ERVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.15876, Longitude: 2.82116
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.
Total Burials: 67.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 51, Australia 1. Total 52.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 15.
The cemetery was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
775885 Gunner
Clifford Edwin Appleyard
"C" Battery, 310th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
7th April 1917, aged 27.
Row. D. 2.
Son of Mr. F. H. and Alice Appleyard, of 5, Hill Top Avenue, Harehills, Leeds. Born at Leeds.
Clifford Edwin Appleyard
"C" Battery, 310th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
7th April 1917, aged 27.
Row. D. 2.
Son of Mr. F. H. and Alice Appleyard, of 5, Hill Top Avenue, Harehills, Leeds. Born at Leeds.
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."
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."
Captain
Herbert Spanner
27th Squadron, 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 bears the inscription "I Am The Resurrection And The Life." St. John II Chap. 25 Ver."
Herbert Spanner
27th Squadron, 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 bears the inscription "I Am The Resurrection And The Life." St. John II Chap. 25 Ver."
202405 Corporal
Percival Sykes
2nd/4th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
20th May 1917, aged 35.
Row. C. 6.
Son of Levi Sykes, of Old Hall, Brearley, Luddendenfoot, Yorks.
He was a member of the RAOB .Occupation : blanket finisher [1901] ; a manager at woollen manufacturer's office [1911]; a partner in the family business, Levi Sykes & Company (Brearley) Limited. He enlisted March 1915, and served as a Corporal
He died 2 hours after being hit by a shell fragment to the side of the head, aged 35.
Percival Sykes
2nd/4th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
20th May 1917, aged 35.
Row. C. 6.
Son of Levi Sykes, of Old Hall, Brearley, Luddendenfoot, Yorks.
He was a member of the RAOB .Occupation : blanket finisher [1901] ; a manager at woollen manufacturer's office [1911]; a partner in the family business, Levi Sykes & Company (Brearley) Limited. He enlisted March 1915, and served as a Corporal
He died 2 hours after being hit by a shell fragment to the side of the head, aged 35.
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)
