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LIÉVIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
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Pas De Calais

​France


Location Information

Liévin is a small town in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 3.5 kilometres west of Lens. 

The Communal Cemetery is on the south-west side of the town on the road to Givenchy-en-Gohelle.


Visiting Information

Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.


Historical Information

Lievin was captured by the Canadian Corps on the 14th April 1917, and remained in British hands until the end of the War.

The Extension was made after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from the battlefields North and South of Lens and from certain smaller cemeteries, including:-

ACHEVILLE ROAD CEMETERY, VIMY, 800 metres East of the village, in which were buried 30 soldiers from Canada and three from the United Kingdom who fell in April and May 1917.

ANGRES CHURCHYARD, in which 26 soldiers from the United Kingdom, nine men of the Canadian Garrison Artillery and five German prisoners were buried in April-September 1917.

BOIS-DE-NOULETTE ROAD CEMETERY, on the North-East side of the hamlet of Noulette, begun by the French and containing the graves of eleven soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in 1916.

EMMERIN GERMAN CEMETERY, between Emmerin and Haubourdin, containing the graves of two Flying Officers killed in September 1918.

HARNES COMMUNAL CEMETERY GERMAN EXTENSION, in which eight soldiers from the United Kingdom were buried in 1917.

KING'S CROSS MILITARY CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ, on the side of the ridge between Souchez and Givenchy, begun by French troops and containing the graves of six Canadian soldiers who fell in April 1917.

LA FOSSE-AUX-LOUPS FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY, AIX NOULETTE, 460 metres East of the hamlet of Noulette, containing the graves of three men of the Royal Naval Division who fell in July 1916.

LORETTE FRENCH MILITARY CEMETERY No.5, between Noulette and the Chapel of Notre Dame, containing the graves of 48 French soldiers and those of eleven from the United Kingdom who fell in 1916. The present French National Cemetery of Notre Dame-de-Lorette is on the summit of the plateau between Noulette and Ablain-St. Nazaire, and it contains the graves of 34,000 French and Russian soldiers; the Chapel which marked the site was captured by French troops on the 12th May 1915, and a tall beacon or lighthouse is now erected on the spot as a French War Memorial.

NOULETTE ORCHARD CEMETERY, on the North-West side of the hamlet of Noulette, begun by the French and containing the graves of nine soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in 1916.

RIAUMONT CEMETERY, LIEVIN, on the East side of the Bois-de Riaumont, containing the graves of 19 Canadian soldiers who fell in August 1917.

The majority of the soldiers buried here fell in April 1917, but others were killed as early as January 1915, and as late as October 1918.

There are now nearly 700, 1914-18 and a small number of 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over half from the 1914-18 War are unidentified and special memorials are erected to ten soldiers from the United Kingdom and one from Canada who are believed to be buried in the Extension. Other special memorials record the names of three men of the 46th Canadian Infantry Battalion, buried at King's Cross Military Cemetery, Souchez, whose graves were destroyed by shell fire.

The cemetery covers an area of 2,294 square metres and is enclosed by a brick wall.

Casualty Details: UK 532, Canada 156, Total Burials: 688
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2835 Serjeant
Thomas Ainsworth
1st Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
26th January 1915.
Plot III. G. 20.


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826881 Lance Corporal
Reginald Mortimer Appleby
47th Bn. Canadian Infantry
22nd August 1917, aged 23.
Plot I. F. 9.

Son of Mortimer J. and Matilda H. Appleby, of 940, Foul Bay Rd., Victoria, British Columbia. Officer of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, Victoria and Vancouver.

​His headstone bears the inscription; "Only Dearly Beloved Son Of M. And Mortimer Appleby Victoria, B.C."

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228400 Sergeant
Mathew Humphrey Archer, M. M.
75th Bn. Canadian Infantry
17th August 1917, aged 20.
Plot II. D. 6.

Son of Thomas and J. M. Archer, of Bradford, Ontario.

His headstone bears the inscription; "Never Forgotten."

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Captain
Arthur Holford Ardagh
20th Bn. Canadian Infantry 
10th May 1917, aged 22.
Plot III. A. 15.

Son of Dr. Arthur E. Ardagh and Elizabeth Ardagh, of Orillia, Ontario.

His headstone bears the inscription; "Put On The Whole Armor Of God."

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18155 Private
Thomas A. Aspden
2nd Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
5th April 1916.
Plot IV. F. 20.


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Second Lieutenant
Ernest Alfred Faunch
212th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
4th May 1917, aged 39.
Plot IV. C. 1.


Son of George Simmonds Faunch and Elizabeth Ann Faunch. Born at Ilford Essex.

