HÉNINEL-CROISILLES ROAD CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
Location Information
Heninel and Croisilles are villages approximately 5 kilometres and 8 kilometres south-east of Arras on the D33, in the valleys of the Cojeul and the Sensee respectively, and they are joined by a road which crosses a high plateau. On the eastern side of that road, nearer to Heninel, is the Heninel-Croisilles Road Cemetery, which is approached down a 2 kilometre track.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to this site is possible, but maybe by alternative entrance.
Historical Information
The 21st Division captured Heninel on 12 April 1917 and advanced eastwards on the two following days. The 33rd Division then took over the attack. These two divisions are largely represented in the cemetery. In April 1918 this ground was lost, and the eleven German graves in Plot I, Rows D and E, were made when the cemetery was in German hands. After the Armistice, graves were brought in from a wide area round Heninel.
The cemetery now contains 307 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 104 of them unidentified.
Casualty Details: UK 297, Australia 10, Germany 11, Total Burials: 318.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens & Noel Ackroyd Rew
Heninel and Croisilles are villages approximately 5 kilometres and 8 kilometres south-east of Arras on the D33, in the valleys of the Cojeul and the Sensee respectively, and they are joined by a road which crosses a high plateau. On the eastern side of that road, nearer to Heninel, is the Heninel-Croisilles Road Cemetery, which is approached down a 2 kilometre track.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to this site is possible, but maybe by alternative entrance.
Historical Information
The 21st Division captured Heninel on 12 April 1917 and advanced eastwards on the two following days. The 33rd Division then took over the attack. These two divisions are largely represented in the cemetery. In April 1918 this ground was lost, and the eleven German graves in Plot I, Rows D and E, were made when the cemetery was in German hands. After the Armistice, graves were brought in from a wide area round Heninel.
The cemetery now contains 307 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, 104 of them unidentified.
Casualty Details: UK 297, Australia 10, Germany 11, Total Burials: 318.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens & Noel Ackroyd Rew
PS/10635 Private
Harold William Baker
20th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
16th April 1917
Plot II. E. 34.
Harold William Baker
20th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
16th April 1917
Plot II. E. 34.
Captain
Kenneth Ashby Brown
5th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
14th April 1917, aged 29.
Plot I. B. 11.
Son of Nicol Paton Brown and Maria Crowley Ashby Brown, of 22, Belhaven Terrace, Glasgow.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Post Tenebras Lux." (Latin - translates as "Light After Darkness."
Kenneth Ashby Brown
5th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
14th April 1917, aged 29.
Plot I. B. 11.
Son of Nicol Paton Brown and Maria Crowley Ashby Brown, of 22, Belhaven Terrace, Glasgow.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Post Tenebras Lux." (Latin - translates as "Light After Darkness."
Captain
William Brownlie, M. C.
Royal Army Medical Corps, attd. 13th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
25th March 1918, aged 36.
Plot II. A. 7.
Brother of John D. Brownlie, of 117, Wool Exchange, London, E.C.2.
William Brownlie, M. C.
Royal Army Medical Corps, attd. 13th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
25th March 1918, aged 36.
Plot II. A. 7.
Brother of John D. Brownlie, of 117, Wool Exchange, London, E.C.2.
Concrete strong point in the Hindenburg Line near Heninel, 3 May 1917. © IWM (Q 5284)
Second Lieutenant
Arthur Richard Henry
5th Bn. attd. 1st Bn. Middlesex Regiment
23rd April 1917, aged 33.
Plot I. B. 1.
Son of Alfred and Jessie Henry, of 120, Portsdown Rd., Maida Vale, London. Enlisted in 1914.
His headstone bears the inscription; "He Died A Hero, Admired By His Officers Adored By His Men."
Arthur Richard Henry
5th Bn. attd. 1st Bn. Middlesex Regiment
23rd April 1917, aged 33.
Plot I. B. 1.
Son of Alfred and Jessie Henry, of 120, Portsdown Rd., Maida Vale, London. Enlisted in 1914.
His headstone bears the inscription; "He Died A Hero, Admired By His Officers Adored By His Men."
15421 Private
Thomas Metcalf
20th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
16th April 1917
Plot II. C. 27.
Thomas Metcalf
20th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
16th April 1917
Plot II. C. 27.
Lieutenant
Ralph Quintus Scott
3rd Bn. East Surrey Regiment, attd. 20th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
16th April 1917
Plot II. A. 3.
Ralph Quintus Scott
3rd Bn. East Surrey Regiment, attd. 20th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
16th April 1917
Plot II. A. 3.
Second Lieutenant
Arthur Alexander Wilson
3rd Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
23rd April 1917, aged 25.
Plot II. B. 2.
Son of The Very Rev. J. S. Wilson, Dean of Edinburgh, and Lizzie Mary Wilson (nee Clyne), of Aros, Strathtay, Perthshire.
Arthur Alexander Wilson
3rd Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
23rd April 1917, aged 25.
Plot II. B. 2.
Son of The Very Rev. J. S. Wilson, Dean of Edinburgh, and Lizzie Mary Wilson (nee Clyne), of Aros, Strathtay, Perthshire.
British soldier taking up screw pickets for wiring. Heninel, 23 October 1917. © IWM (Q 6135)
Soldier of the Gordon Highlanders (51st Division) tending his trench garden. Heninel, 23 October 1917. © IWM (Q 6131)
