LONGPRÉ-LES-CORPS SAINTS BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.0073, Longitude: 1.99705
Location Information
Longpre-les-Corps Saints is a village on the main straight road from Abbeville to Amiens (D3). Longpre-les-Corps Saints British Cemetery is situated approximately 1 kilometre south of the village.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site make wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
In April 1918, at the turning-point of the German offensive towards Amiens, the 12th and 55th Casualty Clearing Stations came to Longpre and opened a cemetery close to the station, afterwards known as Longpre British Cemetery No 1. When it was closed before the end of the month, it contained 35 graves and the present cemetery, then known as Longpre British Cemetery No.2, was begun about 800 metres south of the village.
In May, this cemetery was also closed and in 1919, the graves from Longpre British Cemetery No.1 were brought into it to form rows C and D.
The cemetery now contains 78 Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Total Burials: 79.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 58, Australia, France 1. Total 79.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield and William Harrison Cowlishaw
Cemetery images © Johan Pauwels
6778 Private
Edward James Bennetts
51st Bn. Australian Infantry
30th April 1918.
Row B. 4.
Son of Edward and Elizabeth Ann Bennetts, of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription; "My Country First."
He was admitted to No.55 Casualty Clearing Station on 26th April 1918 suffering from gun shot wounds of the left thigh and compound fractured of the femur and right thigh.
His battalion were attempting to take a wood near to Villers-Bretonneux at night. Edward was wounded by a machine gun bullet and taken to the Dressing Station. His battalion suffered many casualties that night.
Edward James Bennetts
51st Bn. Australian Infantry
30th April 1918.
Row B. 4.
Son of Edward and Elizabeth Ann Bennetts, of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription; "My Country First."
He was admitted to No.55 Casualty Clearing Station on 26th April 1918 suffering from gun shot wounds of the left thigh and compound fractured of the femur and right thigh.
His battalion were attempting to take a wood near to Villers-Bretonneux at night. Edward was wounded by a machine gun bullet and taken to the Dressing Station. His battalion suffered many casualties that night.
3612 Private
Clive Kewson Brown
50th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
30th April 1918.
Row B. 10.
Admitted to No.12 Casualty Clearing Station on 26th April 1918 suffering from a severe bullet wound to the back. He died at 5.50.p.m. on 30th April 1918.
Clive Kewson was involved in the 'moonlight' attack at Villers-Bretyonneux on 26th April 1918, he was severely wounded in the back by machine gun bullets.
Clive Kewson Brown
50th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
30th April 1918.
Row B. 10.
Admitted to No.12 Casualty Clearing Station on 26th April 1918 suffering from a severe bullet wound to the back. He died at 5.50.p.m. on 30th April 1918.
Clive Kewson was involved in the 'moonlight' attack at Villers-Bretyonneux on 26th April 1918, he was severely wounded in the back by machine gun bullets.
2154A Private
Walter Christmas
49th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
6th May 1918, aged 34.
Row B. 20.
Son of Robert and Sarah Ann Christmas, of "Fairstead," Scottow, Norwich, England. Native of Scottow. nr. Norwich.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Beloved Son Of Robert And Sarah Christmas Of Scottow, Norfolk, England."
Walter Christmas
49th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
6th May 1918, aged 34.
Row B. 20.
Son of Robert and Sarah Ann Christmas, of "Fairstead," Scottow, Norwich, England. Native of Scottow. nr. Norwich.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Beloved Son Of Robert And Sarah Christmas Of Scottow, Norfolk, England."
370231 Lance Serjeant
Albert Victor Fenwick, M. M.
Signal Section, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)
21st April 1918, aged 21.
Plot C. 21.
Son of Albert and Mary Fenwick, of South Hackney, London.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Thine Is A Perfect Rest, Secure And Deep, Beloved, Good-Night."
Albert Victor Fenwick, M. M.
Signal Section, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)
21st April 1918, aged 21.
Plot C. 21.
Son of Albert and Mary Fenwick, of South Hackney, London.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Thine Is A Perfect Rest, Secure And Deep, Beloved, Good-Night."
5127 Private
Marsey MacLeod Kidd
52nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
15th April 1918, aged 20.
Row C. 2.
Son of Russell and Louisa Kidd, of Mowbray, Tasmania. Native of Launceston, Tasmania.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Beloved Only Son Of R. And L. Kidd Of Launceston, Tasmania. Age 20."
Marsey MacLeod Kidd
52nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
15th April 1918, aged 20.
Row C. 2.
Son of Russell and Louisa Kidd, of Mowbray, Tasmania. Native of Launceston, Tasmania.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Beloved Only Son Of R. And L. Kidd Of Launceston, Tasmania. Age 20."
2936 Corporal
Bert Lynch
49th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
27th April 1918.
Row A. 10.
Bert Lynch
49th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
27th April 1918.
Row A. 10.
The cemetery around 1920.
Longpre, France. November 1918. An Australian Red Cross vehicle outside a Red Cross depot which had been established just before the Armistice.
