MÉAULTE MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.977, Longitude: 2.66105
Location Information
Meaulte is a village in the Department of the Somme, immediately south of Albert. The Military Cemetery is south of the village on the west side of the road to Etinehem.
Visiting Information
This cemetery contains graves in which more than one casualty is buried and on which more than one headstone is erected. As each of the graves has a single grave number, it follows that the numbering of the grave will in some cases not correspond with the number of the headstone as determined by counting from the beginning of the row. Visitors should therefore examine the whole row if they do not at once find the grave in which they are interested.
Wheelchair access to the cemetery is possible, but may be by alternative entrance.
Historical Information
Meaulte was held by Commonwealth forces (and inhabited by three quarters of its civilian population) from 1915 to 26 March 1918, when it was evacuated after a rearguard fight by the 9th (Scottish) Division. It was recaptured by the 12th (Eastern) Division and tanks on 22 August 1918.
The military cemetery was begun in December 1915, and used until February 1917. A few further burials were made after the recapture of the village and after the Armistice, graves (mainly of 1918) were brought in from the neighbouring battlefields and other burial grounds, including:-
SANDPIT CEMETERY, MEAULTE, on the Albert-Bray road, a little East of the village. The Sandpit was a camp in January 1917, and it was retaken by the 7th Royal Sussex on the 22nd August 1918. The cemetery was made by the 12th Division. It contained the graves of 93 soldiers from the United Kingdom and one Canadian airman who fell on the 22nd - 29th August 1918.
MEAULTE TRIANGLE CEMETERY, between a road junction and a light railway crossing on the Morlancourt road. It was made by the III Corps Heavy Artillery and the 12th Division, and it contained the graves of 36 soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell on the 23rd - 25th August 1918.
The cemetery also contains an unknown soldier from MEAULTE CHURCHYARD, brought in 1936.
Meaulte Military Cemetery contains 311 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 21 of the burials are unidentified but special memorials (three of which are in Row E) are erected to eleven casualties believed to be buried among them.
The cemetery is unusual in that some of the graves are marked by stones made from red Corsehill or Locharbriggs sandstone, rather than the more usual Portland stone.
Total Burials: 311.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 285, India 6, Australia 1, Canada 1. Total 293.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and Arthur James Scott Hutton
63806 Acting Bombardier
George Miles Appleyard
"D" Bty. 94th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
13th June 1916, aged 21.
Row C. 26.
Son of Mr. George B. and Mrs. C. A. Appleyard, of Church St., Conisborough, Yorks.
His headstone bears the inscription; "One Of England's Best God Needed Him For Higher Service."
George Miles Appleyard
"D" Bty. 94th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
13th June 1916, aged 21.
Row C. 26.
Son of Mr. George B. and Mrs. C. A. Appleyard, of Church St., Conisborough, Yorks.
His headstone bears the inscription; "One Of England's Best God Needed Him For Higher Service."
Second Lieutenant
Harry A. Butters
"B" Bty. 109th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
31st August 1916, aged 24.
Row E. 27.
Son of Henry Augustus Butters and his wife Lucy Woodworth Beebee. Born at San Francisco. See "Harry Butters, R.F.A. "An American Citizen"." Published by John Lane Company, New York and London (1918).
His headstone bears the inscription; "An American Citizen."
Harry A. Butters
"B" Bty. 109th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
31st August 1916, aged 24.
Row E. 27.
Son of Henry Augustus Butters and his wife Lucy Woodworth Beebee. Born at San Francisco. See "Harry Butters, R.F.A. "An American Citizen"." Published by John Lane Company, New York and London (1918).
His headstone bears the inscription; "An American Citizen."
43123 Private
Osborne W. Cater
7th Bn. Norfolk Regiment
22nd August 1918, aged 22.
Row G. 40.
Son of James and Maria Cater, of 13, Ashill, Thetford, Norfolk.
His headstone bears the inscription; "At Rest."
"Never forgotten by the younger generations of his family."
Picture courtesy of Mary McLaughlin (nee Cater), great niece.
Osborne W. Cater
7th Bn. Norfolk Regiment
22nd August 1918, aged 22.
Row G. 40.
Son of James and Maria Cater, of 13, Ashill, Thetford, Norfolk.
His headstone bears the inscription; "At Rest."
"Never forgotten by the younger generations of his family."
Picture courtesy of Mary McLaughlin (nee Cater), great niece.
Captain
Lenox Paton Figgis, M. C.
