GORDON CEMETERY
Mametz
Somme
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.98753, Longitude: 2.7385
Image above © Carl Liversage @carl_liversage
Location Information
Mametz is a village 6 kilometres east of Albert. The Cemetery is located on the Albert-Maricourt road, due south of Mametz village and 4 kilometres west of Maricourt.
Historical Information
Mametz was within the German lines until 1 July 1916, when it was captured by the 7th Division and Mametz Wood, north-east of the village was taken on the days following 7 July.
Gordon Cemetery was made by men of the 2nd Gordon Highlanders who buried some of their dead of 1 July in what had been a support trench, together with two artillerymen who died 8 July and an unknown soldier.
The cemetery contains 102 First World War burials, five of them unidentified. As the precise location of most of the graves could not be established, 93 of the headstones are arranged in semi-circles around the central cross.
Total Burials: 102.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 97. Total 97.
The cemetery was designed by A J S Hutton.
Mametz is a village 6 kilometres east of Albert. The Cemetery is located on the Albert-Maricourt road, due south of Mametz village and 4 kilometres west of Maricourt.
Historical Information
Mametz was within the German lines until 1 July 1916, when it was captured by the 7th Division and Mametz Wood, north-east of the village was taken on the days following 7 July.
Gordon Cemetery was made by men of the 2nd Gordon Highlanders who buried some of their dead of 1 July in what had been a support trench, together with two artillerymen who died 8 July and an unknown soldier.
The cemetery contains 102 First World War burials, five of them unidentified. As the precise location of most of the graves could not be established, 93 of the headstones are arranged in semi-circles around the central cross.
Total Burials: 102.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 97. Total 97.
The cemetery was designed by A J S Hutton.
Second Lieutenant
Colin Graham Gordon
3rd Bn. Gordon Highlanders
1st July 1916, aged 25.
Row A. 1.
Son of Henry and Bessie Laura Gordon, of "Coniston," Victoria Grove, Bridport, Dorset.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Safe in the Arms of Jesus."
Colin Graham Gordon
3rd Bn. Gordon Highlanders
1st July 1916, aged 25.
Row A. 1.
Son of Henry and Bessie Laura Gordon, of "Coniston," Victoria Grove, Bridport, Dorset.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Safe in the Arms of Jesus."
S/9365 Lance Corporal
L. Irvine
2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders
1st July 1916.
Sp. Mem. B. 35.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Their Glory Shall Not be Blotted Out."
L. Irvine
2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders
1st July 1916.
Sp. Mem. B. 35.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Their Glory Shall Not be Blotted Out."
Images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem
3/6085 Private
Gordon McRobb
2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders
1st July 1916
Sp. Mem. B. 22.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Their Glory Shall Not be Blotted Out."
Gordon McRobb
2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders
1st July 1916
Sp. Mem. B. 22.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Their Glory Shall Not be Blotted Out."
S/11889 Private
Wallace Tosh
2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders
1st July 1916, aged 35.
Sp. Mem. B. 14.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Their Glory Shall Not be Blotted Out."
Wallace Tosh
2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders
1st July 1916, aged 35.
Sp. Mem. B. 14.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Their Glory Shall Not be Blotted Out."
Wounded British soldiers at Mametz, July 1916. © IWM (Q 815)
1919 - View of the area near Pozieres showing Mametz Wood and the German stronghold known as Gibraltar (far left). The Albert to Bapaume road and railway line are visible on the left. In the centre and on the right are two wooden memorial crosses. This area was the scene of severe fighting by Australian troops in July and August 1916. Gibraltar was a concrete tower, once part of a farmhouse, that was reinforced with steel grid and from which German machine-gun fire was able to cover all of the surrounding area. The stronghold, named Gibraltar by the British because of its strength, remained standing after Pozieres was reduced to rubble between 13-17 July 1916 and was eventually captured the same month by Australian forces.
