FOUQUIÈRES CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 50.51335, Longitude: 2.61136
© Werner Van Caneghem
Location Information
Fouquieres-les-Bethune is a village about 1 kilometre south-west of Bethune.
The churchyard is on the right side of the road to Bruay, where it goes through a small industrial estate. The extension stands at the head of 20 steps leading up from the road, overlooking the village.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to this site is very difficult and may be impossible at times of bad weather.
Historical Information
The long row which forms Plot I of the churchyard extension was used from May 1915 to April 1918 and between April and October 1918, three further plots were made between the churchyard and the road. Many of the burials took place from field ambulances stationed in the village. The great majority of the graves are those of Territorial soldiers, 249 of them from the 46th (North Midland) Division, which spent three years in the neighbourhood and based its transport at Fouquieres.
During the Second World War, in 1940, No.9 Casualty Clearing Station was at Beuvry, about 3 kilometres away from Fouquieres, and some burials from this hospital were made in the churchyard extension.
Fouquieres Churchyard Extension contains 387 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 29 from the Second World War. There are also five German war graves.
Casualty Details: UK 387, Germany 3, Total Burials: 390.
The extension was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and Arthur James Scott Hutton
Fouquieres-les-Bethune is a village about 1 kilometre south-west of Bethune.
The churchyard is on the right side of the road to Bruay, where it goes through a small industrial estate. The extension stands at the head of 20 steps leading up from the road, overlooking the village.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to this site is very difficult and may be impossible at times of bad weather.
Historical Information
The long row which forms Plot I of the churchyard extension was used from May 1915 to April 1918 and between April and October 1918, three further plots were made between the churchyard and the road. Many of the burials took place from field ambulances stationed in the village. The great majority of the graves are those of Territorial soldiers, 249 of them from the 46th (North Midland) Division, which spent three years in the neighbourhood and based its transport at Fouquieres.
During the Second World War, in 1940, No.9 Casualty Clearing Station was at Beuvry, about 3 kilometres away from Fouquieres, and some burials from this hospital were made in the churchyard extension.
Fouquieres Churchyard Extension contains 387 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 29 from the Second World War. There are also five German war graves.
Casualty Details: UK 387, Germany 3, Total Burials: 390.
The extension was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and Arthur James Scott Hutton
18202 Private
Richard Atkinson Banks
2nd Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
9th September 1915, aged 37.
Plot I. 6.
Son of William and Mary Ellen Banks, of Ingleton.
The inscription on his headstone reads; "For All Of Us He Did His Best, God Grant Him Eternal Rest. From His Wife And Family."
Richard Atkinson Banks
2nd Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
9th September 1915, aged 37.
Plot I. 6.
Son of William and Mary Ellen Banks, of Ingleton.
The inscription on his headstone reads; "For All Of Us He Did His Best, God Grant Him Eternal Rest. From His Wife And Family."
306443 Private
Cecil Caunt
1st/5th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
30th August 1918, aged 21.
Plot IV. E. 12.
Son of Henry and Emily Caunt, of 34, Vere Avenue, Stoneyford Rd., Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts. Native of Skelby, Notts.
The inscription on his headstone reads; "Till The Shadows Flee Away. What Is Sent Is Sent And God Knows Best."
Cecil Caunt
1st/5th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
30th August 1918, aged 21.
Plot IV. E. 12.
Son of Henry and Emily Caunt, of 34, Vere Avenue, Stoneyford Rd., Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts. Native of Skelby, Notts.
The inscription on his headstone reads; "Till The Shadows Flee Away. What Is Sent Is Sent And God Knows Best."
Second Lieutenant
Donald James Clarkson
1st/6th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
9th August 1918, aged 19.
Plot IV. A. 4.
Son of James and Alice Clarkson, of "Wyndene," Caledon Rd., Nottingham.
His headstone bears the following inscription; "Dearly Beloved Son Of James & Alice Clarkson Thy Will Be Done."
Donald James Clarkson
1st/6th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
9th August 1918, aged 19.
Plot IV. A. 4.
Son of James and Alice Clarkson, of "Wyndene," Caledon Rd., Nottingham.
His headstone bears the following inscription; "Dearly Beloved Son Of James & Alice Clarkson Thy Will Be Done."
580571 Sergeant
Arthur Colling
110 Sqdn. Royal Air Force
11th May 1940, aged 20.
Plot 4. K. 8.
Son of John Parker Colling and Annie Colling, of Darlington, Co. Durham.
His headstone bears the following inscription; "His Earthly Duty Nobly Done. His Soul And Memory Liveth On."
