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HOUDAIN LANE CEMETERY

​Tilloy-Les-Mofflaines
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Pas De Calais

​France


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Image above © Carl Liversage @carl_liversage
Location Information

Houdain Lane Cemetery lies just west of Feuchy, a small village approximately 1.5 kilometres east of Arras. From Feuchy centre the cemetery is signposted along a track for 500 metres, followed by a more difficult track.


Historical Information

The village of Tilloy-les-Mofflaines was taken by Commonwealth troops on 9 April 1917, but it was partly in German hands again from March to August 1918.

"Houdain Lane" was a trench in the area between Tilloy and Feuchy. The cemetery was made in April 1917 by units of the 12th (Eastern), 15th (Scottish) and 37th Divisions.

The cemetery contains 76 burials of the First World War.


Casualty Details: UK 74, Canada 2, Total Burials: 76
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Panoramic view of an advanced dressing station at Tilloy-les-Mofflaines showing German prisoners working as stretcher bearers, April 1917. Note horse ambulance removing wounded. © IWM (Q 3216)

Images below © Carl Liversage @carl_liversage     

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Lieutenant
Charles Victor Allan
8th Army Bde. Canadian Field Artillery
31st August 1918
Row E. 1.
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83667 Driver
Alexander Henry

8th Army Bde. Ammunition Col. Canadian Field Artillery
31st August 1918, aged 30.
Row F. 1.

Son of Alfred and Ann Henry, of Dundee; husband of Ruby J. Edward Henry, of 67, Seagate, Dundee, Scotland.


His headstone bears the inscription; "To Memory Ever Dear."

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34455 Private
Albert McNulty
8th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
10th April 1917, aged 27.
Row E. 5.

Husband of Annie McNulty, of 28, Lytton St., Cheapside, Burnley.

His headstone bears the inscription; "Ever Remembered."

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R/3574 Lance Corporal
Alfred William Ping
13th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
9th April 1917, aged 26.
Row. B. 1.

Son of Mrs. Catherine Ping; husband of Elizabeth Tinkler (formerly Ping), of 19, Roden St., Alfred St., Nottingham.

His headstone bears the inscription; "His Memory Ever Dear."


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British infantry occupying a former German trench near Tilloy-les-Mofflaines two days after the capture of the village, 11 April 1917. Note two bodies of dead German soldiers on the left half buried in the soil. © IWM (Q 5144)
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Troops of the 13th Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment) pose with captured machine guns in front of a German mobile pill box and concrete observation post amidst the ruins of Tilloy-les-Mofflaines, 10 April 1917. © IWM (Q 5130)
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Battle of the Scarpe. British cavalry advancing over newly captured ground; near Tilloy-les-Mofflaines, showing captured trench in foreground, 10th April 1917. © IWM (Q 1988)

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