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HEUDICOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
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Somme

​France


Location Information

Heudicourt is a village in the north-western corner of the Department of the Somme, 13 kilometres north-east of Peronne and 17 kilometres south-west of Cambrai.

Heudicourt Communal Cemetery Extension can be found at the bottom of a farm track behind the Communal Cemetery, which is signposted at the crossroads of the D58 and D181 and again on the D181 as you approach the village centre.


Historical Information

Heudicourt was captured by the British in March 1917. It remained in British hands until March 1918 and was retaken in September 1918.

Heudicourt Communal Cemetery Extension was begun at the end of March 1917 and used by fighting units until March 1918.

There are now over 80, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.

The Extension covers an area of 863 square metres and is enclosed by a low red brick wall.

Total Burials: 85.

Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 81, Canada 2, India 2. Total 85.

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Lieutenant Colonel
Malcolm Doherty, D. S. O.
Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
1st December 1917, aged 40.
Row C. 6.

Son of Charles Docherty, of Island of Uist, Scotland; husband of Catherine M. Docherty, of 10161, 88th St., Edmonton, Alberta.

His headstone bears the inscription; "He Went Into Battle Leading And Inspiring His Men."


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Captain
Erland Godfrey Hadow, M. C.
17th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
29th May 1917, aged 42.
Row A. 10.

Son of Reginald Townshend Hadow and Mary Adelaide Hadow husband of Charlotte Jessie Bird Hadow, of 790, Linkleas Avenue, Oak Bay, Victoria, British Columbia.

His headstone bears the inscription; "Ye Shall Receive A Crown Of Glory That Fadeth Not Away 1 Peter 5.4."

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13811 Private
William Longworth
9th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
24th December 1917, aged 40.
Row E. 13.

Husband of Elizabeth H. Longworth, of 101, Dewhurst St., Blackburn.

His headstone bears the inscription; "He Lives With Us In Memory Still And Will For Ever More."


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10678 Private
William Richardson
2nd Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
29th April 1917
Row A. 8.

Son of Mrs. A. Welch, of 63, Albert Rd., Retford, Notts.


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A little girl rescued from Masnieres with a British soldier at Gouzeaucourt, 22 November 1917. © IWM (Q 3204)
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A Thornycroft Ammunition lorry delivering ammunition for anti-aircraft dump at an Anti-Aircraft Headquarters,(First Army, Heudicourt). © IWM (Q 10423)

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