SAVY BRITISH CEMETERY
Aisne
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.82522, Longitude: 3.19139
Location Information
Savy is a village 6.5 kilometres west of St Quentin. Savy British Cemetery is on the south-western outskirts of the village, on the west side of the road to Roupy.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site makes wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
Savy was taken by the 32nd Division on the 1st April 1917, after hard fighting, and Savy Wood on the 2nd. On the 21st March 1918 Savy and Roupy were successfully defended by the 30th Division, but the line was withdrawn after nightfall. The village and the wood were retaken on the 17th September 1918 by the 34th French Division, fighting on the right of the British IX Corps.
Savy British Cemetery was made in 1919, and the graves from the battlefields and from the following small cemeteries in the neighbourhood were concentrated into it:-
DALLON GERMAN CEMETERY, North-West of the village of Dallon, contained the graves of 21 British soldiers who fell in March 1918.
INNISKILLINGS CEMETERY, DALLON, on the South side of a small wood, North of the St. Quentin-Savy road. Here the 2nd Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, in April 1917, buried 17 of their number, three other British soldiers and one French Interpreter.
LANCASHIRE CEMETERY, on the East side of SAVY WOOD, made by the 16th Lancashire Fusiliers in April 1917, and contained the graves of 27 men of the 15th and 16th Lancashire Fusiliers and nine other British soldiers.
ST. QUENTIN-ROUPY ROAD GERMAN CEMETERY, at L'Epine-de-Dallon, which contained the graves of 232 British soldiers who fell in March 1918.
SAVY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, made in April 1917, contained 14 British graves.
SAVY MILITARY CEMETERY, close to Savy Church. It was made in April and May 1917 by the 97th Brigade and other units, and it contained 39 British graves.
SAVY WOOD NORTH CEMETERY, at the North-West corner of Savy Wood, by the railway line. It was made by the 32nd Division in April and May 1917, and it contained 44 British graves.
There are 868, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 438 are unidentified. Memorials are erected in the cemetery to 68 soldiers (chiefly of the 19th King's Liverpools and the 17th Manchesters), buried by the Germans in their cemetery on the St. Quentin-Roupy road, whose graves were destroyed by shell fire.
The Cemetery covers an area of 2,555 square metres and is enclosed by a low rubble wall.
Total Burials: 868.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 429, Germany 1. Total 430.
Unidentified Casualties: 438.
The cemetery was designed by Charles Henry Holden and Noel Ackroyd Rew
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
Lieutenant
William Ashcroft
19th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
22nd March 1918, aged 36.
Roupy Road German Cem. Mem. 68.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Ashcroft of 16, Waterford Rd., Oxton, Birkenhead.
His headstone bears the inscription: "By Way Of The Cross He Won The Crown; Called To Higher Service."
William Ashcroft
19th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
22nd March 1918, aged 36.
Roupy Road German Cem. Mem. 68.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Ashcroft of 16, Waterford Rd., Oxton, Birkenhead.
His headstone bears the inscription: "By Way Of The Cross He Won The Crown; Called To Higher Service."
57521 Private
James Findlay Bruce
19th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
30th March 1918, aged 25.
Roupy Road German Cem. Mem. 59.
Son of Peter and Janet Findlay Bruce, of 48, Crescent Lane, Dundee.
James Findlay Bruce
19th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
30th March 1918, aged 25.
Roupy Road German Cem. Mem. 59.
Son of Peter and Janet Findlay Bruce, of 48, Crescent Lane, Dundee.
41708 Private
D. Campbell
17th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
1st April 1917.
Plot I. B. 28.
D. Campbell
17th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
1st April 1917.
Plot I. B. 28.
5758 Company Quartermaster Serjeant
John Doherty, M. M.
1st Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
22nd March 1918, aged 36.
Plot I. L 22.
His headstone bears the inscription: "To Live In Hearts We Leave Behind Is Not To Die."
John Doherty, M. M.
1st Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
22nd March 1918, aged 36.
Plot I. L 22.
His headstone bears the inscription: "To Live In Hearts We Leave Behind Is Not To Die."
353083 Private
James Donaldson
17th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
1st April 1917.
Plot I. B. 25.
James Donaldson
17th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
1st April 1917.
Plot I. B. 25.
