HAPPY VALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY
Fampoux
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.27949, Longitude: 2.87679
Image above © Carl Liversage @carl_liversage
Location Information
Fampoux is a village 7 kilometres east of Arras (D33). Happy Valley British Cemetery is 5 kilometres south of the village down a 2 kilometre track on the road to Monchy-le-Preux.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access with some difficulty.
Historical Information
Happy Valley was the name given to the long valley which ran eastward from Orange Hill, and along which Commonwealth troops fought their way on 10-11 April 1917 during the early stages of the Battle of Arras.
The cemetery was begun by the 12th (Eastern) Division after the battle, and used again by the 4th Division in December 1917.
Happy Valley Cemetery contains 76 First World War burials and commemorations. Six of the burials are unidentified but there is a special memorial to a casualty known to be buried among them.
Total Burials: 76.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 70.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 6.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and William Harrison Cowlishaw
Cemetery images in gallery below © Werner Van Caneghem
16002 Private
George Edward Dyer
1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
25th August 1917, aged 19.
Row A. 14.
Son of Rhoda Harriet Fry (formerly Dyer), of Oldown, Tockington, Glos., and the late Alfred Dyer.
George Edward Dyer
1st Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
25th August 1917, aged 19.
Row A. 14.
Son of Rhoda Harriet Fry (formerly Dyer), of Oldown, Tockington, Glos., and the late Alfred Dyer.
3071 Trooper
Charles Edward George Fullerton
Household Battalion
19th December 1917, aged 19.
Row C. 8.
Husband of Mrs. N. C. Fullerton, of 12, Little North St., Lisson Grove, London.
Born in Marylebone on 7th Nov 1890 and pictured here in the uniform of the Household Battalion. This photo was taken with Norah Fullerton (nee Bryant) whom he had married early in 1917, but before the year was out he had been killed in action at the age of 27 on 19th Dec 1917. He is buried at Happy Valley, Fampoux. May he rest in peace.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Gone But Not Forgotten, Rest In Peace."
Picture courtesy of Karen Alldritt, great niece.
(Picture of grave in gallery above)
Charles Edward George Fullerton
Household Battalion
19th December 1917, aged 19.
Row C. 8.
Husband of Mrs. N. C. Fullerton, of 12, Little North St., Lisson Grove, London.
Born in Marylebone on 7th Nov 1890 and pictured here in the uniform of the Household Battalion. This photo was taken with Norah Fullerton (nee Bryant) whom he had married early in 1917, but before the year was out he had been killed in action at the age of 27 on 19th Dec 1917. He is buried at Happy Valley, Fampoux. May he rest in peace.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Gone But Not Forgotten, Rest In Peace."
Picture courtesy of Karen Alldritt, great niece.
(Picture of grave in gallery above)
Second Lieutenant
Ernest William Rush
7th Bn. Suffolk Regiment
28th April 1917, aged 32.
Row A. 12.
Son of William and Caroline Rush, of Rushmere, Ipswich; husband of Flossie Ellen Rush, of Chapel St. Mary, Ipswich.
His headstone bears the inscription; "His Victory A Crown Of Glory."
Ernest William Rush
7th Bn. Suffolk Regiment
28th April 1917, aged 32.
Row A. 12.
Son of William and Caroline Rush, of Rushmere, Ipswich; husband of Flossie Ellen Rush, of Chapel St. Mary, Ipswich.
His headstone bears the inscription; "His Victory A Crown Of Glory."
A soldier reading at the entrance to his dug-out, reinforced with sandbags. Fampoux, 21 July 1917. © IWM (Q 5702)
Battle of the Scarpe. A tank attached to the 51st Division embedded in the Scarpe marshes. Near Fampoux, 29 August 1918. © IWM (Q 7037)
A German 5.9 inch howitzer blown 8 yards out of its pit on to its back by 9th Division Artillery in the west bank of the Happy Valley. © IWM (Q 5175)
Image above © Carl Liversage @carl_liversage
