GRÉVILLERS (NEW ZEALAND) MEMORIAL
Pas De Calais
France
Location Information
Grevillers (New Zealand) Memorial is situated in Grevillers British Cemetery
Grevillers is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 3 kilometres west of Bapaume.
From Bapaume take the RD929 in the direction of Amiens, turn immediately right onto the RD7, where a signpost indicates the direction of the cemetery. After 500 metres turn left at junction onto RD29, where a signpost again indicates the cemetery, which is on the right after a further 50 metres.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to the cemetery is possible via the main entrance.
Historical Information
The Memorial commemorates almost 450 officers and men of the New Zealand Division who died in the defensive fighting in the area from March to August 1918, and in the Advance to Victory between 8 August and 11 November 1918, and who have no known grave.
This is one of seven memorials in France and Belgium to those New Zealand soldiers who died on the Western Front and whose graves are not known. The memorials are all in cemeteries chosen as appropriate to the fighting in which the men died.
The village of Grevillers was occupied by Commonwealth troops on 14 March 1917 and in April and May, the 3rd, 29th and 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Stations were posted nearby. They began the cemetery and continued to use it until March 1918, when Grevillers was lost to the German during their great advance. On the following 24 August, the New Zealand Division recaptured Grevillers and in September, the 34th, 49th and 56th Casualty Clearing Stations came to the village and used the cemetery again. After the Armistice, 200 graves were brought in from the battlefields to the south of the village, and 40 from an adjoining cemetery made during the German occupation, which no longer exists.
There are now 2,106 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in Grevillers British Cemetery. 189 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 18 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of two casualties, buried in Avesnes-les-Bapaume German Cemetery, whose graves could not be found. The cemetery also contains the graves of seven Second World War airmen, and 18 French war graves.
The Cemetery and Memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens & George Hartley Goldsmith
Grevillers (New Zealand) Memorial is situated in Grevillers British Cemetery
Grevillers is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 3 kilometres west of Bapaume.
From Bapaume take the RD929 in the direction of Amiens, turn immediately right onto the RD7, where a signpost indicates the direction of the cemetery. After 500 metres turn left at junction onto RD29, where a signpost again indicates the cemetery, which is on the right after a further 50 metres.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to the cemetery is possible via the main entrance.
Historical Information
The Memorial commemorates almost 450 officers and men of the New Zealand Division who died in the defensive fighting in the area from March to August 1918, and in the Advance to Victory between 8 August and 11 November 1918, and who have no known grave.
This is one of seven memorials in France and Belgium to those New Zealand soldiers who died on the Western Front and whose graves are not known. The memorials are all in cemeteries chosen as appropriate to the fighting in which the men died.
The village of Grevillers was occupied by Commonwealth troops on 14 March 1917 and in April and May, the 3rd, 29th and 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Stations were posted nearby. They began the cemetery and continued to use it until March 1918, when Grevillers was lost to the German during their great advance. On the following 24 August, the New Zealand Division recaptured Grevillers and in September, the 34th, 49th and 56th Casualty Clearing Stations came to the village and used the cemetery again. After the Armistice, 200 graves were brought in from the battlefields to the south of the village, and 40 from an adjoining cemetery made during the German occupation, which no longer exists.
There are now 2,106 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in Grevillers British Cemetery. 189 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 18 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of two casualties, buried in Avesnes-les-Bapaume German Cemetery, whose graves could not be found. The cemetery also contains the graves of seven Second World War airmen, and 18 French war graves.
The Cemetery and Memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens & George Hartley Goldsmith
42731 Private
Norman William Leslie Absolum
1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
26th March 1918, aged 33.
Son of Abraham and Georgjean Absolum, of Battery Rd., Napier. Born at Ross, Greymouth.
Norman William Leslie Absolum
1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
26th March 1918, aged 33.
Son of Abraham and Georgjean Absolum, of Battery Rd., Napier. Born at Ross, Greymouth.
31768 Serjeant
George Armitage Barrett
2nd Bn. Canterbury Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
28th March 1918, aged 31.
Son of H. A. Barrett, of 188, Fore St. Upper Edmonton, London, England; husband of Gertrude E. Barrett, of 3, Holland Rd., Exeter, England.
George Armitage Barrett
2nd Bn. Canterbury Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
28th March 1918, aged 31.
