HAM BRITISH CEMETERY
Muille-Villette
Somme
France
Location Information
Ham is a small town about 20 kilometres south west of St. Quentin at the crossroad of the D930 St. Quentin-Roye and the D937 Peronne-Chauny.
The British Cemetery is in the village of Muille-Villette. From the town centre of Ham take the D932 in the direction of Noyon. The Cemetery is signposted from this road and is situated on the left hand side.
Historical Information
In January, February and March 1918, the 61st (South Midland) Casualty Clearing Station was posted at Ham, but on the 23rd March the Germans, in their advance towards Amiens, crossed the Somme at Ham, and the town remained in German hands until the French First Army re-entered it on the following 6th September.
Ham British Cemetery was begun in January-March 1918 as an extension of MUILLE-VILLETTE GERMAN CEMETERY, made by the Casualty Clearing Station. In 1919 these graves were regrouped and others were added from the German cemetery and from the following:-
CROIX-MOLIGNAUX GERMAN CEMETERY (March and April 1918) ; ESMERY HALLON CHURCHYARD; VILLERS ST. CHRISTOPHE CHURCHYARD (March 1918); EPPEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY GERMAN EXTENSION (March 1918); and ST. SULPICE COMMUNAL CEMETERY.
Ham British Cemetery contains 485 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 218 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 14 soldiers, believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of 39 casualties known to have been buried in other cemeteries whose graves were not found.
Casualty Details: UK 485, Total Burials: 485
The cemetery was designed by Charles Henry Holden & William Harrison Cowlishaw
Shot at Dawn
17137 Private Thomas Hogan, 2nd Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, executed for desertion on 14th May 1917, aged 31. Plot I. G. 8. (Served as Murphy). Son of John and Jane Hogan, of Tralee, Co. Kerry. He had served for over 2 years before deserting. Hogan was the first Irishman to be executed in 1917, & at the age of 31, older than most other soldiers executed for desertion. (Putkowski, p.172)
Ham is a small town about 20 kilometres south west of St. Quentin at the crossroad of the D930 St. Quentin-Roye and the D937 Peronne-Chauny.
The British Cemetery is in the village of Muille-Villette. From the town centre of Ham take the D932 in the direction of Noyon. The Cemetery is signposted from this road and is situated on the left hand side.
Historical Information
In January, February and March 1918, the 61st (South Midland) Casualty Clearing Station was posted at Ham, but on the 23rd March the Germans, in their advance towards Amiens, crossed the Somme at Ham, and the town remained in German hands until the French First Army re-entered it on the following 6th September.
Ham British Cemetery was begun in January-March 1918 as an extension of MUILLE-VILLETTE GERMAN CEMETERY, made by the Casualty Clearing Station. In 1919 these graves were regrouped and others were added from the German cemetery and from the following:-
CROIX-MOLIGNAUX GERMAN CEMETERY (March and April 1918) ; ESMERY HALLON CHURCHYARD; VILLERS ST. CHRISTOPHE CHURCHYARD (March 1918); EPPEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY GERMAN EXTENSION (March 1918); and ST. SULPICE COMMUNAL CEMETERY.
Ham British Cemetery contains 485 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 218 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 14 soldiers, believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of 39 casualties known to have been buried in other cemeteries whose graves were not found.
Casualty Details: UK 485, Total Burials: 485
The cemetery was designed by Charles Henry Holden & William Harrison Cowlishaw
Shot at Dawn
17137 Private Thomas Hogan, 2nd Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, executed for desertion on 14th May 1917, aged 31. Plot I. G. 8. (Served as Murphy). Son of John and Jane Hogan, of Tralee, Co. Kerry. He had served for over 2 years before deserting. Hogan was the first Irishman to be executed in 1917, & at the age of 31, older than most other soldiers executed for desertion. (Putkowski, p.172)
Second Lieutenant
Leonard Edward Atha
2nd Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and General List
5th March 1918, aged 18
Plot I. B. 4.
Killed near St. Quentin during his first flight.
Son of Herbert Marcus and Grace Atha, of 69, Northampton Rd., Croydon, Surrey. Born at Dulwich, London.
His headstone bears the inscription; "He Still Liveth."
Leonard Edward Atha
2nd Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and General List
5th March 1918, aged 18
Plot I. B. 4.
Killed near St. Quentin during his first flight.
Son of Herbert Marcus and Grace Atha, of 69, Northampton Rd., Croydon, Surrey. Born at Dulwich, London.
His headstone bears the inscription; "He Still Liveth."
21097 Private
Thomas Stanley Barclay
11th Bn. South Lancashire Regiment
23rd March 1918, aged 26.
Plot II. C. 4.
Son of Thomas and Janet Barclay. Born at Crank, St. Helens, Lancs.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Thy Will Be Done."
Thomas Stanley Barclay
11th Bn. South Lancashire Regiment
23rd March 1918, aged 26.
Plot II. C. 4.
Son of Thomas and Janet Barclay. Born at Crank, St. Helens, Lancs.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Thy Will Be Done."
266296 Corporal
William Brown
2nd Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles),
25th March 1918, aged 33.
Plot II. C. 39.
Born 21st January 1885. Husband of Mary Carruth Brown.
Picture courtesy of William Brown (Great grandson)
William Brown
2nd Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles),
25th March 1918, aged 33.
Plot II. C. 39.
Born 21st January 1885. Husband of Mary Carruth Brown.
Picture courtesy of William Brown (Great grandson)
4411 Serjeant
Ernest T. Hardeman
48th Squadron. Royal Flying Corps
16th February 1918.
Plot I. B. 30.
Ernest T. Hardeman
48th Squadron. Royal Flying Corps
16th February 1918.
Plot I. B. 30.
57452 Private
Robert Niven
18th (Lancashire Hussars) Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
9th April 1918, aged 19.
Croix-Molignaux German Cem. Mem. 22.
Son of Mrs. R. Niven, of Marswell Terrace, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Loved & Remembered."
Robert Niven
18th (Lancashire Hussars) Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
9th April 1918, aged 19.
Croix-Molignaux German Cem. Mem. 22.
Son of Mrs. R. Niven, of Marswell Terrace, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Loved & Remembered."
Artillery of the German 18th Army passing a horse transport column on a sunken road near Ham on 23 March 1918. © IWM (Q 29951)
British and French soldiers in Ham on the Somme, 15 January 1918. © IWM (Q 10651)
