SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY
Fampoux
Pas De Calais
France
Location Information
Fampoux is a village and commune in the department of the Pas-de-Calais on the north bank of the Scarpe, 7 kilometres east of Arras and 1.6 kilometres west of Roeux.
From the village take the D42E heading north towards Gavrelle. Sucrerie Cemetery is 800 metres from the village on a track to the left of the road.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site makes wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
Fampoux village was taken by the 4th Division on 9 April 1917, lost at the end of March 1918, and retaken at the end of the following August.
Sunken Road Cemetery is at the summit of the sunken road to Bailleul, on the east side. It was made by burial officers and fighting units between April 1917 and January 1918.
Sunken Road Cemetery contains 197 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 26 of the burials are unidentified and sixteen graves, destroyed by shell fire, are now represented by special memorials.
Total Burials: 197.
World War One identified Casualties: United Kingdom 171.
Fampoux is a village and commune in the department of the Pas-de-Calais on the north bank of the Scarpe, 7 kilometres east of Arras and 1.6 kilometres west of Roeux.
From the village take the D42E heading north towards Gavrelle. Sucrerie Cemetery is 800 metres from the village on a track to the left of the road.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site makes wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
Fampoux village was taken by the 4th Division on 9 April 1917, lost at the end of March 1918, and retaken at the end of the following August.
Sunken Road Cemetery is at the summit of the sunken road to Bailleul, on the east side. It was made by burial officers and fighting units between April 1917 and January 1918.
Sunken Road Cemetery contains 197 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 26 of the burials are unidentified and sixteen graves, destroyed by shell fire, are now represented by special memorials.
Total Burials: 197.
World War One identified Casualties: United Kingdom 171.
13830 Private
John Benjamin Boon
7th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
9th July 1917, aged 22.
Plot I. B. 4.
Inscription "He Serves God Best Who Nobly Serves Humanity From Father & Mother"
Son of William Thomas and Mary Boon, of 28, King St., Winterton, Lincs.
John Benjamin Boon
7th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
9th July 1917, aged 22.
Plot I. B. 4.
Inscription "He Serves God Best Who Nobly Serves Humanity From Father & Mother"
Son of William Thomas and Mary Boon, of 28, King St., Winterton, Lincs.
22495 Corporal
D. Dover, M. M.
7th/8th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
27th December 1917.
Plot II. A. 10.
D. Dover, M. M.
7th/8th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
27th December 1917.
Plot II. A. 10.
202412 Private
Llewellyn F. Griffiths
2nd/7th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
2nd October 1917.
Plot I. B. 18.
Llewellyn F. Griffiths
2nd/7th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
2nd October 1917.
Plot I. B. 18.
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38627 Private
Murdo Montgomery
11th Bn. Royal Scots
3rd May 1917, aged 22.
Plot I. B. 23.
Inscription "Ever Dear Thy Will Be Done"
Only son of Catherine Montgomery, of 18, Mackenzie St., Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, and the late Robert Montgomery.
Murdo Montgomery
11th Bn. Royal Scots
3rd May 1917, aged 22.
Plot I. B. 23.
Inscription "Ever Dear Thy Will Be Done"
Only son of Catherine Montgomery, of 18, Mackenzie St., Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, and the late Robert Montgomery.
S/23963 Private
W. Tomlinson
5th Bn. Cameron Highlanders
3rd May 1917, aged 21.
Plot I. E. 10.
Son of Walter and Christiana Waterton, of 6, Lucy St., Hunslet, Leeds.
W. Tomlinson
5th Bn. Cameron Highlanders
3rd May 1917, aged 21.
Plot I. E. 10.
Son of Walter and Christiana Waterton, of 6, Lucy St., Hunslet, Leeds.
16906 Private
James Weaver
8th Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
23rd April 1917.
Special Memorial A. 4.
Inscription "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out"
James Weaver
8th Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
23rd April 1917.
Special Memorial A. 4.
Inscription "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out"
