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MANCHESTER CEMETERY

Riencourt-lès-Bapaume 
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​Pas De Calais

​France


​GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 50.08525, Longitude: 2.8897

Manchester Cemetery
Location Information

Riencourt-les-Bapaume is a village 3 kilometres south-east of Bapaume.

On the RN17 Bapaume to Peronne road, signposts indicate the Cemetery and the village. From the RN17 take the RD11E through the village, and a further 1 kilometre on and Manchester Cemetery is clearly visible on the left, adjacent to the RD11E.


Visiting Information

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


Historical Information

Riencourt was occupied by Commonwealth forces in March 1917. It was lost on 24 March 1918 during the German offensive and recaptured by the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division on the evening of 30 August 1918. The cemetery was made by the same division early in the following month.

Manchester Cemetery contains 72 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 11 of the burials are unidentified but there is a special memorial to a soldier of the 1st/5th Manchesters known to be buried among them. 

Total Burials: 72.

Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 60, New Zealand 1. Total 61.

Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 8, Unknown 3. Total 11.

The cemetery was designed by
W H Cowlishaw
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Second Lieutenant
Percy William Bowles, M. C. & M. M.
"C" Battery, 219th Brigade, 
Royal Field Artillery
10th September 1918, aged 25.
Row. C. 11.

Husband of Dorothy E. Bowles, of 31, Maxwell Rd., Southsea, Portsmouth.

His headstone bears the inscription "Missed"







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352746 Private
William Lawrence Brown
1st/5th Bn. Manchester Regiment
2nd September 1918, aged 21.
Row B. 2.

Son of William and Dorothy Brown, of 58, Pringle St., Blackburn.

His headstone bears the inscription; "You Fought The Fight, The Victory Won And Entered Into Rest."

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200986 Company Sergeant Major
John Glover, M. M. 
1st/5th Bn. 
Manchester Regiment
2nd September 1918, aged 28.
Row. B. 3.

Son of Henry and Ellen Glover, late of The Victoria Hotel, Upholland, Wigan; husband of Edith Kenyon (formerly Glover), of 18, Ormskirk Rd., Skelmersdale, Ormskirk.



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61236 Private
Norman Greaves
1st/6th Bn. 
Manchester Regiment
2nd September 1918, aged 19.
Row. C. 5.

Son of Thomas and Ellen Greaves, of "Lyn Dale", Hawk Green, Marple, Cheshire.

His headstone bears the inscription "Not Dead To Those Who Loved Him Not Lost But Gone Before"




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Mid 1920's - ©CWGC

June 1961 - ©CWGC

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401438 Private
Harold Hallam
1st/5th Bn. 
Manchester Regiment
2nd September 1918, aged 20.
Row. B. 15.

Son of Mr. A. Hallam, of 30, Oldham Rd., Waterloo, Ashton-under-Lyne.



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63185 Private
Simon MacDonald

2nd Bn. Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
2nd September 1918, aged 28.
Row C. 7.

Son of James and Margaret Macdonald, of Oamaru, New Zealand.

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240944 Private
William Moran
1st/5th Bn. 
East Lancashire Regiment
30th August 1918, aged 24.
Row. C. 1.

Son of Mrs Moran, Whalley Road, Sabden. 




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Captain
Clarence James Thody
8th Bn. 
Manchester Regiment
30th August 1918, aged 33.
Row. A. 11.

Son of W. A. Thody, of Dunstable, Beds. Master of Ardwick Green Industrial School (Manchester).



Picture
Royal Artillery gunners of 51st Division in their billet converted from a collapsed water tower at Riencourt, near Bapaume, 5 January 1918. © IWM (Q 8396)

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Bancourt British Cemetery
Beaulencourt British Cemetery
Bapaume Australian Cemetery


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