Arthur Colling
110 Sqdn. Royal Air Force
11th May 1940, aged 20.
Plot 4. K. 8.
Son of John Parker Colling and Annie Colling, of Darlington, Co. Durham.
His headstone bears the following inscription; "His Earthly Duty Nobly Done. His Soul And Memory Liveth On."
Major
Gordon Stewart Drummond Forbes, C. M. G., D. S. O.
7th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
21st July 1915, aged 48.
Plot I. 13.
Son of Gen. Sir John Forbes, G.C.B., of Inverernan, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, and the late Lady Forbes (nee Drummond).
His headstone carries the following inscription; "He Saw A Boundless Scheme Dilate. He Dreamed For Still A Greater God."
Gordon Stewart Drummond Forbes, C. M. G., D. S. O.
7th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
21st July 1915, aged 48.
Plot I. 13.
Son of Gen. Sir John Forbes, G.C.B., of Inverernan, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, and the late Lady Forbes (nee Drummond).
His headstone carries the following inscription; "He Saw A Boundless Scheme Dilate. He Dreamed For Still A Greater God."
Lieutenant Colonel
George Herbert Fowler, Mentioned in Despatches
Commanding 1st/8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
15th October 1915.
Plot I. 41.
George Herbert Fowler, Mentioned in Despatches
Commanding 1st/8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
15th October 1915.
Plot I. 41.
Lieutenant Colonel
Bertram Perceval Lefroy, D. S. O., Twice Mentioned in Despatches
2nd Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
25th September 1915, aged 37.
Plot I. 40.
Son of the late Thomas Charles Perceval and Isabella Napier Lefroy.
His headstone bears the inscription; "God Is Love."
Bertram Perceval Lefroy, D. S. O., Twice Mentioned in Despatches
2nd Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
25th September 1915, aged 37.
Plot I. 40.
Son of the late Thomas Charles Perceval and Isabella Napier Lefroy.
His headstone bears the inscription; "God Is Love."
Lieutenant
Arthur Carlton Pearce
1st/5th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
22nd July 1918, aged 24.
Plot III. H.13.
Son of Arthur and Margaret Pearce, of 17, Fellows Rd., Hampstead, London. Served from 1914.
His headstone bears the following inscription; "We Love Thee With The Breath Smiles, Tears Of All Our Life."
Arthur Carlton Pearce
1st/5th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
22nd July 1918, aged 24.
Plot III. H.13.
Son of Arthur and Margaret Pearce, of 17, Fellows Rd., Hampstead, London. Served from 1914.
His headstone bears the following inscription; "We Love Thee With The Breath Smiles, Tears Of All Our Life."
203433 Lance Corporal
Albert Pinkney
1st/5th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
26th April 1918
Plot II. C. 1.
His headstone bears the following inscription; "God Will Link The Broken Chain Closer When We Meet Again."
Albert Pinkney
1st/5th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
26th April 1918
Plot II. C. 1.
His headstone bears the following inscription; "God Will Link The Broken Chain Closer When We Meet Again."
305485 Private
George Renshaw
1st/8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
29th August 1918, aged 30.
Plot IV. E. 9.
Husband of Amy Renshaw, of 4, Mount Pleasant, Sutton-in-Ashfield Notts.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Though Lost To Sight To Memory Ever Dear From Loving Wife And Children."
George Renshaw
1st/8th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
29th August 1918, aged 30.
Plot IV. E. 9.
Husband of Amy Renshaw, of 4, Mount Pleasant, Sutton-in-Ashfield Notts.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Though Lost To Sight To Memory Ever Dear From Loving Wife And Children."
80114 Private
Harry Teagen
"C" Coy. 1st/5th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
30th May 1918, aged 37.
Plot III. C. 10.
Son of William and Eliza Teagen; husband of Ethel Frances Teagen, of 33, Leadenhall St., Leicester.
His headstone bears the inscription; "To Us The Loss The Emptiness And Pain; To Him All High Eternal Gain."
Harry Teagen
"C" Coy. 1st/5th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
30th May 1918, aged 37.
Plot III. C. 10.
Son of William and Eliza Teagen; husband of Ethel Frances Teagen, of 33, Leadenhall St., Leicester.
His headstone bears the inscription; "To Us The Loss The Emptiness And Pain; To Him All High Eternal Gain."
British soldier laying flat on a 'camouflage-screened' road at Beuvry, 16 July 1918. © IWM (Q 11079)
Bhupinder Singh, the Maharaja of Patiala, near Annezin, 31 July 1918. IWM (Q 6880)
