HANNESCAMPS NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.16632, Longitude: 2.63706
Location Information
Hannescamps is a village 20 kilometres to the south-west of Arras in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais.
Visitors should follow the N25, Arras to Doullens road, as far as Beaumetz les Loges. Take the D7 to Ransart before turning right onto the D3, towards Foncquevillers. Follow the CWGC sign from the centre of Hannescamps along the D8. Turn left at the second CWGC sign into Rue de l'Église. The cemetery is next to the church.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The village of Hannescamps was just behind the Allied front line until June 1916, and again in 1918.
Hannescamps New Military Cemetery was begun in March 1916 and used until February 1917, and again in March 1918. Thirty graves were brought into the cemetery from the immediate neighbourhood after the Armistice.
The cemetery contains 102 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 19 of the burials are unidentified but there is a special memorial to one casualty known to be buried among them.
Total Burials: 102.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 82, India 1. Total 83.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 18, India 1. Total 19.
The cemetery was designed by Wilfred Clement Von Berg, M. C.
Second Lieutenant
Harold Barling
8th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
15th June 1916.
Plot E. 10.
Harold Barling
8th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
15th June 1916.
Plot E. 10.
14552 Private
Fred Chamberlain
9th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
24th May 1916
Row E. 7.
Fred Chamberlain
9th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
24th May 1916
Row E. 7.
Second Lieutenant
Frank Cresswell
9th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
18th May 1916, aged 21.
Row E. 1.
Son of Emily Christiana Cresswell, of Barrow-on-Soar, Loughborough, and the late Francis Cresswell. Enlisted in the 4th Bn. Aug., 1914. Gazetted to commission Feb., 1915. Born at Winchmore Hill. Middlesex.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Christ's Faithful Soldier and Servant."
Frank Cresswell
9th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
18th May 1916, aged 21.
Row E. 1.
Son of Emily Christiana Cresswell, of Barrow-on-Soar, Loughborough, and the late Francis Cresswell. Enlisted in the 4th Bn. Aug., 1914. Gazetted to commission Feb., 1915. Born at Winchmore Hill. Middlesex.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Christ's Faithful Soldier and Servant."
61231 Acting Bombardier
Edward Ellis
"A" Battery, 124th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
29th June 1916.
Row F. 17.
Edward Ellis
"A" Battery, 124th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
29th June 1916.
Row F. 17.
Second Lieutenant
William Edward Mansfield Gardiner
5th Bn. London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)
20th July 1916, aged 20.
Plot F. 8.
Son of Louisa Wills (formerly Gardiner), of Coaxden, Uxbridge, and the late William Mansfield Gardiner.
His headstone bears the inscription; "When Thou Passest Through The Waters I Will Be With Thee."
(Taken from Isaiah 43:2, the full text of the passage is; "When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.")
William Edward Mansfield Gardiner
5th Bn. London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)
20th July 1916, aged 20.
Plot F. 8.
Son of Louisa Wills (formerly Gardiner), of Coaxden, Uxbridge, and the late William Mansfield Gardiner.
His headstone bears the inscription; "When Thou Passest Through The Waters I Will Be With Thee."
(Taken from Isaiah 43:2, the full text of the passage is; "When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.")
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
19746 Private
Lewis Hutchinson
8th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
12th May 1916.
Row A. 24.
Lived at 16 Plane Tree Alley, Burnley, Lancashire.
Lewis Hutchinson
8th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
12th May 1916.
Row A. 24.
Lived at 16 Plane Tree Alley, Burnley, Lancashire.
3/6532 Corporal
Thomas Rich
1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
26th April 1916, aged 23.
Row D. 6.
Husband of Elizabeth Ann Lewis (formerly Rich), of 4, Llewellyn St., Hopkinstown, Pontypridd, Glam.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done"
Thomas Rich
1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
26th April 1916, aged 23.
Row D. 6.
Husband of Elizabeth Ann Lewis (formerly Rich), of 4, Llewellyn St., Hopkinstown, Pontypridd, Glam.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done"
9016 Private
T. Russell
11th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
24th June 1916.
Row A. 3.
T. Russell
11th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
24th June 1916.
Row A. 3.
Second Lieutenant
Robert John Swan
"A" Battery, 187th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
28th March 1918, aged 30.
Row F. 3.
Only son of Robert and Agnes Swan, of Edinburgh.
His headstone bears the inscription "And He Went Out Not Knowing Whiter He Went" Heb. XI. 8
Robert John Swan
"A" Battery, 187th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
28th March 1918, aged 30.
Row F. 3.
Only son of Robert and Agnes Swan, of Edinburgh.
His headstone bears the inscription "And He Went Out Not Knowing Whiter He Went" Heb. XI. 8
8871 Private
Harry Wilson
11th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
1st July 1916.
Plot A. 4.
Harry Wilson
11th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
1st July 1916.
Plot A. 4.
A stretcher bearer party of the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment stand on a road in Fonquevillers, March 1917. All are wearing their steel helmets and carry their box respirators around their necks. They are holding an empty stretcher, ready to collect casualties as necessary. © IWM (Q 1643)
