MORLANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY NO. 2
Somme
France
Location Information
Morlancourt is a village approximately 6.5 kilometres south of Albert.
Morlancourt British Cemetery No.2 is on the north-west side of the village, near the road to Ville-sur-Ancre.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to this site with some difficulty.
The register is available in the Mairie on Friday from 18.00 to 19.30
Historical Information
The village of Morlancourt was a quiet place used by field ambulances in 1916, but at the end of March 1918, it was captured by the Germans. Local operations in May and June brought the Allied line nearer to it, but the village remained in German hands until 9 August, when it was taken by the 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment and tanks.
Morlancourt British Cemetery No. 2 (for some years called Morlancourt British Cemetery) was made in August 1918.
The cemetery contains 56 First World War burials, two of them unidentified.
Casualty Details: UK 55, Australia 1, Total Burials: 56.
Morlancourt is a village approximately 6.5 kilometres south of Albert.
Morlancourt British Cemetery No.2 is on the north-west side of the village, near the road to Ville-sur-Ancre.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to this site with some difficulty.
The register is available in the Mairie on Friday from 18.00 to 19.30
Historical Information
The village of Morlancourt was a quiet place used by field ambulances in 1916, but at the end of March 1918, it was captured by the Germans. Local operations in May and June brought the Allied line nearer to it, but the village remained in German hands until 9 August, when it was taken by the 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment and tanks.
Morlancourt British Cemetery No. 2 (for some years called Morlancourt British Cemetery) was made in August 1918.
The cemetery contains 56 First World War burials, two of them unidentified.
Casualty Details: UK 55, Australia 1, Total Burials: 56.
1196 Sergeant
Vernon Hepburn Drake
30th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
22nd June 1918, aged 22.
Row B. 8.
Son of Samuel Michael and Annie Irvin Drake. Native of Newtown, Tasmania.
The picture above shows him in his Naval Cadets Uniform. His brother Ernest Drake was in the Merchant Navy and was killed 3 months earlier in the English Channel on the S.S."Boorara".
Picture courtesy of great niece Rosanne Lewis
Vernon Hepburn Drake
30th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
22nd June 1918, aged 22.
Row B. 8.
Son of Samuel Michael and Annie Irvin Drake. Native of Newtown, Tasmania.
The picture above shows him in his Naval Cadets Uniform. His brother Ernest Drake was in the Merchant Navy and was killed 3 months earlier in the English Channel on the S.S."Boorara".
Picture courtesy of great niece Rosanne Lewis
44399 Private
Walter William Head
9th Bn. Essex Regiment
10th August 1918, aged 20.
Plot B. 10.
Son of Mrs. Hannah Head, of 50, Tower Hamlets Rd., Dover.
Walter William Head
9th Bn. Essex Regiment
10th August 1918, aged 20.
Plot B. 10.
Son of Mrs. Hannah Head, of 50, Tower Hamlets Rd., Dover.