6th Bn. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
27th August 1918, aged 25.
Plot F. 25.
Son of Thomas Phillips Figgis and Caroline Mary Figgis, of Campden Hill, Kensington, London; husband of Ethel Lizzie Winning Cleland Figgis, of School House, Rowallan, Kilmarnock.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Faithful Unto Death Herein Is Love Made Perfect."
Lenox Paton Figgis, M. C.
6th Bn. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
27th August 1918, aged 25.
Plot F. 25.
Son of Thomas Phillips Figgis and Caroline Mary Figgis, of Campden Hill, Kensington, London; husband of Ethel Lizzie Winning Cleland Figgis, of School House, Rowallan, Kilmarnock.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Faithful Unto Death Herein Is Love Made Perfect."
Captain
John Playford Hales
203rd Sqdn. Royal Air Force
23rd August 1918, aged 25.
Row E. 46.
Son Of Alfred and Catherine Hales, of College Height, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Loving And Kind As He Was Brave For Love And Home His Life He Gave."
John Playford Hales
203rd Sqdn. Royal Air Force
23rd August 1918, aged 25.
Row E. 46.
Son Of Alfred and Catherine Hales, of College Height, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Loving And Kind As He Was Brave For Love And Home His Life He Gave."
7930 Private
William James Hooper
2nd Bn. Welsh Regiment
17th July 1916, aged 33.
Plot D. 4.
Husband of Annie E. Hooper, of Whitemoor, St. Austell, Cornwall.
His headstone bears the inscription; "In Affectionate Remembrance From His Wife Annie "He Fought The Good Fight""
William James Hooper
2nd Bn. Welsh Regiment
17th July 1916, aged 33.
Plot D. 4.
Husband of Annie E. Hooper, of Whitemoor, St. Austell, Cornwall.
His headstone bears the inscription; "In Affectionate Remembrance From His Wife Annie "He Fought The Good Fight""
Lieutenant
Richard William Jennings, Mentioned in Despatches
"C" Company, 10th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
3rd July 1916, aged 27.
Plot D. 4.
Son of the Rev. Arthur C. and Mrs. G. T. Jennings, of Kings' Stanley Rectory, Stonehouse, Glos. Cambridge Lightweight Boxing Champion 1909-1910; B.A. and L.L.B. (Cantab.) 1910; Roll of Solicitors, July.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Ba.Llb. Cantab. Age 27. Sponte Ascriptus, Virtute Clarus, Deliciae Omnium."
Richard William Jennings, Mentioned in Despatches
"C" Company, 10th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
3rd July 1916, aged 27.
Plot D. 4.
Son of the Rev. Arthur C. and Mrs. G. T. Jennings, of Kings' Stanley Rectory, Stonehouse, Glos. Cambridge Lightweight Boxing Champion 1909-1910; B.A. and L.L.B. (Cantab.) 1910; Roll of Solicitors, July.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Ba.Llb. Cantab. Age 27. Sponte Ascriptus, Virtute Clarus, Deliciae Omnium."
Cemetery pictures in this gallery © Johan Pauwels
S/1749 Serjeant
Andrew Mainland
1st/5th Bn. Gordon Highlanders
26th July 1916, aged 40.
Row E. 35.
Son of James and Mary Mainland, of South Voe, Dunrossness, Shetland.
His headstone bears the inscription; "A Shetlander Some Day We'll Clash Thy Hand In For Bright Land. Mother."
Andrew Mainland
1st/5th Bn. Gordon Highlanders
26th July 1916, aged 40.
Row E. 35.
Son of James and Mary Mainland, of South Voe, Dunrossness, Shetland.
His headstone bears the inscription; "A Shetlander Some Day We'll Clash Thy Hand In For Bright Land. Mother."
23407 Private
Christopher Pattinson Middlebrough
"C" Coy. 7th Bn. Border Regiment
7th August 1916, aged 19.
Row E. 34.
Son of Thomas William and Esther Middlebrough, of Yew Tree, Crosthwaite, Kendal, Westmorland.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Joys Are His, Serene And Pure, Light That Ever Shall Endure."
Christopher Pattinson Middlebrough
"C" Coy. 7th Bn. Border Regiment
7th August 1916, aged 19.
Row E. 34.
Son of Thomas William and Esther Middlebrough, of Yew Tree, Crosthwaite, Kendal, Westmorland.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Joys Are His, Serene And Pure, Light That Ever Shall Endure."