HUMBERCAMPS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.18813, Longitude: 2.57566
Location Information
Humbercamps is a village in the department of the Pas de Calais situated just off the main road from Arras to Doullens, N25, along the D26 approximately 20 kilometres south west of Arras and 16 kilometres east of Doullens. The site lies to the north of the village alongside the Communal Cemetery. A CWGC signpost indicating the direction to the Cemetery can be found on the village green.
Historical Information
There are two War Graves in the Communal Cemetery and 79 in the Extension
The EXTENSION is on the North- Eastern side of the Communal Cemetery, in part of an old orchard. It was used mainly by Field Ambulances, from September 1915 to February 1917 and for 6 burials in March 1918. It covers an area of 753 square yards.
The extension was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Identified Casualties in Extension: United Kingdom 79.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
70551 Acting Bombardier
Harry Baldwin
"C" Battery, 125th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
2nd February 1916, aged 21.
Plot I. D. 5.
Son of James and Kate Baldwin, of 26, Talbot St., Burnley.
His headstone bears the inscription "Gone But Not Forgotten"
Harry Baldwin
"C" Battery, 125th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
2nd February 1916, aged 21.
Plot I. D. 5.
Son of James and Kate Baldwin, of 26, Talbot St., Burnley.
His headstone bears the inscription "Gone But Not Forgotten"
12284 Private
John Arthur Black
7th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
19th December 1915
Plot I. C. 3.
John Arthur Black
7th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
19th December 1915
Plot I. C. 3.
5781 Private
Francis Brinkman
1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
4th April 1916, aged 21.
Plot I. D. 12.
Son of Robert and Catherine Brinkman, of 7, Sellars St., Rochdale.
His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than He Who Lays Down His Life For Those He Loves"
Francis Brinkman
1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
4th April 1916, aged 21.
Plot I. D. 12.
Son of Robert and Catherine Brinkman, of 7, Sellars St., Rochdale.
His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than He Who Lays Down His Life For Those He Loves"
Lieutenant
Humphrey William Devereux
5th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
26th June 1916, aged 22.
Plot II. A. 1.
Son of Walter de Laci Devereux and Blanche Isobel Devereux, of Middlewood, Worth, Sussex. Born at Scarning, Dereham, Norfolk.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Memento Pueruli Illius Quem Cognovisti Atque Tantopere Amavisti" English translation is roughly "In Memory Of A Boy Who Was Very Much Loved"
Humphrey William Devereux
5th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
26th June 1916, aged 22.
Plot II. A. 1.
Son of Walter de Laci Devereux and Blanche Isobel Devereux, of Middlewood, Worth, Sussex. Born at Scarning, Dereham, Norfolk.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Memento Pueruli Illius Quem Cognovisti Atque Tantopere Amavisti" English translation is roughly "In Memory Of A Boy Who Was Very Much Loved"
Lieutenant
George Dewar
48th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
3rd February 1916, aged 23.
Plot II. A. 2.
Son of Margaret Dewar, of "Cosie Brae", Cults, Aberdeenshire, and the late David Dewar.
His headstone bears the inscription "To Live In Hearts We Leave Behind Is Not To Die"
George Dewar
48th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
3rd February 1916, aged 23.
Plot II. A. 2.
Son of Margaret Dewar, of "Cosie Brae", Cults, Aberdeenshire, and the late David Dewar.
His headstone bears the inscription "To Live In Hearts We Leave Behind Is Not To Die"
7078 Private
Munro Harrison
1st/5th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
20th January 1917, aged 22.
Plot I. B. 13.
Son of John William Harrison, of Ivy Cottage, Stoney Bank, Earby, Colne, Lancs.
Munro Harrison
1st/5th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
20th January 1917, aged 22.
Plot I. B. 13.
Son of John William Harrison, of Ivy Cottage, Stoney Bank, Earby, Colne, Lancs.
13989 Private
Fred Hinchcliffe
8th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
3rd February 1916, aged 20.
Plot I. C. 8.
Son of Emma Hinchliffe, of Queen St., Shepshed, Loughborough.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done"
Fred Hinchcliffe
8th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
3rd February 1916, aged 20.
Plot I. C. 8.
Son of Emma Hinchliffe, of Queen St., Shepshed, Loughborough.
His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done"
15060 Private
J. H. Pepper
9th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
23rd September 1915, aged 20.
Plot I. A. 3.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pepper, of Glencoe Cottages, Newton Burgoland, Leicester.
His headstone bears the inscription "Peace Perfect Peace"
J. H. Pepper
9th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
23rd September 1915, aged 20.
Plot I. A. 3.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pepper, of Glencoe Cottages, Newton Burgoland, Leicester.
His headstone bears the inscription "Peace Perfect Peace"
11115 Private
James Poyser
6th Bn. Leicestershire regiment
18th March 1916, aged 24.
Plot I. E. 1.
Son of Isaac and Sarah Ann Poyser, of Kingsley Cross, Cheadle, Stoke-on-Trent.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Thy Will Be Done."
James Poyser
6th Bn. Leicestershire regiment
18th March 1916, aged 24.
Plot I. E. 1.
Son of Isaac and Sarah Ann Poyser, of Kingsley Cross, Cheadle, Stoke-on-Trent.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Thy Will Be Done."
A light railway engine derailed through the sinking of the rails due to heavy rains near Souastre, 16 July 1918. © IWM (Q 6849)
A stretcher bearer party of the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment stand on a road in Fonquevillers, March 1917. All are wearing their steel helmets and carry their box respirators around their necks. They are holding an empty stretcher, ready to collect casualties as necessary. © IWM (Q 1643)
