SUCRERIE CEMETERY
Ablain-St. Nazaire
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.39036, Longitude: 2.72509
© Werner Van Caneghem
Location Information
Ablain-St. Nazaire is a village approximately 13 kilometres north of Arras. Take the D937 (Bethune Road) to the village of Souchez. Make a left turn along the D57. Sucrerie cemetery lies 1 kilometre on the left side of this road.
Historical Information
The village and the neighbourhood of Ablain-St. Nazaire were the scene of very severe fighting between the French and the Germans in May and June 1915.
Sucrerie Cemetery is named from a sugar factory, which was destroyed in the War and has been replaced by a farm. It was begun in April 1917, next to a French Military Cemetery, now removed, of 1900 graves, and it was used until October 1918. It was called at one time Saskatchewan Cemetery, and, in accordance with the Canadian practice, it was numbered C.D. 43. The village was later "adopted" by the Urban District of Teddington.
There are now nearly 400, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.
The cemetery covers an area (without the footpath leading to it) of 1,918 square metres and is enclosed by a low brick wall.
Casualty Details: UK 220, Canada 162, Total Burials: 382
Ablain-St. Nazaire is a village approximately 13 kilometres north of Arras. Take the D937 (Bethune Road) to the village of Souchez. Make a left turn along the D57. Sucrerie cemetery lies 1 kilometre on the left side of this road.
Historical Information
The village and the neighbourhood of Ablain-St. Nazaire were the scene of very severe fighting between the French and the Germans in May and June 1915.
Sucrerie Cemetery is named from a sugar factory, which was destroyed in the War and has been replaced by a farm. It was begun in April 1917, next to a French Military Cemetery, now removed, of 1900 graves, and it was used until October 1918. It was called at one time Saskatchewan Cemetery, and, in accordance with the Canadian practice, it was numbered C.D. 43. The village was later "adopted" by the Urban District of Teddington.
There are now nearly 400, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.
The cemetery covers an area (without the footpath leading to it) of 1,918 square metres and is enclosed by a low brick wall.
Casualty Details: UK 220, Canada 162, Total Burials: 382
Surgeon C. H. Gow, Anson Battalion, and two R. A. M. C. Officers in the Advanced Dressing Station at Ablain-St.Nazaire, in a dug-out which had been a German Battalion Headquarters when the village was held by the Germans in 1914-15. Image - August 1916. R. N. Division.
© IWM (Q 14759)
27326 Lance Corporal
Donald Bain
2nd Bn. Cameronians. (Scottish Rifles)
15th June 1918
Plot V. C. 6.
Picture courtesy of grandson, Donald Bain
Donald Bain
2nd Bn. Cameronians. (Scottish Rifles)
15th June 1918
Plot V. C. 6.
Picture courtesy of grandson, Donald Bain
94227 Serjeant
Alfred Crook
12th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
8th May 1918, aged 33.
Plot V. A. 14.
Son of John and Maria Crook, of Bury; husband of Martha Louisa Crook, of 13, Parsonage St., Bury.
Alfred Crook
12th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
8th May 1918, aged 33.
Plot V. A. 14.
Son of John and Maria Crook, of Bury; husband of Martha Louisa Crook, of 13, Parsonage St., Bury.
A/38080 Private
William Charles Halliday
8th Bn. Canadian Infantry
10th September 1917, aged 26.
Plot I. A. 16.
Inscription "For ever with the Lord"
Son of Charles L. and Florence Halliday, of 13 Wellesley Road, Wanstead, London, England.
Picture courtesy of Les Emery
William Charles Halliday
8th Bn. Canadian Infantry
10th September 1917, aged 26.
Plot I. A. 16.
Inscription "For ever with the Lord"
Son of Charles L. and Florence Halliday, of 13 Wellesley Road, Wanstead, London, England.
Picture courtesy of Les Emery
6201 Gunner
William Raymond Jerram
"A" Battery, Canadian Royal Horse Artillery
6th September 1917, aged 28.
Plot I. A. 11.
Son of Edith Dunning (formerly Jerram), of Blue River, British Columbia, and the late William Jerram. Native of Derby, England. Resided in Canada 6 years, Enlisted Aug., 1914.
William Raymond Jerram
"A" Battery, Canadian Royal Horse Artillery
6th September 1917, aged 28.
Plot I. A. 11.
Son of Edith Dunning (formerly Jerram), of Blue River, British Columbia, and the late William Jerram. Native of Derby, England. Resided in Canada 6 years, Enlisted Aug., 1914.
Captain
Douglas Eckley Langdon
1st Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
23rd April 1917, aged 33.
Plot I. A. 18.
Son of William and Elinor Louise Langdon, of Kensey, Launceston, Cornwall.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Peace Perfect Peace."
Douglas Eckley Langdon
1st Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
23rd April 1917, aged 33.
Plot I. A. 18.
Son of William and Elinor Louise Langdon, of Kensey, Launceston, Cornwall.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Peace Perfect Peace."
93857 Private
Charles Alfred Marsh
12th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
25th August 1918.
Plot V. E. 9.
Picture courtesy of great niece, Jenny Glen
Charles Alfred Marsh
12th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
25th August 1918.
Plot V. E. 9.
Picture courtesy of great niece, Jenny Glen
205109 Lance Corporal
Samuel Norbury
6th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry
14th July 1918.
Plot V. D. 9.
Samuel Norbury
6th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry
14th July 1918.
Plot V. D. 9.
27293 Private
William Edward George Sutton
6th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry
10th June 1918, aged 19.
Plot V. C. 2.
Son of W. and Fanny Jane Sutton, of 30, Carfax St, Swindon, Wilts.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Oh For The Touch Of A Vanished Hand & Voice For Ever Still."
William Edward George Sutton
6th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry
10th June 1918, aged 19.
Plot V. C. 2.
Son of W. and Fanny Jane Sutton, of 30, Carfax St, Swindon, Wilts.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Oh For The Touch Of A Vanished Hand & Voice For Ever Still."
43415 Private
Norman Watchorn
9th Bn. Essex Regiment
12th October 1918.
Plot VII. A. 14.
Picture courtesy of great nephew, Barry Watchorn
Norman Watchorn
9th Bn. Essex Regiment
12th October 1918.
Plot VII. A. 14.
Picture courtesy of great nephew, Barry Watchorn
39106 Private
F. Webber
7th Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
10th June 1918.
Plot IV. C. 12.
F. Webber
7th Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
10th June 1918.
Plot IV. C. 12.
Shell-blasted trees, near Ablain St. Nazaires, August 1916. © IWM Q 14755
Ablain St. Nazaire Church and village, looking due north to the Notre Dame de Lorette Spur, from 36B. x 10 d.
© IWM (Q 14756)
The ruined church at Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, 26 August 1917. © IWM Q 78578
