ST. RIQUIER BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme
France
GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 50.13367, Longitude: 1.94322
Picture © Werner Van Caneghem
Location Information
The village of St. Riquier is about 9 kilometres from Abbeville along the D925 Doullens road. St. Riquier British Cemetery is on the western outskirts of the village on the D925.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
St. Riquier British Cemetery was made by the 49th and Lucknow Casualty Clearing Stations in April - October 1918. After the Armistice it was enlarged when 11 graves were brought in from a plot outside the cemetery, and 29 from FRESSENVILLE MILITARY CEMETERY, made by the Lucknow Casualty Clearing Station in 1916 - 1918.
The cemetery now contains 84 First World War burials and 20 from the Second World War, most of the latter dating from May and June 1940.
Casualty Details: UK 29, Canada 4, Australia 11, India 40, Total Burials: 84
The village of St. Riquier is about 9 kilometres from Abbeville along the D925 Doullens road. St. Riquier British Cemetery is on the western outskirts of the village on the D925.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access is possible with some difficulty.
Historical Information
St. Riquier British Cemetery was made by the 49th and Lucknow Casualty Clearing Stations in April - October 1918. After the Armistice it was enlarged when 11 graves were brought in from a plot outside the cemetery, and 29 from FRESSENVILLE MILITARY CEMETERY, made by the Lucknow Casualty Clearing Station in 1916 - 1918.
The cemetery now contains 84 First World War burials and 20 from the Second World War, most of the latter dating from May and June 1940.
Casualty Details: UK 29, Canada 4, Australia 11, India 40, Total Burials: 84
Major
Cyril Edgar Foggin
40th Sqdn. Royal Air Force
30th July 1918, aged 26.
Row B. 16.
Son of William Shield Foggin and Elizabeth Jane Foggin, of Richmond Villas, Haddricks Mill Rd., South Gosforth, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Greater Love Hath No Man."
Cyril Edgar Foggin
40th Sqdn. Royal Air Force
30th July 1918, aged 26.
Row B. 16.
Son of William Shield Foggin and Elizabeth Jane Foggin, of Richmond Villas, Haddricks Mill Rd., South Gosforth, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
His headstone bears the inscription; "Greater Love Hath No Man."
6102 Private
Herbert Andrew Heron
27th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
24th July 1918.
Row B. 10.
Herbert Andrew Heron
27th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
24th July 1918.
Row B. 10.
Lieutenant
Albert Hollingworth
Canadian Infantry Regimental Depot. (Quebec) attd. 8th Sqdn. Royal Air Force
25th June 1918.
Row A. 15.
Albert Hollingworth
Canadian Infantry Regimental Depot. (Quebec) attd. 8th Sqdn. Royal Air Force
25th June 1918.
Row A. 15.
84289 Private
Eric Curt Rudolph Quitmann
6th Labour Bn. Middlesex Regiment
16th June 1918, aged 19.
Row A. 12.
Son of Otto and Lucy Quitmann, of "Crowhurst", College Rd., Upper Norwood, London. Born at Dulwich, London. An Old Alleynian.
His headstone bears the inscription; "In Ever Loving Memory Of Our Dearest Son & Brother. Rest In Peace."
Eric Curt Rudolph Quitmann
6th Labour Bn. Middlesex Regiment
16th June 1918, aged 19.
Row A. 12.
Son of Otto and Lucy Quitmann, of "Crowhurst", College Rd., Upper Norwood, London. Born at Dulwich, London. An Old Alleynian.
His headstone bears the inscription; "In Ever Loving Memory Of Our Dearest Son & Brother. Rest In Peace."
Captain
Owen John Frederick Scholte, M.C.
60th Sqdn. Royal Air Force and Bedfordshire Regiment
30th July 1918, aged 22.
Row B. 15.
Son of Frederick and Emma Scholte, of "Sunnyfield," West Heath, Hampstead, London. Born in London
His headstone bears the inscription; "This, My Son Was Dead And Is Alive Again."
Owen John Frederick Scholte, M.C.
60th Sqdn. Royal Air Force and Bedfordshire Regiment
30th July 1918, aged 22.
Row B. 15.
Son of Frederick and Emma Scholte, of "Sunnyfield," West Heath, Hampstead, London. Born in London
His headstone bears the inscription; "This, My Son Was Dead And Is Alive Again."
Miss Maynard, Miss Clegg and a medical officer outside the VAD Dressing Station at Abbeville. © IWM (Q 108131)
Some of the Headstones in the Cemetery
(Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem)
Click on individual Headstone for Details
Members of the WAAC playing with their pet dogs outside their Nissen huts. Abbeville, 15 September 1917. © IWM Q 5964
A member of the Voluntary Aid Detatchment (VAD) dresses the hand wound of a German prisoner at the dressing station at Abbeville, 27 June 1917. He is guarded by two soldiers. The soldier to the right is holding his rifle with attached bayonet. © IWM (Q 2469)