27373 Private
Charles Duncan Gray
15th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
2nd April 1917, aged 20.
Plot I. I. 6.
Son of James and Helen Gray, of Sunside, Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Tho' Far From Home We'll Meet Again When Partings Are No More."
Charles Duncan Gray
15th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
2nd April 1917, aged 20.
Plot I. I. 6.
Son of James and Helen Gray, of Sunside, Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Tho' Far From Home We'll Meet Again When Partings Are No More."
27860 Private
Walter E. Hope
11th Bn. Border Regiment
1st April 1917, aged 35.
Plot I. A. 5.
Son of Mrs. Eliza Hope, of Orchard Cottages, Broad Lane, Bracknell, Berks.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Love Conquers All Things; Even Death."
Walter E. Hope
11th Bn. Border Regiment
1st April 1917, aged 35.
Plot I. A. 5.
Son of Mrs. Eliza Hope, of Orchard Cottages, Broad Lane, Bracknell, Berks.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Love Conquers All Things; Even Death."
Captain
William Ronald Morton
2nd/8th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
4th May 1917, aged 27.
Plot I. E. 1.
Son of William Henry Morton, J.P., and Elizabeth Morton, of Harmston Hall, and Washingboro' Manor Lincs.; husband of Elizabeth Ellen Wilson Morton, of Empress Club, 35, Dover St., Piccadilly, London. Educated at Rugby School and Christ Church, Oxford.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Dearly Loved Husband Of Blanche E.W. Morton And Only Son Of W.H. Morton J.P. & E. Morton."
William Ronald Morton
2nd/8th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
4th May 1917, aged 27.
Plot I. E. 1.
Son of William Henry Morton, J.P., and Elizabeth Morton, of Harmston Hall, and Washingboro' Manor Lincs.; husband of Elizabeth Ellen Wilson Morton, of Empress Club, 35, Dover St., Piccadilly, London. Educated at Rugby School and Christ Church, Oxford.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Dearly Loved Husband Of Blanche E.W. Morton And Only Son Of W.H. Morton J.P. & E. Morton."
35021 Private
Harry Ormerod
16th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
1st April 1917, aged 21.
Plot I. C. 6.
Husband of Beatrice Ethel Ormerod, of 33, Shakespeare St., Padiham, Lancs.
His headstone bears the inscription: "At Rest."
Harry Ormerod
16th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
1st April 1917, aged 21.
Plot I. C. 6.
Husband of Beatrice Ethel Ormerod, of 33, Shakespeare St., Padiham, Lancs.
His headstone bears the inscription: "At Rest."
Captain
Geoffrey Storrs Sutton, M. C.
19th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
23rd March 1918, aged 23.
Plot I. H. 29.
Son of W. Storrs Sutton and Katherine Sutton, of 37, Queen's Rd., Southport.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Faithful Unto Death."
Geoffrey Storrs Sutton, M. C.
19th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
23rd March 1918, aged 23.
Plot I. H. 29.
Son of W. Storrs Sutton and Katherine Sutton, of 37, Queen's Rd., Southport.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Faithful Unto Death."
27825 Private
James Tunley
11th Bn. Border Regiment
1st April 1917, aged 31.
Plot I. A. 14.
Son of Nathaniel and Harriet Tunley, of Pentre Llandrindod, Radnorshire.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Life's Duty Nobly Done Heaven's Rest Now Won."
James Tunley
11th Bn. Border Regiment
1st April 1917, aged 31.
Plot I. A. 14.
Son of Nathaniel and Harriet Tunley, of Pentre Llandrindod, Radnorshire.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Life's Duty Nobly Done Heaven's Rest Now Won."
Lieutenant
John Wilson
15th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
1st April 1917, aged 27.
Plot I. C. 30.
Son of John and Elizabeth Smith Wilson, of "Savywood," Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire.
John Wilson
15th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers
1st April 1917, aged 27.
Plot I. C. 30.
Son of John and Elizabeth Smith Wilson, of "Savywood," Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire.
Church at Savy, near St Quentin, mined by the Germans, 25th April 1917. (IWM (Q 2088)
Distant view of St Quentin from the British front line trench on the Amiens road, 24th April 1917. The Hindenburg Line ran 2 miles west of St Quentin, which was not entered by the Allies until 1st October 1918. IWM (Q2064)
