FERME-BUTERNE MILITARY CEMETERY
Houplines
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 50.68478, Longitude: 2.9181
© Werner Van Caneghem
Location Information
Ferme Buterne Military Cemetery will be found 1 kilometre south-east of the village of Houplines, which is 2 kilometres east of the centre of Armentieres on the D945, and 2 kilometres north of La Chapelle D'Armentieres.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
Houplines was in Allied hands (but near the front line) from 17 October 1914, when it was taken by the 4th Division. It fell into German hands in April 1918 during their great advance, but was recovered in September. The village contained four Commonwealth cemeteries in addition to plots in the communal cemetery, but the graves were regrouped after the war and only two cemeteries remain.
Ferme Buterne Military Cemetery was used from January to October 1915, chiefly by the 6th Division. It contains 129 Commonwealth burials, two of which are unidentified.
Casualty Details: UK 128, Canada 1, Total Burials: 129
Ferme Buterne Military Cemetery will be found 1 kilometre south-east of the village of Houplines, which is 2 kilometres east of the centre of Armentieres on the D945, and 2 kilometres north of La Chapelle D'Armentieres.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
Houplines was in Allied hands (but near the front line) from 17 October 1914, when it was taken by the 4th Division. It fell into German hands in April 1918 during their great advance, but was recovered in September. The village contained four Commonwealth cemeteries in addition to plots in the communal cemetery, but the graves were regrouped after the war and only two cemeteries remain.
Ferme Buterne Military Cemetery was used from January to October 1915, chiefly by the 6th Division. It contains 129 Commonwealth burials, two of which are unidentified.
Casualty Details: UK 128, Canada 1, Total Burials: 129
Second Lieutenant
Frederick Charles Andrews
2nd Bn. Leinster Regiment
16th March 1915, aged 26.
Row A. 19.
Son of Frances Andrews, of Toronto, and the late Charles H Andrews. B.Sc. Toronto University.
Frederick Charles Andrews
2nd Bn. Leinster Regiment
16th March 1915, aged 26.
Row A. 19.
Son of Frances Andrews, of Toronto, and the late Charles H Andrews. B.Sc. Toronto University.
Lieutenant
Alfred Francis Bate
4th Bn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, attd. 2nd Bn. Leinster Regiment
14th March 1915, aged 22.
Row A. 18.
Son of Edward Reginald and Charlotte Frederica Bate (nee Bell), of 2, Eden Park, Kingstown, Co. Dublin. B.A., Trinity College, Dublin, also law student King's Inns, Dublin preparing for call to Irish Bar. Born at Kingstown.
Alfred Francis Bate
4th Bn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, attd. 2nd Bn. Leinster Regiment
14th March 1915, aged 22.
Row A. 18.
Son of Edward Reginald and Charlotte Frederica Bate (nee Bell), of 2, Eden Park, Kingstown, Co. Dublin. B.A., Trinity College, Dublin, also law student King's Inns, Dublin preparing for call to Irish Bar. Born at Kingstown.
1407 Corporal
Charles Wilson Craigie
1st/6th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
15th October 1915
Row C. 33.
Son of Mrs. A. Craigie, of 77, Union St., Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Charles Wilson Craigie
1st/6th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
15th October 1915
Row C. 33.
Son of Mrs. A. Craigie, of 77, Union St., Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Post of the 13th Battalion, Welsh Regiment (38th Division) on the Houplines-Frelinghien road. Note camouflage screen across road and a small graveyard on the left, 13 March 1918. © IWM (Q 11563)
2146 Lance Corporal
H. W. H. Meeres
2nd Bn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
19th March 1915
Row A. 26.
Husband of E. Meeres, of Eastry Vicarage, Eastry, Kent.
H. W. H. Meeres
2nd Bn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
19th March 1915
Row A. 26.
Husband of E. Meeres, of Eastry Vicarage, Eastry, Kent.
Lieutenant
John E. Richardson
2nd Bn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
7th May 1915
Row B. 8.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Richardson, of "Montfitchet," Leigham Vale Rd., West Southbourne, Bournemouth.
His headstone bears the inscription; "O'er that He triumphed, O'er this may I."
John E. Richardson
2nd Bn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
7th May 1915
Row B. 8.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Richardson, of "Montfitchet," Leigham Vale Rd., West Southbourne, Bournemouth.
His headstone bears the inscription; "O'er that He triumphed, O'er this may I."
Second Lieutenant
Francis Lancelot Rolleston
2nd Bn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
26th April 1915, aged 20.
Row B. 32.
Son of Sir Humphry Davy Rolleston, Bart., G.C.V.O., K.C.B., M.A., M.D. (Cantab), F.R.C.P. (London), and Lady Rolleston, of Southfield, Cambridge.
His headstone bears the inscription; "He, Dying So, Lives'"
Francis Lancelot Rolleston
2nd Bn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
26th April 1915, aged 20.
Row B. 32.
Son of Sir Humphry Davy Rolleston, Bart., G.C.V.O., K.C.B., M.A., M.D. (Cantab), F.R.C.P. (London), and Lady Rolleston, of Southfield, Cambridge.
His headstone bears the inscription; "He, Dying So, Lives'"
A German searchlight at night. Seen from the Houplines trenches which were occupied by the 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 19th December 1914. © IWM (Q 51551)
