MOREUIL COMMUNAL CEMETERY ALLIED EXTENSION
Somme
France
Location Information
Moreuil is a village in the Department of the Somme, in the valley of the Avre 18 kilometres south-east of Amiens. Moreuil Communal Cemetery Allied Extension is located opposite the Communal Cemetery on the Rue de Huit Mai 1945.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The village and Moreuil Wood were the scene of desperate fighting in March and April 1918 in which Commonwealth and French infantry, and the Canadian Cavalry Brigade, took part. The village was lost to the Germans, but was retaken on 8 August by the French XXXI Corps.
The extension was made after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the neighbouring battlefields.
The extension contains 189 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 96 of the burials are unidentified but a special memorial commemorates one casualty believed to be buried among them.
Casualty Details: UK 177, Canada 9, Australia 3, Total Burials: 189.
Moreuil is a village in the Department of the Somme, in the valley of the Avre 18 kilometres south-east of Amiens. Moreuil Communal Cemetery Allied Extension is located opposite the Communal Cemetery on the Rue de Huit Mai 1945.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The village and Moreuil Wood were the scene of desperate fighting in March and April 1918 in which Commonwealth and French infantry, and the Canadian Cavalry Brigade, took part. The village was lost to the Germans, but was retaken on 8 August by the French XXXI Corps.
The extension was made after the Armistice when graves were brought in from the neighbouring battlefields.
The extension contains 189 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 96 of the burials are unidentified but a special memorial commemorates one casualty believed to be buried among them.
Casualty Details: UK 177, Canada 9, Australia 3, Total Burials: 189.
2773 Lance Corporal
Percy Andrew Anderson
17th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
18th April 1918, aged 20.
Row E. 24.
Son of Katherine Agnes Anderson, of 71, Kent St., Newfarm, Brisbane, Queensland, and the late Andrew Christian Anderson. Born at Nambricca Heads, New South Wales.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Greater Love Hath No Man."
Percy Andrew Anderson
17th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
18th April 1918, aged 20.
Row E. 24.
Son of Katherine Agnes Anderson, of 71, Kent St., Newfarm, Brisbane, Queensland, and the late Andrew Christian Anderson. Born at Nambricca Heads, New South Wales.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Greater Love Hath No Man."
Lieutenant Colonel
John Evelyn Carmichael Darley, Mentioned in Despatches
4th (Queen's Own) Hussars
31st March 1918, aged 38.
Row B. 13.
Son of Wellington and Anna F. Darley, of Violet Hill, Bray, Co. Wicklow.
His headstone bears the inscription; "He Giveth Unto His Beloved Sleep Psalm 127.3.Rev Version."
John Evelyn Carmichael Darley, Mentioned in Despatches
4th (Queen's Own) Hussars
31st March 1918, aged 38.
Row B. 13.
Son of Wellington and Anna F. Darley, of Violet Hill, Bray, Co. Wicklow.
His headstone bears the inscription; "He Giveth Unto His Beloved Sleep Psalm 127.3.Rev Version."
Lieutenant
George Gordon Francis Greville
4th (Queen's Own) Hussars
31st March 1918, aged 28.
Row D. 4.
Son of the Hon. Louis and Mrs. Greville of Heale House, Woodford, Salisbury.
His headstone bears the inscription; "In Loving Memory."
George Gordon Francis Greville
4th (Queen's Own) Hussars
31st March 1918, aged 28.
Row D. 4.
Son of the Hon. Louis and Mrs. Greville of Heale House, Woodford, Salisbury.
His headstone bears the inscription; "In Loving Memory."
3085 Gunner
Samuel Looker
"D" Bty. 107th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
4th April 1918.
Row A. 32.
Samuel Looker
"D" Bty. 107th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
4th April 1918.
Row A. 32.
12334 Private
William Brown Melville
2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)
1st April 1918.
Row B. 24.
William Brown Melville
2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)
1st April 1918.
Row B. 24.
Lieutenant
Albert Victor Seymour Nordheimer
Royal Canadian Dragoons
30th March 1918, aged 33.
Row A. 15.
Son of Mr. Albert Nordheimer, of Toronto, Ontario. Held rank of Major in Canadian Permanent Forces, but reverted to Lieutenant in order to get to the Front.
His headstone bears the inscription; "It Is Not Length Of Existence Which Counts But What Is Achieved."
Albert Victor Seymour Nordheimer
Royal Canadian Dragoons
30th March 1918, aged 33.
Row A. 15.
Son of Mr. Albert Nordheimer, of Toronto, Ontario. Held rank of Major in Canadian Permanent Forces, but reverted to Lieutenant in order to get to the Front.
His headstone bears the inscription; "It Is Not Length Of Existence Which Counts But What Is Achieved."
Lieutenant
Richard Nigel Perceval-Maxwell
16th (The Queen's) Lancers
30th March 1918, aged 24.
Row A. 20.
Son of Stephen and Mabel Perceval-Maxwell, of Ballydugan House, Downpatrick, Co. Down.
His headstone bears the inscription; "In The Presence Of God Is Fullness Of Joy."
Richard Nigel Perceval-Maxwell
16th (The Queen's) Lancers
30th March 1918, aged 24.
Row A. 20.
Son of Stephen and Mabel Perceval-Maxwell, of Ballydugan House, Downpatrick, Co. Down.
His headstone bears the inscription; "In The Presence Of God Is Fullness Of Joy."
Captain
Charles Thomas Anderdon Pollock, Twice Mentioned in Despatches
Inns of Court Officer Training Corps, attd. 1st/4th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
31st March 1918, aged 28.
Row C. 1.
Son of Sir Ernest Pollock, K.B.E., K.C., and Lady Pollock (now the Rt. Hon Baron Hanworth, of Hanworth, P.C., Master of the Rolls, and Baroness Hanworth of Hanworth); husband of Alice Joyce Pollock, of Longdown Cottage, Sandhurst. Berks.
Charles Thomas Anderdon Pollock, Twice Mentioned in Despatches
Inns of Court Officer Training Corps, attd. 1st/4th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
31st March 1918, aged 28.
Row C. 1.
Son of Sir Ernest Pollock, K.B.E., K.C., and Lady Pollock (now the Rt. Hon Baron Hanworth, of Hanworth, P.C., Master of the Rolls, and Baroness Hanworth of Hanworth); husband of Alice Joyce Pollock, of Longdown Cottage, Sandhurst. Berks.
HQ. and Corps Staff of the 22nd Corps. Moreuil, 30 July 1918. © IWM (Q 8189)
