HEUDICOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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 kilommetres south-west of Cambrai. The cemetery is signposted at the crossroads of the D58 and D181 and again on the D181 as you approach the village centre.
History Information
Heudicourt was captured by Commonwealth forces in March 1917 and remained in our their until March 1918 when it was lost during the German advance. The village was retaken in September 1918. The COMMUNAL CEMETERY contains four Commonwealth burials of the First World War. The COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION was begun at the end of March 1917 and and used by fighting units until March 1918. It was then continued by the Germans and Row G contains three Commonwealth burials of September and October 1918. The extension contains 85 Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Burial Details
26094 Lance Corporal F. G. Larcombe, 2nd Bn. Devonshire Regiment, died 30th March 1917, aged 33. Son of Mrs. Larcombe, of Marsh Green, Exeter, and the late John Larcombe; husband of Ellen Susan Larcombe, of Beech Grove Lodge, Luscombe, Dawlish.
242070 Private G. Newsum, 1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment, died 24th March 1918, aged 21. Son of Thomas and Louisa Newsum, of 69, Capworth St., Leyton, Essex.
11322 Private David Ross, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry, died 25th March 1918, aged 14. Son of Mr. C. G. and Mrs. S. J. Ross, of Room 15, 218, Arcida Mansions, Johannesburg. At 14 years and 3 months, Pte. Ross is one of the youngest soldiers killed in the 1914-1918 war.
G/68456 Lance Corporal Ronald Sanderson, 23rd Bn. Royal Fusiliers, died 25th March 1916, aged 19. Son of George and Alice Grey Sanderson, of 8, The Hawthorns, East Boldon, Co. Durham. INSCRIPTION. THOU SHALT KEEP THEM O LORD
Heudicourt is a village in the north-western corner of the Department of the Somme, 13 kilometres north-east of Peronne and 17 kilommetres south-west of Cambrai. The cemetery is signposted at the crossroads of the D58 and D181 and again on the D181 as you approach the village centre.
History Information
Heudicourt was captured by Commonwealth forces in March 1917 and remained in our their until March 1918 when it was lost during the German advance. The village was retaken in September 1918. The COMMUNAL CEMETERY contains four Commonwealth burials of the First World War. The COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION was begun at the end of March 1917 and and used by fighting units until March 1918. It was then continued by the Germans and Row G contains three Commonwealth burials of September and October 1918. The extension contains 85 Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Burial Details
26094 Lance Corporal F. G. Larcombe, 2nd Bn. Devonshire Regiment, died 30th March 1917, aged 33. Son of Mrs. Larcombe, of Marsh Green, Exeter, and the late John Larcombe; husband of Ellen Susan Larcombe, of Beech Grove Lodge, Luscombe, Dawlish.
242070 Private G. Newsum, 1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment, died 24th March 1918, aged 21. Son of Thomas and Louisa Newsum, of 69, Capworth St., Leyton, Essex.
11322 Private David Ross, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry, died 25th March 1918, aged 14. Son of Mr. C. G. and Mrs. S. J. Ross, of Room 15, 218, Arcida Mansions, Johannesburg. At 14 years and 3 months, Pte. Ross is one of the youngest soldiers killed in the 1914-1918 war.
G/68456 Lance Corporal Ronald Sanderson, 23rd Bn. Royal Fusiliers, died 25th March 1916, aged 19. Son of George and Alice Grey Sanderson, of 8, The Hawthorns, East Boldon, Co. Durham. INSCRIPTION. THOU SHALT KEEP THEM O LORD
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