NAVAL TRENCH CEMETERY
Gavrelle
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.32601, Longitude: 2.87774
Location Information
Gavrelle is a village in the department of the Pas-de-Calais about 8 kilometres north-east of Arras on the road to Douai. Naval Trench Cemetery is about 0.75 kilometres south-west of the village (D42E) down a 1 kilometre track.
Take care not to confuse this Cemetery and Chili Trench Cemetery, Gavrelle.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access with some difficulty.
Historical Information
Gavrelle was captured by the Royal Naval Division on 23 April 1917, lost on 28 March 1918, and reoccupied by the 51st (Highland) Division on the following 27 August.
Naval Trench Cemetery is named from a second-line trench made by the 63rd Division in the summer of 1917, occupied as headquarters by the Queen's Westminsters in March 1918, and retaken by the 6th Black Watch on 26 August 1918. It was made by fighting units between April and November 1917.
The cemetery contains 59 First World War burials, two of them unidentified. There is also one burial of the Second World War in the cemetery.
Total Burials: 60.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 57.
World War One Unidentified Casualties: 2.
World War Two Identified Casualty: United Kingdom 1.
Tyneside Z/235 Leading Seaman
Matthew Burdon
Hawke Bn. R.N. Div.
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
24th April 1917, aged 27.
Row A. 13.
Son of Louisa Burdon, of 76, Nora St., Tyne Dock, South Shields, and the late Daniel Burdon.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Anchored On God's Wide Shore Line."
Matthew Burdon
Hawke Bn. R.N. Div.
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
24th April 1917, aged 27.
Row A. 13.
Son of Louisa Burdon, of 76, Nora St., Tyne Dock, South Shields, and the late Daniel Burdon.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Anchored On God's Wide Shore Line."
PO/1821(S) Private
Henry Floyd Clow
2nd R. M. Bn. Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry
31st July 1917.
Row E. 12.
Son of Albert James and Selina Clow, of 26, Codrington St., Exeter.
Two of Bertram's brothers also died in the Great War. 203262 Private Ernest Alfred Clow, died on 19th October 1917, aged 31 and is buried in Godewaersvelde British Cemetery and 48039 Private Bertram George Clow, died 20th July 1918, aged 30 and is buried in Méteren Military Cemetery.
Henry Floyd Clow
2nd R. M. Bn. Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry
31st July 1917.
Row E. 12.
Son of Albert James and Selina Clow, of 26, Codrington St., Exeter.
Two of Bertram's brothers also died in the Great War. 203262 Private Ernest Alfred Clow, died on 19th October 1917, aged 31 and is buried in Godewaersvelde British Cemetery and 48039 Private Bertram George Clow, died 20th July 1918, aged 30 and is buried in Méteren Military Cemetery.
Lieutenant
Austin Pugh Cook
2nd R. M. Bn. Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry
26th July 1917, aged 23.
Row D. 9.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Cook, of 21, Bridge St., Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. B.A.
Austin Pugh Cook
2nd R. M. Bn. Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry
26th July 1917, aged 23.
Row D. 9.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Cook, of 21, Bridge St., Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. B.A.
Clyde Z/2432 Able Seaman
George Cruden
Anson Bn. R. N. Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
28th May 1917.
Row D. 12.
George Cruden
Anson Bn. R. N. Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
28th May 1917.
Row D. 12.
R/2320 Able Seaman
Tom Richardson Harrison
Howe Bn. R.N. Div.
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
11th September 1917, aged 31.
Row B. 1.
Son of Jeremiah and Margaret Harrison, of 25, King St., Clitheroe, Lancs.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Captain, The Lord Is With Us."
Tom Richardson Harrison
Howe Bn. R.N. Div.
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
11th September 1917, aged 31.
Row B. 1.
Son of Jeremiah and Margaret Harrison, of 25, King St., Clitheroe, Lancs.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Captain, The Lord Is With Us."
PO/105(S) Corporal
William Marsden, M. M.
2nd R.M. Bn. R.N. Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry
16th September 1917, aged 35.
Row I. 14.
William Marsden, M. M.
2nd R.M. Bn. R.N. Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry
16th September 1917, aged 35.
Row I. 14.
PLY/17732 Private
Bertie Walter Smith
2nd R. M. Bn. Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry
23rd August 1917, aged 22.
Row D. 6.
Son of Mrs. Kate E. Dean, of France Lynch, Chalford, Stroud, Glos.
His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace"
Bertie Walter Smith
2nd R. M. Bn. Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry
23rd August 1917, aged 22.
Row D. 6.
Son of Mrs. Kate E. Dean, of France Lynch, Chalford, Stroud, Glos.
His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace"
36490 Private
Walter Titford
11th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
14th May 1917, aged 21.
Row D. 10.
Son of Frank and Alice Titford, of 5, The Furlong, Warminster, Wilts.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Resting In Peace."
Walter Titford
11th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
14th May 1917, aged 21.
Row D. 10.
Son of Frank and Alice Titford, of 5, The Furlong, Warminster, Wilts.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Resting In Peace."
