ROSIÈRES BRITISH CEMETERY
Vauvillers
Somme
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.83358, Longitude: 2.71984
Location Information
Vauvillers is a village about 34 kilometres east of Amiens and north of Rosieres. The British Cemetery is in open country between Vauvillers and Rosieres.
Historical Information
There are 60, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 6 are unidentified. The body of one American airman has been removed.
The cemetery covers an area of 436 square metres and is enclosed by a rubble wall.
The cemetery was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Total Burials: 60.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 54.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 6.
252230 Private
John Doherty
2nd/6th Bn. Manchester Regiment
25th March 1918.
Grave 55.
Son of Hugh and Elizabeth Doherty, of 60, Wellington Rd., Dingle, Liverpool.
His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace"
John Doherty
2nd/6th Bn. Manchester Regiment
25th March 1918.
Grave 55.
Son of Hugh and Elizabeth Doherty, of 60, Wellington Rd., Dingle, Liverpool.
His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace"
Lieutenant
Herbert Wyman Jones
25th (Montgomeryshire and Welsh Horse Yeomany) Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, attached to Machine Gun Corps
24th March 1918.
Grave 22.
Herbert Wyman Jones
25th (Montgomeryshire and Welsh Horse Yeomany) Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, attached to Machine Gun Corps
24th March 1918.
Grave 22.
