MÉZIÈRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme
France
Location Information
Mézières is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme, on the south-west side of the main road from Amiens to Roye, 20 kilometres south-east of Amiens. The Cemetery is on the south-west side of the Communal Cemetery.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
Mezieres was the scene of rearguard actions involving French and Commonwealth troops in March 1918. The village was taken by the Germans but was recaptured the following August.
The extension to the communal cemetery was begun by fighting units in August 1918, and was increased after the Armistice when graves were brought in from a wide area south-east of Amiens. It was also known as White House Cemetery, from a house on the main road to the north.
The cemetery contains 134 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 63 of the burials are unidentified but a special memorial commemorates one casualty known to be buried in an unnamed grave.
Casualty Details: UK 96, Canada 38, Total Burials: 134.
The extension was designed by W H Cowlishaw
Mézières is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme, on the south-west side of the main road from Amiens to Roye, 20 kilometres south-east of Amiens. The Cemetery is on the south-west side of the Communal Cemetery.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
Mezieres was the scene of rearguard actions involving French and Commonwealth troops in March 1918. The village was taken by the Germans but was recaptured the following August.
The extension to the communal cemetery was begun by fighting units in August 1918, and was increased after the Armistice when graves were brought in from a wide area south-east of Amiens. It was also known as White House Cemetery, from a house on the main road to the north.
The cemetery contains 134 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 63 of the burials are unidentified but a special memorial commemorates one casualty known to be buried in an unnamed grave.
Casualty Details: UK 96, Canada 38, Total Burials: 134.
The extension was designed by W H Cowlishaw
Captain
Horatio Alfred Fane, M. C.
Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars
11th August 1918, aged 34.
Row A. 16.
Son of Mr. H. G. Fane, (late Capt. 52nd Light Inf.), of Bicester House, Bicester, Oxon.
Horatio Alfred Fane, M. C.
Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars
11th August 1918, aged 34.
Row A. 16.
Son of Mr. H. G. Fane, (late Capt. 52nd Light Inf.), of Bicester House, Bicester, Oxon.
Second Lieutenant
Kenneth James Hawkins
"A" Coy. 1st Bn. Tank Corps.
8th August 1918, aged 23.
Row A. 27.
Son of Edwin James Hawkins, of "Parracombe," Devonshire Rd., Sutton, Surrey. Born at West Norwood, London.
His headstone bears the inscription; "The Toil, The Bitterness All Past We Trust Him To Thy Love At Last."
Kenneth James Hawkins
"A" Coy. 1st Bn. Tank Corps.
8th August 1918, aged 23.
Row A. 27.
Son of Edwin James Hawkins, of "Parracombe," Devonshire Rd., Sutton, Surrey. Born at West Norwood, London.
His headstone bears the inscription; "The Toil, The Bitterness All Past We Trust Him To Thy Love At Last."
304674 Gunner
Charles Gordon Webster
52nd Bty. Canadian Field Artillery
12th August 1918, aged 21.
Row A. 10.
Son of Anthony and Clara Webster, of 46, North Waterloo St., Stratford, Ontario.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Blessed Are The Dead Which Die In The Lord." (Revelation 14:13)
Charles Gordon Webster
52nd Bty. Canadian Field Artillery
12th August 1918, aged 21.
Row A. 10.
Son of Anthony and Clara Webster, of 46, North Waterloo St., Stratford, Ontario.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Blessed Are The Dead Which Die In The Lord." (Revelation 14:13)
Battle of Amiens. A surgeon at work in the open air at a dressing station near Le Quesnel, 11 August 1918. © IWM (Q 6936)
Battle of Amiens. Canadian medics dressing a wounded soldier at an open-air field dressing station at Le Quesnel, 11 August 1918. © IWM (Q 7298)
