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LE FERMONT MILITARY CEMETERY

​Rivière 

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Pas De Calais

​France


èLocation Information

Riviere is a village in the Department of the Pas de Calais 10 kilometres south-west of Arras. 

Visitors should take the D3 to Wailly from Arras, then follow the signs for Rivière. A CWGC sign indicates the minor road which leads to the cemetery.


Visiting Information

The location or design of this site make wheelchair access impossible. 

The register is available in the Mairie from Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday from 8.30 to 12.30 and 13.30 to 16.30 
Saturday from 8.30 to 12.30 


Historical Information

This front line cemetery was begun by the 55th (West Lancashire) Division in March 1916 and closed in March 1917, except for one burial in March 1918. 

Le Fermont Military Cemetery contains 81First World War burials.

The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw


Casualty Details: United Kingdom  81, Total Burials: 81
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1909 Private
William Carter
1st/4th Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
23rd April 1916, aged 20.
Plot I. A. 7.

Son of William and Mary Ann Carter, of 5, Frank St., Preston.

​His headstone bears the inscription; "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends."

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42 Lance Corporal
James Caton
1st/4th Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
28th June 1916, aged 28.
Plot II. C. 3.

Son of William and Jane Caton, of 3, St. Mary's Rd., Bamber Bridge, Preston.

​His headstone bears the inscription; "For King, Country, Liberty And Truth He Sacrificed His Glorious Youth."

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S/12906 Serjeant
Sydney George Cobbold
8th Bn. Rifle Brigade
3rd October 1916, aged 28.
Plot II. B. 7.

Son of Maurice and Anna Cobbold, of Woolpit, Suffolk.

His headstone bears the inscription; "His Country Called, He Answered."

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S/17988 Rifleman
Leonard Farr
8th Bn. Rifle Brigade
3rd October 1916, aged 23.
Plot II. B. 5.


Son of W. E. Farr, of 97, Woodpecker Rd., New Cross, London.

His headstone bears the inscription; "He Gave His Life For Peace, Freedom And Honour,"

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147179 Corporal
Albert Victor Garwood
4th Bn. Special Bde. Royal Engineers
28th June 1916, aged 24.
Plot II. A. 5.

Son of F. W. Garwood, of 39, Churston Avenue, Upton Manor, London.

His headstone bears the inscription; "His Life For His Country, His Soul To God."


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The King's Liverpool Regiment, 55th Division, moving along a communication trench leading to the front line near to Blairville Wood, Wailly, 16th April 1916. © IWM (Q 524)
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Ruined church at Riviere, 30 June 1917.© IWM (Q 78386)
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The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 55th Division, parading for the trenches at Wailly, 17th April 1916. © IWM (Q 518)

Images in this gallery © Johan Pauwels

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