PEAKE WOOD CEMETERY
Fricourt
Somme
France
Location Information
Fricourt is a village about 5 kilometres east of Albert. Peake Wood Cemetery will be found on the north-west side of the road about one kilometre from Contalmaison.
Historical Information
Peake Wood was the name given by the army to a copse on the south-east side of the road to Contalmaison. The wood fell into Allied hands on 5 July 1916, but the cemetery was not begun until later in the month. It was used as a front line cemetery until February 1917 and was in German hands from the end of March 1918, until nearly the end of the following August.
The cemetery contains 103 burials and commemorations of the First World War, including special memorials to six casualties believed to be buried there but whose graves could not be located.
Casualty Details: UK 94, Canada 1, Australia 8, Total Burials: 103.
The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw.
Fricourt is a village about 5 kilometres east of Albert. Peake Wood Cemetery will be found on the north-west side of the road about one kilometre from Contalmaison.
Historical Information
Peake Wood was the name given by the army to a copse on the south-east side of the road to Contalmaison. The wood fell into Allied hands on 5 July 1916, but the cemetery was not begun until later in the month. It was used as a front line cemetery until February 1917 and was in German hands from the end of March 1918, until nearly the end of the following August.
The cemetery contains 103 burials and commemorations of the First World War, including special memorials to six casualties believed to be buried there but whose graves could not be located.
Casualty Details: UK 94, Canada 1, Australia 8, Total Burials: 103.
The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw.
3848a Private
Leslie Hampton
20th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
5th February 1917, aged 24.
Row C. 8.
Son of Arthur Henry and Elizabeth Hampton, of "Leslie," 180, Hawthorn Parade, Haberfield, Sydney, New South Wales.
Leslie Hampton
20th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
5th February 1917, aged 24.
Row C. 8.
Son of Arthur Henry and Elizabeth Hampton, of "Leslie," 180, Hawthorn Parade, Haberfield, Sydney, New South Wales.
1536 Private
William Gaulton Richardson
20th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
5th February 1917, aged 20.
Row C. 7.
Son of John James Richardson and Alice Mary Richardson, of Benalla, Victoria, Australia.
From Drysdale, NSW. A 21 year old engine driver prior to enlisting on 12 April 1915,
he embarked for overseas with the 1st Reinforcements from Sydney on 6 June 1915 aboard HMAT Berrima.
He served at Gallipoli, France and Belgium and was killed in action on 5 February 1917 near Fricourt, France.
William Gaulton Richardson
20th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
5th February 1917, aged 20.
Row C. 7.
Son of John James Richardson and Alice Mary Richardson, of Benalla, Victoria, Australia.
From Drysdale, NSW. A 21 year old engine driver prior to enlisting on 12 April 1915,
he embarked for overseas with the 1st Reinforcements from Sydney on 6 June 1915 aboard HMAT Berrima.
He served at Gallipoli, France and Belgium and was killed in action on 5 February 1917 near Fricourt, France.
