ERVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
Location Information
Ervillers is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, between Arras and Bapaume, almost midway between Mory and Courcelles-le-Comte. The cemetery lies on the south-west side on the Rue de L'Eglise.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site makes wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
Ervillers was occupied by Commonwealth troops in March 1917, evacuated a year later after an obstinate defence by the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division, and retaken by the 2nd Division on the following 23 August.
Two cemeteries were made by the Germans at Ervillers. The first, which is the present Military Cemetery, contained the graves of some Commonwealth prisoners and was carried on by Commonwealth troops in 1917. The second, begun in the garden of the Mayor's house in March 1918, has been removed.
Ervillers Military Cemetery now contains 67 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 15 of them unidentified. Over 100 German graves were removed after the Armistice.
Casualty Details: UK 66, Australia 1, Total Burials: 67
Ervillers is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, between Arras and Bapaume, almost midway between Mory and Courcelles-le-Comte. The cemetery lies on the south-west side on the Rue de L'Eglise.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site makes wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
Ervillers was occupied by Commonwealth troops in March 1917, evacuated a year later after an obstinate defence by the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division, and retaken by the 2nd Division on the following 23 August.
Two cemeteries were made by the Germans at Ervillers. The first, which is the present Military Cemetery, contained the graves of some Commonwealth prisoners and was carried on by Commonwealth troops in 1917. The second, begun in the garden of the Mayor's house in March 1918, has been removed.
Ervillers Military Cemetery now contains 67 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 15 of them unidentified. Over 100 German graves were removed after the Armistice.
Casualty Details: UK 66, Australia 1, Total Burials: 67
4120 Private
Athol Powys Fowler
25th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
26th March 1917, aged 24
Row E. 8.
Son of Mrs. Gertrude Eliza Fowler, of Bellingen Post Office, New South Wales. Born at Picton, New South Wales.
His headstone has the following inscription: "For King & For Country He Died In God & In Peace He Lives."
The two images of the burial above are beloved to be that of Athol Fowler.
Athol Powys Fowler
25th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
26th March 1917, aged 24
Row E. 8.
Son of Mrs. Gertrude Eliza Fowler, of Bellingen Post Office, New South Wales. Born at Picton, New South Wales.
His headstone has the following inscription: "For King & For Country He Died In God & In Peace He Lives."
The two images of the burial above are beloved to be that of Athol Fowler.
Captain
Herbert Spanner
27th Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps
28th December 1916, aged 23.
Row D. 4.
Son of the late John William Spanner and of Martha Jane Spanner, of 3, Hassard Avenue, Todmorden, Toronto, Canada.
His headstone has the following inscription: "I am the resurrection and the life." St. John II Chap. 25 Ver."
Herbert Spanner
27th Sqdn. Royal Flying Corps
28th December 1916, aged 23.
Row D. 4.
Son of the late John William Spanner and of Martha Jane Spanner, of 3, Hassard Avenue, Todmorden, Toronto, Canada.
His headstone has the following inscription: "I am the resurrection and the life." St. John II Chap. 25 Ver."
17th July 1917; Signpost for the village of Ervillers reading: 'High St. This village is Ervillers'. Attached to the main sign, smaller placards indicate the Town Major's office , and a Prisoners of War pen.
An orderly of the Royal Army Medical Corps and two soldiers of the Gordon Highlanders at an advanced dressing station in Ervillers, 17 October 1917. Note gas gong. © IWM (Q 6094)