His headstone bears the inscription; "God Grant That We May Meet Again."

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R/14521 Rifleman
H. Foulger
King's Royal Rifle Corps, posted to 6th Bn. London Regiment (City of London Rifles)
14th October 1918.
​Plot IV. B. 15.


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808342 Private
Cyril John Glasscock
50th Bn. Canadian Infantry
12th April 1917.
Plot IV. E. 14.


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A gas sentry of the 20th Division in the ruins of Lievin, 13 June 1918. © IWM (Q 6699)
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178022 Lance Corporal
Philip Edward Hanna
87th Bn. Canadian Infantry
15th August 1917.
Plot II. D. 17.


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Lieutenant 
John Haines Hannaford
20th Bn. Canadian Infantry
10th May 1917, aged 23.
Plot III. A. 14.

Son of Mr. R. M. Hannaford, of 143, Grey Avenue, Montreal.


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761280 Private
Charles Herbert Hobbs
102nd Bn. Canadian Infantry
17th August 1917, aged 21.
Plot II. D. 18.

Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Hobbs, of New Harmony, Indiana, U.S.A.; husband of Edythe Hobbs, of 26, Russell St., Brixton, London, England.

His headstone bears the inscription; "In Loving Memory Of My Dear Husband, Gone But Not Forgotten."

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83883 Bombardier
James Jackson
15th Bty. 4th Bde. Canadian Field Artillery
3rd May 1917.
Plot II. F. 4.


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Captain
Sydney James Drever Joicey
10th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
20th March 1916, aged 31.
Plot IV. F. 1.

Son of James Joicey, 1st Baron Joicey, and Baroness Joicey, of Ford Castle, Berwick-upon-Tweed.

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

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Two men of the King's Royal Rifle Corps (20th Division) at the entrance to their dug out under a ruined house in Lievin, 14 May 1918. © IWM (Q 6625)
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Captain
William Prosper Liston
5th Bn. Leinster Regiment
12th April 1917, aged 21.
Plot IV. B. 10.

Son of Dr. and Mrs. Prosper Liston. Born at Balbriggan, Co. Dublin.

His headstone bears the inscription; "True To God & His Country; He Died Leading His Men Into Action R.I.P."

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90409 Gunner
Alfred Alexander Locke
9th Siege Bty. Canadian Garrison Artillery
13th May 1917, aged 21.
Plot IV. D. 15.

Son of Charles and Rachel Locke, of Kent, England.


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177 Private
John Murray MacGregor
23rd Bn. Royal Fusiliers
10th March 1916.
Plot IV. F. 17.


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420082 Sergeant
Robert Montgomery
16th Bn. Canadian Infantry
16th August 1917, aged 22.
Plot VI. D. 7.

Son of Mr. add Mrs. R. Montgomery, of 58, Hillview St., Old Park Rd., Belfast, Ireland.


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Two British Generals (59th Brigade of the 20th Light Division) in a trench in front of Lievin, 14 May 1918. One of them might be Major General C. G. S. Carey, the Commander of the Division. © IWM (Q 6623)
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475465 Lance Corporal
Charles Douglas Richardson
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Died between 9th April and 10th April 1917, aged 25.
Plot III. C. 1.


Son of Mrs. M. E. Richardson, of Grenfell, Saskatchewan.

His headstone bears the inscription; "At Rest."

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G/2192 Private
Roy Smith
1st Bn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
14th April 1917, aged 27.
Plot I. C. 9.

Son of the late Thomas Joel Smith and Mary Ellen Smith, of Greenwich, London. A clerk in the Westminster Bank Ltd. (Bromley Branch). Enlisted, Sept., 1914.

His headstone bears the inscription; "And Underneath Are The Everlasting Arms" Deut., 33.V. 27."

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775208 Private
Roy Warren
20th Bn. Canadian Infantry
23rd April 1917, aged 23.
Plot III. A. 1.

Son of Mr. and Mrs William Warren; husband of Grace Warren Born at Woodbridge, Ontario.

His headstone bears the inscription; "The Link Death Cannot Sever Love And Remembrance Last Forever."

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10672 Private
Frederick Whittaker
1st Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
26th January 1915.
Plot III. G. 15.

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487389 Private
Clement Beck Wilson
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
25th April 1917, aged 30.

Plot I. A. 11.

Son of William and Mary Lydia Beck Wilson, of 6, Adam's Avenue, Toronto, Ontario. Born at Dundee, Scotland.

His headstone bears the inscription; "In Loving Memory."
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Men of the 2nd Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) washing themseleves in a ruined house in Lievin, 16 May 1918. © IWM (Q 6620)

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