SAILLY-SAILLISEL BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme
France
GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 50.01966, Longitude: 2.91007
Location Information
Sailly-Saillisel British Cemetery is 16 kilometres east of Albert and 10 kilometres south of Bapaume.
The Cemetery is on the right hand side (direction Peronne) of the N17 just outside of Sailly Saillisel and before Rancourt.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access to this cemetery is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
Sailly-Saillisel, standing at the north end of a ridge, was the objective of French attacks in September and October 1916, and was captured on 18 October. The village remained in Allied hands until 24 March 1918 when it was lost during the German advance, but was recaptured by the 18th and 38th (Welsh) Division on 1 September 1918.
The cemetery was made after the Armistice when graves were brought in isolated positions chiefly south and east of the village and from the following small burial grounds:-
ALDERSHOT MILITARY CEMETERY, Bouchavesnes, about 800 metres North of Bouchavesnes village. It contained the graves of 34 soldiers from the United Kingdom, belonging mainly to the 58th (London) Division which took Bouchavesnes on the 1st September 1918; but it had been used also in February and March 1917.
CHARING CROSS CEMETERY, Sailly-Saillisel, 800 metres to the South-West. It was made by fighting units in December 1916 -March 1917; and it contained the graves of 46 soldiers from the United Kingdom, of whom 34 belonged to the Foot Guards.
HEBULE MILITARY CEMETERY, Sailly-Saillisel, on the South side of the road to Morval, named from a quarry close by. It was made by fighting units in December 1916-1917; and it contained the graves of 30 soldiers from the United Kingdom, of whom 28 belonged to the Foot Guards.
MORVAL NEW CEMETERY, on the North side of the Morval-Sailly road just before it crossed a side road to Le Transloy and Combles. It contained the graves of 39 soldiers of the 38th (Welsh) Division who fell on the 31st August - 4th September 1918.
The cemetery now contains 771 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 300 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to eight casualties known or believed to be buried among them.
Total Burials: 771.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 457, Australia 7, Canada 7. Total 471.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 110, Australia 5, Unknown 185. Total 300.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield and John Reginald Truelove
Cemetery images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
October 1945 - ©CWGC
Lieutenant
Charles Louis Collin
42nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
1st September 1918, aged 29.
Plot XII. D. 6.
Son of Gustave Antoine and Alice Collin. Native of Brisbane, Queensland.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Elder Son Of Gustave Collin De Souvigny Of Poitiers And Queensland."
Charles Louis Collin
42nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
1st September 1918, aged 29.
Plot XII. D. 6.
Son of Gustave Antoine and Alice Collin. Native of Brisbane, Queensland.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Elder Son Of Gustave Collin De Souvigny Of Poitiers And Queensland."
40842 Rifleman
Thomas Hall
1st Bn. Royal Irish Rifles
7th March 1917, aged 26.
Plot XII. A. 2.
Son of William and Mary Hall, of Garvagh, Co. Derry. Native of Cootehill, Co. Cavan.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Call Him Not Dead My Fallen Soldier Son. The Warfare Waged The Victory Won."
Thomas Hall
1st Bn. Royal Irish Rifles
7th March 1917, aged 26.
Plot XII. A. 2.
Son of William and Mary Hall, of Garvagh, Co. Derry. Native of Cootehill, Co. Cavan.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Call Him Not Dead My Fallen Soldier Son. The Warfare Waged The Victory Won."
Second Lieutenant
William Meadows Kemp
3rd Bn. attd. 16th Bn. Middlesex Regiment
28th February 1917, aged 20.
Plot III. D. 7.
William Meadows Kemp
3rd Bn. attd. 16th Bn. Middlesex Regiment
28th February 1917, aged 20.
Plot III. D. 7.
880 Sergeant
Thomas Andrew Martin
42nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
1st September 1918.
Plot XII. D. 5.
Son of James Frederick and Ester Martin, of Woodford, Queensland. Native of Victoria, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription: "In Memory Of The Dearly Loved Son Of Mr. & Mrs. Martin Queensland, Australia."
Thomas Andrew Martin
42nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
1st September 1918.
Plot XII. D. 5.
Son of James Frederick and Ester Martin, of Woodford, Queensland. Native of Victoria, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription: "In Memory Of The Dearly Loved Son Of Mr. & Mrs. Martin Queensland, Australia."
231029 Private
Thomas Morrison
10th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry
2nd September 1918, aged 29.
Plot III. H. 1.
Son of Thomas and Rose Annie Morrison, of 19, Creswick Avenue, Rosehill, Burnley.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Dinna Forget."
Thomas Morrison
10th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry
2nd September 1918, aged 29.
Plot III. H. 1.
Son of Thomas and Rose Annie Morrison, of 19, Creswick Avenue, Rosehill, Burnley.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Dinna Forget."
3133 Corporal
Floyd Owen Robert Wynne
42nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
1st September 1918, aged 27.
Plot VII. B. 2.
Son of Cardinal Alexander Wynne and Mary Anna Phoebe Wynne, of Redbank, Queensland. Native of Warwick, Queensland.
His headstone bears the inscription: "To Live In The Hearts Of Those We Leave Behind Is Not To Die."
Floyd Owen Robert Wynne
42nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
1st September 1918, aged 27.
Plot VII. B. 2.
Son of Cardinal Alexander Wynne and Mary Anna Phoebe Wynne, of Redbank, Queensland. Native of Warwick, Queensland.
His headstone bears the inscription: "To Live In The Hearts Of Those We Leave Behind Is Not To Die."
June/July 1950 - ©CWGC
Battle of the Somme. German troops in a support trench. Morval, August 1916. © IWM (Q 44795)