Son of H. A. Barrett, of 188, Fore St. Upper Edmonton, London, England; husband of Gertrude E. Barrett, of 3, Holland Rd., Exeter, England.
56234 Private
John Robert Bentley
1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
26th March 1918, aged 36.
Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Bentley, of Hay Lane Farm, Foston, Derby, England.
John Robert Bentley
1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
26th March 1918, aged 36.
Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Bentley, of Hay Lane Farm, Foston, Derby, England.
54817 Private
James Boggs
1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
29th September 1918, aged 26.
Son of the late William and Mary Boggs. Born in Napier.
James Boggs
1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
29th September 1918, aged 26.
Son of the late William and Mary Boggs. Born in Napier.
12/3558 Private
William Henry Bolton
2nd Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
17th April 1918, aged 33.
Son of Richard Bolton, of Silverdale Auckland, and Emma Bolton, of England, husband of Catherine Bolton, of 1, Servia St. Newton, Auckland.
William Henry Bolton
2nd Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
17th April 1918, aged 33.
Son of Richard Bolton, of Silverdale Auckland, and Emma Bolton, of England, husband of Catherine Bolton, of 1, Servia St. Newton, Auckland.
30346 Rifleman
Charles Augustus (Gus) Clothier
2nd Bn. 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
26th March 1918, aged 30.
Son of Charles and Matilda Clothier, of Waniku, Auckland. Born in New Zealand.
Charles Augustus (Gus) Clothier
2nd Bn. 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
26th March 1918, aged 30.
Son of Charles and Matilda Clothier, of Waniku, Auckland. Born in New Zealand.
20974 Lance Corporal
William Frederick Derbyshire
"C" Coy., 4th Bn. 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
28th March 1918, aged 20.
Son of Charles William and Elizabeth Derbyshire, of Nelson St., Papakura, Auckland.
William Frederick Derbyshire
"C" Coy., 4th Bn. 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
28th March 1918, aged 20.
Son of Charles William and Elizabeth Derbyshire, of Nelson St., Papakura, Auckland.
A scene of destruction on the 'Village Green' of Grevillers, viewed through an arched window of the ruined church, on 22 May 1917.
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A view through an archway of the shell wrecked church of Grevillers in May 1917.
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55462 Private
William Henry Feather
1st Bn. Canterbury Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
27th March 1918, aged 32.
Husband of Frances Eunice Feather, of High St., Mosgiel, Dunedin. Born at North Loburn, Christchurch.
William Henry Feather
1st Bn. Canterbury Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
27th March 1918, aged 32.
Husband of Frances Eunice Feather, of High St., Mosgiel, Dunedin. Born at North Loburn, Christchurch.
52201 Private
Archibald Ferguson Hamilton (Click on image to enlarge)
1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
Died Between 26th March 1918 and 27th March 1918, aged 27.
Son of James and Euphemia Hamilton, of Tuakau, Auckland; husband of Helen M. A. Hamilton, of Tuakau, Auckland. Born in Westport.
Archibald was the eighth (and last) child of James and Euphemia Dunsmore Hamilton who came to New Zealand on the SS Oxford in 1883 for James to work at the coalmines near Waimangaroa.
He became a farmer at Tuakau New Zealand and married Nellie in 1917.
Soon after he was called up to serve his country in WW1. He died in battle on the fields of France either on the night of the 26th or the morning of the 27 March 1918. His remains were never found.
His sacrifice is memorialised at two places; The New Zealand Memorial in Grevillers British Cemetery in France and the Tuakau War Memorial Hall on a bronze plaque at the entrance.
When he left New Zealand, they were expecting the their first child, who Archibald never saw; Owen Frank Ferguson Hamilton was born one month to the day before his Fathers untimely and tragic death.
Picture and information courtesy of Graeme Clark (Great Nephew)
Archibald Ferguson Hamilton (Click on image to enlarge)
1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
Died Between 26th March 1918 and 27th March 1918, aged 27.
Son of James and Euphemia Hamilton, of Tuakau, Auckland; husband of Helen M. A. Hamilton, of Tuakau, Auckland. Born in Westport.
Archibald was the eighth (and last) child of James and Euphemia Dunsmore Hamilton who came to New Zealand on the SS Oxford in 1883 for James to work at the coalmines near Waimangaroa.
