HAUTE-AVESNES BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
Location Information
Haute-Avesnes is a village 9 kilometres west of Arras on the south side of the Arras-St Pol road. The British Cemetery is South of the village on the road (C2) leading to Habarcq
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to this cemetery is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The 51st (Highland) Division started the cemetery in July 1916 and it continued to be used by field ambulances of the divisions holding this part of the line.
The cemetery contains 142 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and eight German war graves.
Casualty Details: United Kingdom 131, Germany 8, South Africa 7, Canada 3, India 1. Total 150.
The cemetery was designed by A J S Hutton
Haute-Avesnes is a village 9 kilometres west of Arras on the south side of the Arras-St Pol road. The British Cemetery is South of the village on the road (C2) leading to Habarcq
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to this cemetery is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The 51st (Highland) Division started the cemetery in July 1916 and it continued to be used by field ambulances of the divisions holding this part of the line.
The cemetery contains 142 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and eight German war graves.
Casualty Details: United Kingdom 131, Germany 8, South Africa 7, Canada 3, India 1. Total 150.
The cemetery was designed by A J S Hutton
76700 Private
Walter George Catlin
104th Field Amb. Royal Army Medical Corps
28th April 1917, aged 19.
Row D. 13.
Son of Walter Henry and Marie Catlin, of Luton, Beds.
His headstone bears the inscription; "He Gave His Life For His Country His Love To His Home His Soul To God."
Walter George Catlin
104th Field Amb. Royal Army Medical Corps
28th April 1917, aged 19.
Row D. 13.
Son of Walter Henry and Marie Catlin, of Luton, Beds.
His headstone bears the inscription; "He Gave His Life For His Country His Love To His Home His Soul To God."
1716 Trooper
George McCartney
Household Battalion transf. from Royal East Kent Yeomanry
13th April 1917, aged 20.
Row C. 9.
Son of George and Jeanie Clark McCartney.
His headstone bears the inscription; "He Is Waiting For Us There In The Glorious Summer Land."
George McCartney
Household Battalion transf. from Royal East Kent Yeomanry
13th April 1917, aged 20.
Row C. 9.
Son of George and Jeanie Clark McCartney.
His headstone bears the inscription; "He Is Waiting For Us There In The Glorious Summer Land."
180106 Private
William Andrew Robert Moar
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
13th December 1916, aged 19.
Row A. 16.
Son of Jane Smith (formerly Moar), of 166, Clawthorpe Avenue, Victoria, British Columbia, and the late Joseph Moar. Late of Shetland Isles.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Blessed Are The Pure In Heart For They Shall See God. Matt. 5.8."
William Andrew Robert Moar
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
13th December 1916, aged 19.
Row A. 16.
Son of Jane Smith (formerly Moar), of 166, Clawthorpe Avenue, Victoria, British Columbia, and the late Joseph Moar. Late of Shetland Isles.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Blessed Are The Pure In Heart For They Shall See God. Matt. 5.8."
Officers of the 1st Newfoundland Regiment, 29th Division, at Berneville, 9 May 1917. Photograph taken after the Regiment's retirement from Monchy-le-Preux. © IWM (Q 5345)
S/1607 Private
Sidney Parkinson Richardson
"A" Coy. 2nd Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
13th April 1917, aged 21.
Row C. 6.
Son of Herbert and Florence Richardson, of Maughold, Isle of Man; husband of Kathleen Elizabeth Richardson, of Gordon House, Bowring Rd., Ramsey, Isle of Man.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Thy Will Be Done."
Sidney Parkinson Richardson
"A" Coy. 2nd Bn. Seaforth Highlanders
13th April 1917, aged 21.
Row C. 6.
Son of Herbert and Florence Richardson, of Maughold, Isle of Man; husband of Kathleen Elizabeth Richardson, of Gordon House, Bowring Rd., Ramsey, Isle of Man.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Thy Will Be Done."
Second Lieutenant
Frank Reginald Seely
1st Bn. Hampshire Regimenrt
13th April 1917, aged 20.
Row C. 14.
Son of Maj. Gen. the Rt. Hon. J. E. B. Seely and Mrs. Seely, of Brooke House, Isle of Wight.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Died Of Wounds Received In Action. Blessed Are The Pure In Heart."
Frank Reginald Seely
1st Bn. Hampshire Regimenrt
13th April 1917, aged 20.
Row C. 14.
Son of Maj. Gen. the Rt. Hon. J. E. B. Seely and Mrs. Seely, of Brooke House, Isle of Wight.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Died Of Wounds Received In Action. Blessed Are The Pure In Heart."
Officers and men of the 1st Newfoundland Regiment outside their billets at Berneville, 9 May 1917. Photograph taken after the Regiment's retirement from Monchy-le-Preux. © IWM (Q 5353)
Second Lieutenant
Cyril Francis Stafford
24th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
14th April 1917
Row C. 12.
Cyril Francis Stafford
24th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
14th April 1917
Row C. 12.
First Battle of the Scarpe. British infantry congregating around a ditched tank on the Fampoux road shortly after the area was captured by elements of the 4th Division on 9 April 1917. © IWM (Q 6434)
