NEUVILLE-VITASSE ROAD CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
Location Information
Neuville-Vitasse is a village 6 kilometres south-east of Arras on the D5 road towards Croisilles.
The Cemetery lies 1 kilometre south-east of the village (east of the D5 road) and is reached by a track.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to this cemetery with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The village of Neuville-Vitasse was captured by the 56th (London) Division on 9 April 1917, almost entirely lost at the end of March 1918, and cleared at the end of the following August.
The cemetery was made by units of the 33rd Division after the first capture of the village, and two other burials were added in June 1917.
Neuville-Vitasse Road Cemetery now contains 86 First World War burials, 11 of them unidentified.
Total Burials: 86.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 75. Total 75.
The cemetery was designed by G H Goldsmith
Neuville-Vitasse is a village 6 kilometres south-east of Arras on the D5 road towards Croisilles.
The Cemetery lies 1 kilometre south-east of the village (east of the D5 road) and is reached by a track.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to this cemetery with some difficulty.
Historical Information
The village of Neuville-Vitasse was captured by the 56th (London) Division on 9 April 1917, almost entirely lost at the end of March 1918, and cleared at the end of the following August.
The cemetery was made by units of the 33rd Division after the first capture of the village, and two other burials were added in June 1917.
Neuville-Vitasse Road Cemetery now contains 86 First World War burials, 11 of them unidentified.
Total Burials: 86.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 75. Total 75.
The cemetery was designed by G H Goldsmith

Second Lieutenant
Frederick Ashcroft
18th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
9th April 1917.
Row B. 1.
Frederick Ashcroft
18th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
9th April 1917.
Row B. 1.

14932 Serjeant
George Bevan
18th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
9th April 1917, aged 23.
Row A. 16.
Son of Isaac Bevan, and the late Mrs. Bevan, of Stafford.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Though Death Divides Fond Memory Clings, Alice."
George Bevan
18th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
9th April 1917, aged 23.
Row A. 16.
Son of Isaac Bevan, and the late Mrs. Bevan, of Stafford.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Though Death Divides Fond Memory Clings, Alice."

57504 Private
Harry MacPherson Cooper
18th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
9th April 1917, aged 23.
Row A. 23.
Son of the late David Cooper, and of Jane B. Cooper, of 323, Clepington Rd., Dundee.
His headstone bears the inscription; "He Died That We Might Live."
Harry MacPherson Cooper
18th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
9th April 1917, aged 23.
Row A. 23.
Son of the late David Cooper, and of Jane B. Cooper, of 323, Clepington Rd., Dundee.
His headstone bears the inscription; "He Died That We Might Live."

21828 Private
Jack Hankin
18th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
9th April 1917.
Row A. 15.
Son of Mrs. E. Hankin, of 23, Arlington St., Aigburth Rd., Liverpool.
Jack Hankin
18th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
9th April 1917.
Row A. 15.
Son of Mrs. E. Hankin, of 23, Arlington St., Aigburth Rd., Liverpool.

26732 Private
John William Norris
2nd Bn. Wiltshire Regiment
9th April 1917.
Plot D. 4.
Husband of Ethel Norris, 43 Wellington Street, Yeovil.
John William Norris
2nd Bn. Wiltshire Regiment
9th April 1917.
Plot D. 4.
Husband of Ethel Norris, 43 Wellington Street, Yeovil.

57565 Private
C. Pattie
18th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
9th April 1917.
Row A. 3.
From Dundee, Scotland.
C. Pattie
18th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
9th April 1917.
Row A. 3.
From Dundee, Scotland.