ST. MARTIN CALVAIRE BRITISH CEMETERY
St. Martin-sur-Cojeul
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 50.22889, Longitude: 2.84717
Location Information
St. Martin-sur-Cojeul is a village about 8 kilometres south-south-east of Arras on the road from Henin to Heninel, just west of the motorway to Lille. The Cemetery is to the south of the village.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this cemetery makes wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
The village of St. Martin-sur-Cojeul was taken by the 30th Division on 9 April 1917. It was lost in March 1918 but retaken in the following August.
St. Martin Calvaire British Cemetery was named from a calvary which was destroyed during the war. It was begun by units of the 30th Division in April 1917 and used until March 1918. Plot II was made in August and September 1918.
The cemetery contains 228 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, five of them unidentified. There are also three German graves within the cemetery.
Casualty Details: UK 228, Germany 3, Total Burials: 231.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and George Hartley Goldsmith
St. Martin-sur-Cojeul is a village about 8 kilometres south-south-east of Arras on the road from Henin to Heninel, just west of the motorway to Lille. The Cemetery is to the south of the village.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this cemetery makes wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
The village of St. Martin-sur-Cojeul was taken by the 30th Division on 9 April 1917. It was lost in March 1918 but retaken in the following August.
St. Martin Calvaire British Cemetery was named from a calvary which was destroyed during the war. It was begun by units of the 30th Division in April 1917 and used until March 1918. Plot II was made in August and September 1918.
The cemetery contains 228 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, five of them unidentified. There are also three German graves within the cemetery.
Casualty Details: UK 228, Germany 3, Total Burials: 231.
The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and George Hartley Goldsmith
Major
Frank Harvey Bowring
9th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
28th August 1918, aged 39.
Plot II. B. 1.
Born in Newfoundland. Son of Laura A. Bowring, of Chislehurst, Sefton Park, Liverpool, and the late Charles Bowring.
His headstone bears the inscription: "In Loving Memory Of My Son."
Frank Harvey Bowring
9th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
28th August 1918, aged 39.
Plot II. B. 1.
Born in Newfoundland. Son of Laura A. Bowring, of Chislehurst, Sefton Park, Liverpool, and the late Charles Bowring.
His headstone bears the inscription: "In Loving Memory Of My Son."
326889 Private
Alexander Taylor Cooper
1st/8th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
29th October 1917, aged 19.
Plot I. D. 1.
Son of John and Annie Alexander Cooper, of 7, Madeira St., Dundee.
Alexander Taylor Cooper
1st/8th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
29th October 1917, aged 19.
Plot I. D. 1.
Son of John and Annie Alexander Cooper, of 7, Madeira St., Dundee.
47676 Private
Thomas Henry Davies
21st (Tyneside Scottish) Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
28th December 1917.
Plot I. E. 11.
Husband of Mrs. M. Davies, of 34, Hawkes Villas, Carmarthen.
Thomas Henry Davies
21st (Tyneside Scottish) Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
28th December 1917.
Plot I. E. 11.
Husband of Mrs. M. Davies, of 34, Hawkes Villas, Carmarthen.
Captain
John Middleton Downend
26th (Tyneside Irish) Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
24th November 1917, aged 29.
Plot I. D. 15.
Son of Thomas and Sarah Ann Downend; husband of Jane Downend of 145 Blythe Street, Wombwell. Former Headmaster of Cross Hill Boy's School, Hemsworth.
John Middleton Downend
26th (Tyneside Irish) Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
24th November 1917, aged 29.
Plot I. D. 15.
Son of Thomas and Sarah Ann Downend; husband of Jane Downend of 145 Blythe Street, Wombwell. Former Headmaster of Cross Hill Boy's School, Hemsworth.
106203 Lance Corporal
Reuben Howard Hanton
57th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
30th August 1918, aged 23.
Plot II. B 31.
Son of Mrs. Emma Atkins, of 1, Elm Avenue, Bletchley, Bucks.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Grant Him O Lord Eternal Rest; From All At Home. Bletchley."
Reuben Howard Hanton
57th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
30th August 1918, aged 23.
Plot II. B 31.
Son of Mrs. Emma Atkins, of 1, Elm Avenue, Bletchley, Bucks.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Grant Him O Lord Eternal Rest; From All At Home. Bletchley."
