HÉNINEL-CROISILLES ROAD CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.22793, Longitude: 2.87382
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.
Total Burials: 318.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 202, Germany 8, Australia 1. Total 211.
World War Two Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 95, Australia 9, Germany 3. Total 107.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens & Noel Ackroyd Rew
Second Lieutenant
George Lionel John Baker
1st Bn. Middlesex Regiment
23rd April 1917, aged 20.
Plot I. B. 2.
Son of Henry R. and Marion Baker, of 9, Staverton Rd., Brondesbury Park, London. Medical student of Oriel College, Oxford, and a former Captain of Sherborne School Rugby XV.
His headstone bears the inscription "Blessed Are The Pure In Heart For They Shall See God"
George Lionel John Baker
1st Bn. Middlesex Regiment
23rd April 1917, aged 20.
Plot I. B. 2.
Son of Henry R. and Marion Baker, of 9, Staverton Rd., Brondesbury Park, London. Medical student of Oriel College, Oxford, and a former Captain of Sherborne School Rugby XV.
His headstone bears the inscription "Blessed Are The Pure In Heart For They Shall See God"
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.
238052 Private
M. Benson
5th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
14th April 1917, aged 40.
Plot I. C. 32.
Son of the late John and Betsy Benson; husband of Margaret Jane Gusthart Benson, of 3, Grosvenor Crescent, Edinburgh.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done"
M. Benson
5th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
14th April 1917, aged 40.
Plot I. C. 32.
Son of the late John and Betsy Benson; husband of Margaret Jane Gusthart Benson, of 3, Grosvenor Crescent, Edinburgh.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done"
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, attached to 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, attached to 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.
201024 Lance Corporal
Lee Hebenton Duthie
5th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
14th April 1917, aged 21.
Plot I. C. 35.
Son of Alexander and Isabella Duthie, of 9, Binnie St., Gourock.
His headstone bears the inscription "To Memory Ever Dear"
Lee Hebenton Duthie
5th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
14th April 1917, aged 21.
Plot I. C. 35.
Son of Alexander and Isabella Duthie, of 9, Binnie St., Gourock.
His headstone bears the inscription "To Memory Ever Dear"
Captain
Douglas Cameron Foster
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
14th April 1917, aged 26.
Plot II. A. 17.
Son of Brig. Gen. Turville Douglas Foster and Madeleine Foster, of Salcombe, Devon.
His headstone bears the inscription "They Who Had All, Gave All"
Douglas Cameron Foster
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
14th April 1917, aged 26.
Plot II. A. 17.
Son of Brig. Gen. Turville Douglas Foster and Madeleine Foster, of Salcombe, Devon.
His headstone bears the inscription "They Who Had All, Gave All"
G/41624 Lance Corporal
Hubert Gurney
1st Bn. Middlesex Regiment
23rd April 1917.
Plot I. A. 15.
Hubert Gurney
1st Bn. Middlesex Regiment
23rd April 1917.
Plot I. A. 15.
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."
Concrete strong point in the Hindenburg Line near Heninel, 3 May 1917. © IWM (Q 5284)
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, attached to 20th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
16th April 1917
Plot II. A. 3.
Ralph Quintus Scott
3rd Bn. East Surrey Regiment, attached to 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)
