GONNEHEM BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.56271, Longitude: 2.56955
Location Information
Gonnehem is a village about 7 kilometres north-west of Bethune and 7 kilometres east of Lillers.
From the centre of the village take the D.182 road towards Lillers. The cemetery is 500 metres along this road on the right hand side.
Historical Information
The cemetery was begun in the middle of April 1918, when the German front line came within 3.2 kilometres of the village. It was made by fighting units and by the burial officers of the XIII Corps and the 4th Division, and used until September. After the Armistice graves were brought into Row H from the battlefields east of Gonnehem.
Gonnehem British Cemetery contains 200 First World War burials.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 198.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 2.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and William Harrison Cowlishaw
Images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem
Second Lieutenant
Noel Bertram Barrett
2nd Bn. Essex Regiment
29th April 1918, aged 19.
Row B. 20.
Son of Ernest James and Ada Frances Barrett, of Yew Cottage, Kingston Rd., Staines.
His headstone bears the inscription "Faithful Unto Death"
Noel Bertram Barrett
2nd Bn. Essex Regiment
29th April 1918, aged 19.
Row B. 20.
Son of Ernest James and Ada Frances Barrett, of Yew Cottage, Kingston Rd., Staines.
His headstone bears the inscription "Faithful Unto Death"
21781 Private
James Bottomley, M. M.
1st Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
18th April 1918, aged 23.
Row A. 14.
James Bottomley, M. M.
1st Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
18th April 1918, aged 23.
Row A. 14.
Captain
Jervoise Purefoy Causton
1st Bn. Hampshire Regiment
22nd April 1918, aged 24.
Row B. 8.
Son of Francis Jervoise Causton (Master of St. Goss), and Laura Georgina Causton, of Master's Lodge, St. Cross, Winchester. Native of Petersfield.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thou Wilt Keep Him In Perfect Peace Whose Mind Is Stayed On Thee"
Jervoise Purefoy Causton
1st Bn. Hampshire Regiment
22nd April 1918, aged 24.
Row B. 8.
Son of Francis Jervoise Causton (Master of St. Goss), and Laura Georgina Causton, of Master's Lodge, St. Cross, Winchester. Native of Petersfield.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thou Wilt Keep Him In Perfect Peace Whose Mind Is Stayed On Thee"
Second Lieutenant
Walter Crabtree, M. M.
1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
21st August 1918, aged 30.
Row H. 14.
Son of Robert and Hannah Crabtree of 2, Sunnyside, Norden, Rochdale.
His headstone bears the inscription "Time Passes But The Memory Of A Loved One Never Fails"
Walter Crabtree, M. M.
1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
21st August 1918, aged 30.
Row H. 14.
Son of Robert and Hannah Crabtree of 2, Sunnyside, Norden, Rochdale.
His headstone bears the inscription "Time Passes But The Memory Of A Loved One Never Fails"
27807 Private
Alfred Edward Gunn
1st Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
8th June 1918, aged 25.
Row D. 17.
Son of Alfred and Jane Gunn, of The Green, Priest Hutton, Carnforth, Lancs.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Too Dearly Loved To Be Forgotten."
Alfred Edward Gunn
1st Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
8th June 1918, aged 25.
Row D. 17.
Son of Alfred and Jane Gunn, of The Green, Priest Hutton, Carnforth, Lancs.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Too Dearly Loved To Be Forgotten."
242166 Private
Rennie Hollings
2nd Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
1st August 1918, aged 23.
Row G. 6.
Son of Richard and Ann Elizabeth Hollings; of 74, Stanbury, Keighley.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Not Lost, Gone Before He Hath Done What He Could."
Rennie Hollings
2nd Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
1st August 1918, aged 23.
Row G. 6.
Son of Richard and Ann Elizabeth Hollings; of 74, Stanbury, Keighley.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Not Lost, Gone Before He Hath Done What He Could."
Soldiers helping refugees leaving Lillers, 11 April 1918. © IWM (Q 10892)
Second Lieutenant
Arthur Pelham Mason
8th Bn. attached to 1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
22nd August 1918, aged 19.
Row H. 15.
Son of Richard Henry and Kate Mason, of "Park View", Dagmar Grove, Alexandra Park, Nottingham. Inter. B.A. (Honours), London.
His headstone bears the inscription "Sunset And Evening Star And One Clear Call To Me"
Arthur Pelham Mason
8th Bn. attached to 1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
22nd August 1918, aged 19.
Row H. 15.
Son of Richard Henry and Kate Mason, of "Park View", Dagmar Grove, Alexandra Park, Nottingham. Inter. B.A. (Honours), London.
His headstone bears the inscription "Sunset And Evening Star And One Clear Call To Me"
241017 Private
Daniel Francis McKeown
2nd Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
2nd August 1918, aged 25.
Row G. 8.
Stepson of Charles James and Mary Ann Borkett, 2, Well Street, Rochdale. Lived with his sister at 60, Rumbold Street, Rochdale.
Born and enlisted at Rochdale. A cotton twist piecer at State Mill.
Brother of Edward & Joseph Daniel Mc Keown, the latter also a casualty of the Great War and who is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, having been killed on July 7th 1916. Joseph was Private 23298 10th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers.
Daniel Francis McKeown
2nd Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
2nd August 1918, aged 25.
Row G. 8.
Stepson of Charles James and Mary Ann Borkett, 2, Well Street, Rochdale. Lived with his sister at 60, Rumbold Street, Rochdale.
Born and enlisted at Rochdale. A cotton twist piecer at State Mill.
Brother of Edward & Joseph Daniel Mc Keown, the latter also a casualty of the Great War and who is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, having been killed on July 7th 1916. Joseph was Private 23298 10th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers.
