PROVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.16001, Longitude: 3.20983
Location Information
Proville is a village adjoining the town of Cambrai in the Department of the Nord.
Proville British Cemetery is situated in the Rue Gabriel Peri, which can be found by following the D56 road from Cambrai towards Noyelles sur Escaut. The cemetery is signposted at the junction of the D56 and the Rue Gabriel Peri.
Historical Information
The village of Proville was captured on 8-9 October 1918 and the cemetery was made in the same month by the 61st Division and the 8th North Staffords. It was increased after the Armistice when 21 graves were brought in from the battlefields west of Cambrai. The dates of death are from the 20th September to the 19th October.
Proville British Cemetery now contains 150 First World War burials, 27 of them unidentified.
A rededication service was held in this cemetery for Lieutenant Alfred Owen Cookson (Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve). The ceremony honoured his sacrifice after his previously missing or unknown burial place was identified. The ceremony was held on July 20th 2022.
Total Burials: 150.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 123.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 18, Unknown 9. Total 27.
The cemetery was designed by Wilfred Clement Von Berg, M. C.
291050 Private
Joseph Andrew
1st/5th Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
1st October 1918, aged 19.
Plot I. A. 4.
Son of David and Mary Ann Andrew, 15, Basil Street, Rochdale. Brother of Louie, Annie, David, Emma and Jack.
Enlisted at Bury, in February 1917.
Employed at Rochdale Spinning Company as a ring room piecer.
Joseph Andrew
1st/5th Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
1st October 1918, aged 19.
Plot I. A. 4.
Son of David and Mary Ann Andrew, 15, Basil Street, Rochdale. Brother of Louie, Annie, David, Emma and Jack.
Enlisted at Bury, in February 1917.
Employed at Rochdale Spinning Company as a ring room piecer.
132891 Lance Corporal
Robert Maxwell Gordon Gray
24th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
8th October 1918, aged 19.
Plot I. C. 34.
Son of Thomas and Jessie Gordon Gray, of Oak Villa, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "Till The Day Dawn And The Shadows Flee Away"
Robert Maxwell Gordon Gray
24th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
8th October 1918, aged 19.
Plot I. C. 34.
Son of Thomas and Jessie Gordon Gray, of Oak Villa, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire.
His headstone bears the inscription "Till The Day Dawn And The Shadows Flee Away"
29147 Private
Ivor Keenan
1st/5th Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
1st October 1918.
Plot I. A. 35.
Son of Elizabeth Keenan of 18 Red Laver St., Grangetown, Cardiff, and the late Richard Henry Keenan.
His headstone bears the inscription "To Live In The Hearts Of Those We Love Is Not To Die"
Ivor Keenan
1st/5th Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
1st October 1918.
Plot I. A. 35.
Son of Elizabeth Keenan of 18 Red Laver St., Grangetown, Cardiff, and the late Richard Henry Keenan.
His headstone bears the inscription "To Live In The Hearts Of Those We Love Is Not To Die"
30549 Private
George Kindon
2nd/4th Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
2nd October 1918.
Plot II. A. 2.
George Kindon
2nd/4th Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
2nd October 1918.
Plot II. A. 2.
29327 Private
Frederick Munford
1st/5th Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
1st October 1918, aged 30.
Plot I. A. 15.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Munford, of West Hay, King's Cliffe, Peterborough.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Gone But Not Forgotten."
Frederick Munford
1st/5th Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
1st October 1918, aged 30.
Plot I. A. 15.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Munford, of West Hay, King's Cliffe, Peterborough.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Gone But Not Forgotten."
201493 Private
John Norcross
2nd/4th Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
2nd October 1918, aged 22.
Plot I. B. 9.
Son of Richard Wright Norcross and Jane Norcross. Born at Preston.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Peace, Perfect Peace."
John Norcross
2nd/4th Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
2nd October 1918, aged 22.
Plot I. B. 9.
Son of Richard Wright Norcross and Jane Norcross. Born at Preston.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Peace, Perfect Peace."
250263 Gunner
Gabriel Robb
'B" Battery, 181st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
8th October 1918, aged 26.
Plot I. C. 48.
Husband of Agnes Robb, of 51, Queen St., Rutherglen, Glasgow.
Gabriel Robb
'B" Battery, 181st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
8th October 1918, aged 26.
Plot I. C. 48.
Husband of Agnes Robb, of 51, Queen St., Rutherglen, Glasgow.
31229 Private
G. R. Tuck
1st/5th Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
1st October 1918.
Plot I. A. 20.
G. R. Tuck
1st/5th Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
1st October 1918.
Plot I. A. 20.
Battle of Cambrai. A German shell-burst in a field near Cambrai. Soldiers of the Machine Gun Corps hurrying to get into the cover of their post, 8 October 1918. © IWM (Q 11377)
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
Capture of Cambrai by the British 57th Division. A patrol of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in a burning street in the southern suburbs of Cambrai, 9 October 1918. © IWM (Q 11363)
Capture of Cambrai by the British 57th Division. Soldiers of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment wearing pickelhaubes which they found whilst on patrol in Cambrai, 9 October 1918. © IWM (Q 11367)
