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Etaples Military Cemetery


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S/5122 Private
William Easton
8th/10th Bn. Gordon Highlanders
4th July 1916, aged 20.
Plot II. A. 56.
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Son of Henry and Mary Easton, of 91, Albert Buildings, Burnbank, Hamilton, Lanarkshire.



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34586 Private
Herbert Edge
15th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
2nd February 1917, aged 32.
Plot XX1 D. 14A.

Husband of Bertha Edge, of 49, Hermitage St., Rishton, Blackburn.


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18065 Private
Alfred Joseph Edwards
5th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry
20th December 1915, aged 35.

Plot VI. A. 10A.

Son of Samuel and Martha Edwards, of 8, Shineton St., Much Wenlock; husband of Beatrice Edwards, of 8, Shineton St., Much Wenlock, Salop.



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16941 Corporal
William Fairburn
1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
26th March 1918, aged 28.
Plot XXXI. H. 5A.

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Fairburn. A widower, he lived with his wife's parents and two children at 30 Clifton Street, Burnley.



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22445 Serjeant
Alexander McGregor Farrer, M. M.
7th Field Company, Royal Engineers
25th March 1918, aged 25.
Plot XXXI. H. 11.

Son of Joseph and Jane Farrer, of 15, Lochrin Terrace, Edinburgh. Native of Edinburgh.

Picture courtesy of Robin Farrer


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15149 Private
Frederick Albert Fisher
"A" Coy. 8th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
22nd October 1916, aged 23.
Plot XII. B. 13.

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Fisher, of Loughborough.



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16902 Private
Robert Flack
"A" Company, 11th Bn. Suffolk Regiment
26th March 1918, aged 24.
Plot XXXI. J. 23A.

Son of Thomas and Annie Flack, of Brook Lodge, Derby Rd., Beeston, Notts. Native of Trumpington, Cambs.



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461348 Corporal
Wilber James Flynn M. M. & Bar.
8th Bn. Canadian Infantry, (Manitoba Regiment)
4th November 1918, aged 25.
Plot XLIX. B. 3

Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Flynn, of Hanover, Ontario. 
Died of Pneumonia.
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"Remembered with honour" by Mary Lou Dunn (nee Flynn)

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32060 Private
Albert Fowler
1st Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
20th May 1918, aged 41.
Plot LXVII. D. 13.

Husband of M. A. Fowler, of 150, Cog Lane, Burnley, Lancs. Native of Burnley.


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13509 Corporal
Andrew Cunninghame Frew
"C" Coy. 6th (S) Bn. Cameron Highlanders
Died 30th April 1917 of gunshot wounds received 14th April 1917, aged 21.
Plot XVIII. E. 2.

Son of Francis Frew and Jessie Jaffray Paterson Frew. Native of Irvine, Ayrshire.


Picture courtesy of his great niece, Barbara Martin.

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203737 Private
John Edward Francies
2nd/5th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
1st July 1918, aged 27.
Plot LXVII. F. 8

Son of Edward and Fanny Francies; husband of Lily May Francies, of 47, Pond Lane, Wolverhampton.

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68450 Private
Andrew Gardiner
25th Bn. Canadian Infantry
12th November 1915, aged 31.
Plot III. F. 16.

Son of Michael and Ellen Gardiner, of Reserve Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; husband of Mrs. Andrew Gardiner, of 24, Crescent St., Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.



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4736 Private
Thomas Gash
1st/4th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
5th July 1916, aged 28.
Plot II. B. 60.

Son of John and Fanny Gash, of Norwell, Newark, Notts. Native of Ossington, Newark.


Born 1888 Ossington  Nottinghamshire England.

Picture courtesy of Freda Harrison

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111036 Driver
Richard Gill
"K" Bty. 4th Bde. Royal Horse Artillery
26th October 1918, aged 27.
Plot LXVII. M. 5.

Son of James and Elizabeth Gill, of 27, Longfield Terrace, Cliviger, Burnley. Native of Cliviger.



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46843 Private
Dougald Graham
1st Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
12th April 1918, aged 22.
Plot XXXIII. G. 10.

Son of Mr and Mrs Peter and Mary Graham, of 45 Calder Street, Motherwell, Lanarkshire. Dougald had a brother John who was killed in action.

