HERVIN FARM BRITISH CEMETERY
St. Laurent-Blangy
Pas De Calais
France
Location Information
St.Laurent-Blangy lies about 3 kilometres north-east of Arras. Hervin Farm British Cemetery lies about one kilometre east of St. Laurent-Blangy, to the south of the road from St. Laurent-Blangy to Fampoux.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site make wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
Until 9 April 1917, the Allied front line ran practically through the village of St. Laurent-Blangy.
Hervin Farm was taken by the 9th (Scottish) Division on 9 April 1917 and the cemetery was made by fighting units and field ambulances in that month; three graves were added subsequently.
The cemetery now contains 51 burials of the First World War, three of them unidentified.
Casualty Details: UK 50, India 1, Total Burials: 51
The cemetery was designed by N A Rew.
St.Laurent-Blangy lies about 3 kilometres north-east of Arras. Hervin Farm British Cemetery lies about one kilometre east of St. Laurent-Blangy, to the south of the road from St. Laurent-Blangy to Fampoux.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site make wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
Until 9 April 1917, the Allied front line ran practically through the village of St. Laurent-Blangy.
Hervin Farm was taken by the 9th (Scottish) Division on 9 April 1917 and the cemetery was made by fighting units and field ambulances in that month; three graves were added subsequently.
The cemetery now contains 51 burials of the First World War, three of them unidentified.
Casualty Details: UK 50, India 1, Total Burials: 51
The cemetery was designed by N A Rew.
Images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem
43594 Private
Fred Chawner
10th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
9th April 1917, aged 22.
Row C. 16.
Son of Mrs. R. Pateman, of 67 Great Arler Rd., Welford Rd. Leicester.
His headstone bears the inscription; "His Life He Sacrificed At God's Will. His Memory Liveth With Us Still."
Fred Chawner
10th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
9th April 1917, aged 22.
Row C. 16.
Son of Mrs. R. Pateman, of 67 Great Arler Rd., Welford Rd. Leicester.
His headstone bears the inscription; "His Life He Sacrificed At God's Will. His Memory Liveth With Us Still."
Lieutenant Colonel
Sidney Goss Mullock, Mentioned in Despatches 2nd Bn. Essex Regiment 12th April 1917. Row C. 8. |
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A soldier reading at the entrance to his dug-out, reinforced with sandbags. Fampoux, 21 July 1917. © IWM (Q 5702)
Battle of the Scarpe. A tank attached to the 51st Division embedded in the Scarpe marshes. Near Fampoux, 29 August 1918. © IWM (Q 7037)
