cavalier
1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
31st March 1918, aged 25.
Row F. 27.
Son of Alfred William and Susan Cavalier, of 35, Penge Rd., Upton Park, London, England. Native of Stepney.
Victor George Cavalier
1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
31st March 1918, aged 25.
Row F. 27.
Son of Alfred William and Susan Cavalier, of 35, Penge Rd., Upton Park, London, England. Native of Stepney.
36739 Second Lieutenant
Herbert Napier Coleman
1st Bn. Canterbury Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
13th April 1918, aged 35.
Row F. 21.
Son of J. H. and Hannah Coleman, of Waititirau, Napier, New Zealand; husband of B. Mary Coleman. His son Lloyd Watt Coleman DFC and Bar fell in the 1939 – 1945 War.
Herbert Napier Coleman
1st Bn. Canterbury Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
13th April 1918, aged 35.
Row F. 21.
Son of J. H. and Hannah Coleman, of Waititirau, Napier, New Zealand; husband of B. Mary Coleman. His son Lloyd Watt Coleman DFC and Bar fell in the 1939 – 1945 War.
60132 Private
Cecil Roy James
1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
30th March 1918, aged 21.
Row E. 12.
Son of George T. and Grace A. James.
Cecil Roy James
1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
30th March 1918, aged 21.
Row E. 12.
Son of George T. and Grace A. James.
60138 Private
George Henry Kelsall
2nd Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
30th March 1918
Row E. 11.
George Henry Kelsall
2nd Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
30th March 1918
Row E. 11.
R/6084 Able Seaman
George Alfred Rouse
Howe Bn. R.N. Div. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
5th April 1918
Row B. 19.
Brother of Christina Alice Osborne, of 160, star Rd., Peterborough.
George Alfred Rouse
Howe Bn. R.N. Div. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
5th April 1918
Row B. 19.
Brother of Christina Alice Osborne, of 160, star Rd., Peterborough.
Royal Garrison Artillery at work by the tractor engine and trailer bringing shells up for the 15-ich howitzers in Englebelmer Wood, September 1916. © IWM (Q 4517)
Gunners of the Royal Garrison Artillery in Englebelmer Wood moving a 15-inch howitzer shell by rolling it along a pair of rails. © IWM (Q 4515)