Picture courtesy of Joe O'Raw

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2010310 Sapper
Haley Elgin Green
2nd Bn. Canadian Engineers
7th October 1918, aged 20.
Plot LXVII. H. 35.

Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Green, of Parkhill, Ontario.


Picture courtesy of Susan Armstrong Wells, great niece.

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Nursing Sister
Matilda E. Green
7th Canadian Gen. Hosp. Canadian Army Nursing Service
9th October 1918, aged 32.
Plot XLVIII. A. 10.

Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Green, of Virden, Manitoba. Graduate, Medicine Hat Gen. Hosp., Alberta, Canada.

Her Headstone bears the inscription; "Duties Faithfully Fulfilled."

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16978 Private
William Green
1st Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
25th April 1917, aged 23.
Plot XIX. J. 11.


Husband of Elizabeth Green, of 21, Howsin St., Burnley, Lancs.



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7299 Private
Albert E. Grimley
1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
7th July 1916, aged 37.
Plot II. A. 68.


Husband of Clara Grimley, of I, Cottage Bank View, Charlestown, Hebden Bridge, Yorks.


Died of wounds received on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, he had lain in no man's land for 4 days before being found.


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69673 Private 
Albert Grover
6th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
17th December 1918, aged 23.
Plot XLVII. E. 5.


Albert was born in 1995 to John K. Grover and Elizabeth K. Grover ( nee Heather ) of 17, Town End St., Godalming, Surrey , Albert was one of six children born to the family.

His headstone bears the inscription "Sleep On Dear Son"

At the age of 15, according to the 1911 census, Albert's occupation was listed as a Tailors Apprentice at Gammons Drapery in Godalming Surrey.

He enlisted in 1914 to the Queen's 6th (Service) Bn. which was formed at Guildford as part of the First New Army (K1). He then moved to Purfleet in Essex to join the 37th Brigade, 12th Division and then moved to Hythe near Southampton in Hampshire. In February 1915 he moved to a camp in Aldershot and was mobilised for war in May 1915 and landed at Boulogne in France.

In early 1918 he returned to England and on 10th February 1918 he married Florence Victoria Kate Heather, who was   born in 1897 in Guildford , Surrey. The marriage certificate records that Albert was with ‘D’ Company, Surrey Yeomanry in Suffolk .The battalion was in France and took part in the Battle of Arras and Amiens. By the cease fire and end of the War in November 1918, Albert had been wounded and was being treated at the Military Hospital in Étaples in Northern France.

In early November 1918 his wife, Mrs Florence Grover, was brought to see Albert at the hospital. She caught the mysterious respiratory infection ( Spanish Flu ) and died on 26th November 1918 . Albert  also caught the same influenza; and died on 17th December 1918 and was buried in Étaples Military Cemetery.

Unusually Florence was buried in the same Military Cemetery and is buried in Plot LI. C. 1. Loving daugher of Ernest J. Heather and Louise K. Heather. Her headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Until The Day Breaks And The Shadows Flee Away"


(Research  by Michael C. Attrill ;  information  from  distant relative to Albert – Mrs Carol Barber )


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200430 Lance Corporal
Charles Arthur Gurley
1st/5th Bn. 
South Staffordshire Regiment
4th April 1917, aged 21.
Plot XXII. E. 22A.


Only son of Arthur Charles and Selina B. Gurley, of Aston, Birmingham.

​His headstone bears the inscription "His Country Called He Nobly Answered"

The information below supplied by 'The Ellesmerian Club', the alumni organisation for Ellesmere College where Charles was a pupil.



Charles Arthur Gurley, the only son of Arthur and Selina, was born on 11th January 1896 in Aston, Warwickshire. His father was a baker (who died when Charles was only twelve years old) and Charles’s early education was at the Aston Manor Council School.
 
Charles was admitted to Ellesmere College in October 1910 and was allocated to the ‘Heywood’ dormitory and Form Upper II under the guidance of Mr. Sinclair. 
 
Records of the time show that he was an accomplished sportsman. He represented the college and his dormitory in various rugby teams, usually as a half-back, earning his full Colours. His performance in the 1912 season was summarised by one commentator: “Should pay more attention to the wing man. Tackles well and recovers quickly when beaten. Has some useful tricks and uses his head well”.
 
