SUMMIT TRENCH CEMETERY
Croisilles
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.21291, Longitude: 2.86315
Location Information
Croisilles is a village 8 kilometres south-east of Arras (D5).
Summit Trench Cemetery lies down a 1 kilometre track 100 metres west of the village.
Historical Information
"Summit Trench" was part of the Hindenburg Line, on a low hill between Croisilles and Henin. This battle cemetery is 90 metres west of the site of the trench and was made at the end of August 1918 by the 56th (London) Division.
Summit Trench Cemetery contains 74 First World War burials, five of them unidentified.
The cemetery was designed by N A Rew.
Croisilles is a village 8 kilometres south-east of Arras (D5).
Summit Trench Cemetery lies down a 1 kilometre track 100 metres west of the village.
Historical Information
"Summit Trench" was part of the Hindenburg Line, on a low hill between Croisilles and Henin. This battle cemetery is 90 metres west of the site of the trench and was made at the end of August 1918 by the 56th (London) Division.
Summit Trench Cemetery contains 74 First World War burials, five of them unidentified.
The cemetery was designed by N A Rew.
A scene of destruction in Croisilles, 25 May 1917. © IWM (Q 2254)
65001 Private
Stanley George Drewett
Royal Fusiliers, posted to "B" Coy.1st/2nd Bn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
27th August 1918, aged 20.
Plot I. B. 4.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Rest In The Lord."
Stanley George Drewett
Royal Fusiliers, posted to "B" Coy.1st/2nd Bn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
27th August 1918, aged 20.
Plot I. B. 4.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Rest In The Lord."
Second Lieutenant
George Houlden Merrikin
2nd Bn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
27th August 1918, aged 40.
Plot II. B. 1.
Husband of Norah Louise Merrikin, of 42, Herberton Rd., West Southbourne, Bournemouth. Enlisted in 1914 in R.A.M.C. A clerk in Holy Orders.
His headstone bears the inscription: "May He Rest In Peace
George Houlden Merrikin
2nd Bn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
27th August 1918, aged 40.
Plot II. B. 1.
Husband of Norah Louise Merrikin, of 42, Herberton Rd., West Southbourne, Bournemouth. Enlisted in 1914 in R.A.M.C. A clerk in Holy Orders.
His headstone bears the inscription: "May He Rest In Peace
Battle of Albert. British troops, blinded by gas, assisting each other to the dressing station at Croisilles, 21 August 1918. © IWM (Q 7293)
Men of the 15th Battalion, The Royal Scots, man a Lewis gun in a trench near Croisilles, 4 January 1918. © IWM Q 10609
The Railway Reserve (North), Croisilles Front, November 1917. © IWM Q 55169
