GONNEHEM BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
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.
The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw and Sir Edwin Lutyens
Casualty Details: UK 200, Total Burials: 200
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.
The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw and Sir Edwin Lutyens
Casualty Details: UK 200, Total Burials: 200
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.
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 nears 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 nears the inscription; "Not Lost, Gone Before He Hath Done What He Could."
Soldiers helping refugees leaving Lillers, 11 April 1918. © IWM (Q 10892)