He became a farmer at Tuakau New Zealand and married Nellie in 1917.
Soon after he was called up to serve his country in WW1. He died in battle on the fields of France either on the night of the 26th or the morning of the 27 March 1918. His remains were never found.
His sacrifice is memorialised at two places; The New Zealand Memorial in Grevillers British Cemetery in France and the Tuakau War Memorial Hall on a bronze plaque at the entrance.
When he left New Zealand, they were expecting the their first child, who Archibald never saw; Owen Frank Ferguson Hamilton was born one month to the day before his Fathers untimely and tragic death.
Picture and information courtesy of Graeme Clark (Great Nephew)
52419 Private
Thomas Michael Handley
2nd Bn. Wellington Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
3rd April 1918, aged 23.
Son of Michael and Mary Handley of Wharepoa, Thames.
Thomas Michael Handley
2nd Bn. Wellington Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
3rd April 1918, aged 23.
Son of Michael and Mary Handley of Wharepoa, Thames.
13800 Private
Charles Stephen Pilcher
1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
Died Between 26/03/1918 and 27/03/1918, aged 30.
Son of Edward and Rose Pilcher, of Stanway, Halcombe, Wellington; husband of Hazel Dorothy McKay (formerly Pilcher), of 27, South Road, Masterton, Wellington.
Charles Stephen Pilcher
1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
Died Between 26/03/1918 and 27/03/1918, aged 30.
Son of Edward and Rose Pilcher, of Stanway, Halcombe, Wellington; husband of Hazel Dorothy McKay (formerly Pilcher), of 27, South Road, Masterton, Wellington.
23314 Lance Corporal
George Ambrose Quinlan
1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
26th March 1918
Son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Quinlan, of Taihoa, Mata Mata, Auckland.
George Ambrose Quinlan
1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
26th March 1918
Son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Quinlan, of Taihoa, Mata Mata, Auckland.
40638 Private
James Joseph Robinson
No. 16 (Waikato) Coy. 1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
Died Between 26/03/1918 and 27/03/1918, aged 20.
Son of James Joseph and Katherine J. Robinson, of Auckland.
James Joseph Robinson
No. 16 (Waikato) Coy. 1st Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
Died Between 26/03/1918 and 27/03/1918, aged 20.
Son of James Joseph and Katherine J. Robinson, of Auckland.
41998 Second Lieutenant
Claude Montefiore Samuel
New Zealand Machine Gun Battalion
13th September 1918, aged 29.
Husband of Mrs Grace Flora Samuel, 3 Marama Crescent, Wellington, New Zealand
Claude Montefiore Samuel
New Zealand Machine Gun Battalion
13th September 1918, aged 29.
Husband of Mrs Grace Flora Samuel, 3 Marama Crescent, Wellington, New Zealand
Following the capture of Grevillers by the New Zealand Division, Men of the Royal Garrison Artillery pose beside one of the 4.2 inch guns of a captured battery at Grevillers, 25 August 1918. Note the camouflage netting on the ground, which was designed to prevent the guns from being spotted from the air. © IWM (Q 11243)
6/2746 Private
Walter Harold Percy Sangwell
1st Bn. Canterbury Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
5th April 1918, aged 29.
Son of John and Isabella Sangwell, of 258, Palmerston Rd., Gisborne. Born at Westport.
Walter Harold Percy Sangwell
1st Bn. Canterbury Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
5th April 1918, aged 29.
Son of John and Isabella Sangwell, of 258, Palmerston Rd., Gisborne. Born at Westport.
24/1511 Lance Corporal
Leopold Tocker Wakelin
4th Bn. 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
30th March 1918, aged 35.
Husband of May A. Wakelin, of Mill Rd., New Plymouth. Born in Wellington.
Leopold Tocker Wakelin
4th Bn. 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
30th March 1918, aged 35.
Husband of May A. Wakelin, of Mill Rd., New Plymouth. Born in Wellington.
23468 Private
Francis Xavier Zimmerman
2nd Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
30th March 1918
Son of Mrs. Mary Zimmerman, of Waitara, New Plymouth.
Francis Xavier Zimmerman
2nd Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
30th March 1918
Son of Mrs. Mary Zimmerman, of Waitara, New Plymouth.
