HÉDAUVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme
France
Location Information
Hédauville is approximately 5 kilometres north-west of Albert, on the road to Doullens.
Using the D919 from Arras to Amiens you will drive through the villages of Bucquoy, Puisieux, Serre-les-Puisieux and Mailly Maillet. After leaving Mailly Maillet continue on the D919 until you come to a crossroads where you should turn right on to the D938 in the direction of Doullens. Hedauville Communal Cemetery is 600 metres further on the right.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The extension was begun at the end of March 1918, when the front line was consolidated a short distance east of the village following the German offensive. It was used by field ambulances and fighting units until the following August. The extension contained 95 graves at the Armistice, but was later increased when graves were brought in from the surrounding battlefields of March-August 1918.
There are now 178 First World War burials in the extension and two from the Second World War.
Total Burials: 180.
World War One identified Burials: United Kingdom 164, New Zealand 9, Australia 1. Total 174.
World War Two Identified Burials: United Kingdom, 2. Total 2.
The extension was designed by W H Cowlishaw
Hédauville is approximately 5 kilometres north-west of Albert, on the road to Doullens.
Using the D919 from Arras to Amiens you will drive through the villages of Bucquoy, Puisieux, Serre-les-Puisieux and Mailly Maillet. After leaving Mailly Maillet continue on the D919 until you come to a crossroads where you should turn right on to the D938 in the direction of Doullens. Hedauville Communal Cemetery is 600 metres further on the right.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The extension was begun at the end of March 1918, when the front line was consolidated a short distance east of the village following the German offensive. It was used by field ambulances and fighting units until the following August. The extension contained 95 graves at the Armistice, but was later increased when graves were brought in from the surrounding battlefields of March-August 1918.
There are now 178 First World War burials in the extension and two from the Second World War.
Total Burials: 180.
World War One identified Burials: United Kingdom 164, New Zealand 9, Australia 1. Total 174.
World War Two Identified Burials: United Kingdom, 2. Total 2.
The extension was designed by W H Cowlishaw
13561 Sapper
Richard Carter
New Zealand Engineers
6th April 1918, aged 27.
Row H. 16.
Son of Henry and Julia Eliza Carter, of Hikurangi, Whangarei, New Zealand.
Richard Carter
New Zealand Engineers
6th April 1918, aged 27.
Row H. 16.
Son of Henry and Julia Eliza Carter, of Hikurangi, Whangarei, New Zealand.
29244 Private
Frederick Benjamin Gill
2nd Bn. Canterbury Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
14th April 1918, aged 28.
Row H. 26.
Son of Alfred and Mary Ann Ainelia Gill. of Nelson, New Zealand.
Frederick Benjamin Gill
2nd Bn. Canterbury Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
14th April 1918, aged 28.
Row H. 26.
Son of Alfred and Mary Ann Ainelia Gill. of Nelson, New Zealand.
Battle of Rosières (Operation Michael). A 6-inch Mark VII gun of the Royal Garrison Artillery in action near Hedauville, 26 March 1918. © IWM (Q 8628)
29071 Corporal
Leonard Wesley Peryman
3rd Bn. 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
6th April 1918, aged 33.
Row H. 15.
Son of Henry Edward and Catherine Mary Peryman, of Tai Taper, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Leonard Wesley Peryman
3rd Bn. 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
6th April 1918, aged 33.
Row H. 15.
Son of Henry Edward and Catherine Mary Peryman, of Tai Taper, Canterbury, New Zealand.
325604 Pioneer
James Starkey
Royal Engineers, attd. 17th Bde. Signal Sub. Sect.
21st June 1918
Row E. 18.
James Starkey
Royal Engineers, attd. 17th Bde. Signal Sub. Sect.
21st June 1918
Row E. 18.
13th April 1918; Battle of the Lys. British troops returning by motor lorry from the trenches. © IWM (Q 367)