Charles was also to represent his dormitory in cricket and hockey. At the 1912 Sports Day Athletics he took part in the 100 yards flat race, the hurdles and the 880 yards flat race.
 
Charles left Ellesmere in December 1912 and we do not know how he had anticipated his life and career developing at this stage. He enlisted in 1914, soon after the outbreak of war, as Private Gurley, Service No: 8844 (later changed to No:200430) in the 1/5th Battalion, the South Staffordshire Regiment, a territorial unit based in Walsall serving with the Staffordshire Brigade in the North Midland Division. 
 
He completed his basic training and, on 3rd March 1915, he was mobilised for war, landing in Boulogne two days later as part of the first complete Territorial Division to arrive in a theatre of war. Here they joined the British Expeditionary Force in the Ypres Salient and first saw action at Wulverghem in April. They were in action during the German liquid fire attack at Hooge and the attack at the Hohenzollern Redoubt in October.
 
Charles was wounded at the Battle of Loos in September 1915 but recovered and returned to active service. It would have been around this time that he was promoted to Lance-Corporal.
 
On 23rd December, the unit was ordered to proceed to Egypt by way of Marseilles leaving the Divisional Ammunition Column, the Divisional train and the mobile veterinary section behind. All units had arrived at their destination by 13th January 1916 but they had only been there for a few days when orders were received instructing them to return to France. 
 
On the 1st July 1916, they took part in the diversionary attack at Gommecourt. In 1917, they were involved in many operations, including the Battle of the Somme where Charles was seriously injured in March.
Charles died of the wounds he received on 4th April 1917. He was buried at St. Etaples Military Cemetery. He was awarded the Victory Medal, the British War Medal and the 1915 Star. His life is commemorated on War Memorials at Aston Brook and at Ellesmere College.

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Second Lieutenant
Arthur Anson Shirley Hamilton
3rd Bn. attd. 1st Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
24th November 1916, aged 22.
Plot I. A. 73.


Son of Arthur S. Hamilton (Lt. Cmmdr. R.N., retd.) and Ethel M. Hamilton, of Mudeford, Hants.



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49203 Private
Arthur Hargreaves
20th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
17th August 1917, aged 20.
Plot XXII. P. 10.

Son of Willie and Mary Hargreaves, of 40, Melville St., Burnley, Lancs.



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265490 Lance Corporal
Arthur Sydney Lennox Hay
1st/6th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
4th April 1918, aged 32.
Plot XXXIII. D. 16.


Son of John Walker Hay and Martha Jane Hay, of Florida Villa, Duff Avenue, Elgin, Morayshire.
 

Picture courtesy of Frederic J. Gannon

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Lieutenant
Walter Fitzroy Herron, Mentioned in Despatches
4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)
3rd April 1916, aged 44.
Plot I. A. 24.

Son of Ellen C. Janson, of Newdigate Place, Newdigate, Dorking, and the late George O. M. Herron. Gazetted Aug., 1915. Native of Twickenham.



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32521 Private
Jesse Higham
8th Bn. King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
16th February 1917, aged 19.
Plot XXI. F. 3A.
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Son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Higham, of 11, Altham St., Padiham, nr. Burnley, Lancs. Native of Padiham.



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6223 Private
Herbert Hitchon
4th Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
13th September 1916, aged 24.
Plot X. I. 8.

Son of John Robert and Mary Jane Hitchon, of 6, Watson St., Burnley, Lancs. Native of Burnley.



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315255 Private
Joseph Holt
4th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
5th April 1918, aged 29.
Plot XXXIII. D. 17A.

Husband of Mrs Holt, 15 Lionel Street, Burnley.
 

A weaver at Messrs. Walmsley's Peel Mill, Rosegrove prior to enlisting, he was married with one child. He died from wounds to the "lower part of his body."

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2690 Trooper
John Leonard Hurd
1st Household Battalion
27th October 1917, aged 19.
Plot XXX. G. 23A.

Son of George and Jennie Hurd, of Station Rd., Ratby, Leicestershire.

Picture courtesy of Alan Thornton, John Hurd was his wife's Great Uncle.

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