HAUTE-AVESNES BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.32556, Longitude: 2.63441
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 (including 12 from the Chines Labour Corps), Germany 8, South Africa 7, Canada 3, India 1. Total 150.
The cemetery was designed by Arthur James Scott 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."
40685 Private
John Dean
23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
26th February 1917.
Row A. 21.
John Dean
23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
26th February 1917.
Row A. 21.
1038 Lance Corporal
Cecil Thomas Lawson, M. M.
10th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
23rd April 1917, aged 21.
Row C. 37.
Son of Thomas Henry and Annie Lawson, of 43, Harrington Rd., Leytonstone, Essex.
His headstone bears the inscription "Dulce et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori My Jesus, Mercy"
Cecil Thomas Lawson, M. M.
10th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
23rd April 1917, aged 21.
Row C. 37.
Son of Thomas Henry and Annie Lawson, of 43, Harrington Rd., Leytonstone, Essex.
His headstone bears the inscription "Dulce et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori My Jesus, Mercy"
Lieutenant
Gerard Thomas Manby-Colegrave
Army Service Corps attached to 221st Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
21st April 1917, aged 31.
Row C. 23.
Son of the late Thomas and Alice Manby-Colegrave, of Cann Hall, Essex, and Little Ellingham, Norfolk; husband of Hilda Atherton Brown (formerly Manby-Colegrave), of Bourton Hill House, Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos. He was owner of Cann Hall and Lord of the Manor of Little Ellingham. Leaves issue of one daughter and one son.
His headstone bears the inscription "Pro Patria Mori In Te Domine Speravi"
Gerard Thomas Manby-Colegrave
Army Service Corps attached to 221st Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
21st April 1917, aged 31.
Row C. 23.
Son of the late Thomas and Alice Manby-Colegrave, of Cann Hall, Essex, and Little Ellingham, Norfolk; husband of Hilda Atherton Brown (formerly Manby-Colegrave), of Bourton Hill House, Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos. He was owner of Cann Hall and Lord of the Manor of Little Ellingham. Leaves issue of one daughter and one son.
His headstone bears the inscription "Pro Patria Mori In Te Domine Speravi"
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."
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."
Second Lieutenant
Cyril Francis Stafford
24th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
14th April 1917, aged 22.
Row C. 12.
Died of wounds received in action.
He volunteered for service at the outbreak of War and joined the Civil Service Rifles, with whom he went to Ireland in April, 1916, and afterwards saw service in France.
In August of the same year he returned to England for his Commission and was gazetted on 10th December to the 6th Battalion Royal Fusiliers.
He went out again to France on 4th January, 1917, was transferred to the 24th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, and in February was made Signalling Officer to the battalion.
On April 13th, 1917, his regiment advanced a mile and a half on the southern edge of Vimy Ridge, and whilst superintending the laying of a new telephone under shell fire he received a severe wound in the head, and died in hospital on the following day. Age 22.
Cyril Francis Stafford
24th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
14th April 1917, aged 22.
Row C. 12.
Died of wounds received in action.
He volunteered for service at the outbreak of War and joined the Civil Service Rifles, with whom he went to Ireland in April, 1916, and afterwards saw service in France.
In August of the same year he returned to England for his Commission and was gazetted on 10th December to the 6th Battalion Royal Fusiliers.
He went out again to France on 4th January, 1917, was transferred to the 24th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, and in February was made Signalling Officer to the battalion.
On April 13th, 1917, his regiment advanced a mile and a half on the southern edge of Vimy Ridge, and whilst superintending the laying of a new telephone under shell fire he received a severe wound in the head, and died in hospital on the following day. Age 22.
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19692 Private
Arthur Wilson
8th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
24th April 1917, aged 19.
Row C. 33.
Son of John William and Annie Maria Wilson, of 1, Paulhan St., Burnley, Lancs. Born at Clinton, Mass., U.S.A.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Sleeps With The Great Grand Army Of England's Noble Dead"
Arthur Wilson
8th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
24th April 1917, aged 19.
Row C. 33.
Son of John William and Annie Maria Wilson, of 1, Paulhan St., Burnley, Lancs. Born at Clinton, Mass., U.S.A.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Sleeps With The Great Grand Army Of England's Noble Dead"
Major
Percy Wiltshire
1st (East Anglian) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
25th April 1917, aged 45.
Row D. 7.
Son of C. H. Wiltshire, Solicitor, Yarmouth; husband of R. Wiltshire, of 201, Lowestoft Rd., Gorleston, Great Yarmouth. Commanded the 251st Siege Battery.
His headstone bears the inscription "Grant Him Eternal Rest O Lord"
Percy Wiltshire
1st (East Anglian) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
25th April 1917, aged 45.
Row D. 7.
Son of C. H. Wiltshire, Solicitor, Yarmouth; husband of R. Wiltshire, of 201, Lowestoft Rd., Gorleston, Great Yarmouth. Commanded the 251st Siege Battery.
His headstone bears the inscription "Grant Him Eternal Rest O Lord"
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)
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)
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)
