FEUCHY BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.2931, Longitude: 2.84255
Location Information
Feuchy is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 5 kilometres east of Arras, on the south bank of the Scarpe river.
Feuchy British Cemetery is on the south-west side of the village, between the Arras road, the railway and the church.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
Feuchy village was captured by the 15th (Scottish) Division on 9 April 1917, lost at the end of March 1918, and retaken at the end of the following August.
Feuchy British Cemetery was made by the 12th Division in April 1917, and used until March 1918. A few graves were added after the recapture of the village. The present Plot I was regrouped in 1926 to allow the construction of a railway station.
The cemetery now contains 209 First World War burials. Two of the graves, destroyed by shell fire, are now represented by special memorials.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens & Noel Ackroyd Rew
Total Burials: 214.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 208, Canada 1. Total 209.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 5.
Images in gallery below © Werner Van Caneghem
117807 Gunner
Randal Atkinson
256th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
25th April 1917.
Plot I. B. 21.
His headstone bears the inscription "May His Reward Be As Great As His Sacrifice"
Randal Atkinson
256th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
25th April 1917.
Plot I. B. 21.
His headstone bears the inscription "May His Reward Be As Great As His Sacrifice"
3150 Gunner
Gilbert George Blatchford
83rd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
2nd May 1917, aged 23.
Plot II. A. 6.
Son of William and Mary Ann Blatchford, of The Village, Honiton Clyst, Exeter.
His headstone bears the inscription "We Have Lost Him Jesus Has Gained Him Thy Will Be Done"
Gilbert George Blatchford
83rd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
2nd May 1917, aged 23.
Plot II. A. 6.
Son of William and Mary Ann Blatchford, of The Village, Honiton Clyst, Exeter.
His headstone bears the inscription "We Have Lost Him Jesus Has Gained Him Thy Will Be Done"
Lieutenant
Charles Stuart Bott
7th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
17th April 1917, aged 22.
Plot I. A. 4.
Son of the Rev. W. E. Bott and Mrs. Bott, of Partney Rectory, Spilsby, Lincs. Born at Osmaston, Derby.
His headstone bears the inscription "Peace Perfect Peace"
Charles Stuart Bott
7th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
17th April 1917, aged 22.
Plot I. A. 4.
Son of the Rev. W. E. Bott and Mrs. Bott, of Partney Rectory, Spilsby, Lincs. Born at Osmaston, Derby.
His headstone bears the inscription "Peace Perfect Peace"
3043 Corporal
John Hill
12th Bn. Manchester Regiment
13th April 1917, aged 26.
Plot I. D. 7.
Son of John and Jane Hill; husband of Annie Hill, of Mossley, nr. Manchester.
John Hill
12th Bn. Manchester Regiment
13th April 1917, aged 26.
Plot I. D. 7.
Son of John and Jane Hill; husband of Annie Hill, of Mossley, nr. Manchester.
117739 Gunner
Ben Maude
256th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
25th April 1917, aged 30.
Plot I. B. 27.
Son of Mrs. Mary Maude, of Piper House, Cumberworth, Huddersfield.
His headstone bears the inscription "Worthy Of Remembrance"
Ben Maude
256th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
25th April 1917, aged 30.
Plot I. B. 27.
Son of Mrs. Mary Maude, of Piper House, Cumberworth, Huddersfield.
His headstone bears the inscription "Worthy Of Remembrance"
G/17932 Private
Frank John Norris
7th Bn. East Surrey Regiment
30th April 1917, aged 34.
Plot II. A. 13.
Son of Edward and Elizabeth Norris, of Dover; husband of Mercy Matilda Norris, of 130, Heathfield Avenue, Dover.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Father in thy loving keeping, leave we now our loved one sleeping."
Frank John Norris
7th Bn. East Surrey Regiment
30th April 1917, aged 34.
Plot II. A. 13.
Son of Edward and Elizabeth Norris, of Dover; husband of Mercy Matilda Norris, of 130, Heathfield Avenue, Dover.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Father in thy loving keeping, leave we now our loved one sleeping."
38398 Gunner
H. Palethorpe
3rd Army Pool, Royal Garrison Artillery
16th May 1917, aged 24.
Plot II. E. 13.
Son of Daniel and Mary Ann Palethorpe, of 10, Leigh St., Attercliffe, Sheffield.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Also in memory of 26477, L/Cpl. Jim Palethorpe, West Riding Regiment, 27th November 1917."
Jim Palethorpe has no known grave and is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial
H. Palethorpe
3rd Army Pool, Royal Garrison Artillery
16th May 1917, aged 24.
Plot II. E. 13.
Son of Daniel and Mary Ann Palethorpe, of 10, Leigh St., Attercliffe, Sheffield.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Also in memory of 26477, L/Cpl. Jim Palethorpe, West Riding Regiment, 27th November 1917."
Jim Palethorpe has no known grave and is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial
Second Lieutenant
Wilfrid Adolphus Slade
"C" Bty. 70th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
23rd April 1917, aged 28.
Plot I. A. 29.
Son of Edmund and Felice Slade, of Chislehurst, Kent. Born at Chislehurst.
His headstone bears the inscription; "He that loses his life for my sake shall find it."
Wilfrid Adolphus Slade
"C" Bty. 70th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
23rd April 1917, aged 28.
Plot I. A. 29.
Son of Edmund and Felice Slade, of Chislehurst, Kent. Born at Chislehurst.
His headstone bears the inscription; "He that loses his life for my sake shall find it."
32276 Battery Serjeant Major
Herbert Henry West
"A" Bty. 51st Bde. Royal Field Artillery
16th May 1917, aged 31.
Plot II. E. 10.
Son of Henry and Sara West, of Hull.
Herbert Henry West
"A" Bty. 51st Bde. Royal Field Artillery
16th May 1917, aged 31.
Plot II. E. 10.
Son of Henry and Sara West, of Hull.
Troops of the 10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers in a captured dug-out at Feuchy cross roads. Feuchy was captured by the 9th Division, 9 April 1917. © IWM (Q 5152)
A Corporal of the Machine Gun Corps (MGC) stands at a machine gun post in a captured trench at Feuchy during the Battle of Arras, April 1917. © IWM (Q 5159)
Medics of the Royal Army Medical Corps placing wounded on a light railway. Near Feuchy, 29 April 1917. © IWM (Q 6225)
