SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY
Fampoux
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.30985, Longitude: 2.86718
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.
67050 Private
Albert Bell
10th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
8th August 1917, aged 20.
Plot I. D. 11.
Son of John and Jane Bell, of 1, Seed Hill Terrace, Steeton, Keighley, Yorks.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Sometime We'll Understand."
Albert Bell
10th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
8th August 1917, aged 20.
Plot I. D. 11.
Son of John and Jane Bell, of 1, Seed Hill Terrace, Steeton, Keighley, Yorks.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Sometime We'll Understand."
13830 Private
John Benjamin Boon
7th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
9th July 1917, aged 22.
Plot I. B. 4.
Son of William Thomas and Mary Boon, of 28, King St., Winterton, Lincs.
His headstone bears the inscription: "He Serves God Best Who Nobly Serves Humanity From Father & Mother"
John Benjamin Boon
7th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
9th July 1917, aged 22.
Plot I. B. 4.
Son of William Thomas and Mary Boon, of 28, King St., Winterton, Lincs.
His headstone bears the inscription: "He Serves God Best Who Nobly Serves Humanity From Father & Mother"
240022 Serjeant
Joseph Percy Congdon
1st/5th Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
27th October 1917, aged 24.
Plot I. C. 30.
Son of John Edmund and Pollie Congdon, of Beneathway Farm, Dobwalls, Liskeard, Cornwall; husband of the late Lucy H. Congdon.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Peace Perfect Peace."
Joseph Percy Congdon
1st/5th Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
27th October 1917, aged 24.
Plot I. C. 30.
Son of John Edmund and Pollie Congdon, of Beneathway Farm, Dobwalls, Liskeard, Cornwall; husband of the late Lucy H. Congdon.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Peace Perfect Peace."
22495 Corporal
Daniel Dover, M. M.
7th/8th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
27th December 1917, aged 30.
Plot II. A. 10.
Husband of Mrs Dover, 8 Lionel Street, Burnley.
Daniel Dover, M. M.
7th/8th Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers
27th December 1917, aged 30.
Plot II. A. 10.
Husband of Mrs Dover, 8 Lionel Street, Burnley.
25894 Private
James Taylor Gammack
10th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
21st December 1917, aged 28.
Plot II. A. 9.
Husband of Elizabeth Gammack, of May Cottage, Dyce, Aberdeenshire.
James Taylor Gammack
10th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
21st December 1917, aged 28.
Plot II. A. 9.
Husband of Elizabeth Gammack, of May Cottage, Dyce, Aberdeenshire.
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.
Second Lieutenant
William Rawlinson Garside Holland, M. C.
10th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) attd. 50th Trench Mortar Bty.
18th September 1917, aged 24.
Plot I. A. 32.
Son of Mrs. S. Holland, of "Ingleside," Alsager, Cheshire, and the late William Holland.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Out Of The Stress Of The Doing Into The Peace Of The Done."
William Rawlinson Garside Holland, M. C.
10th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) attd. 50th Trench Mortar Bty.
18th September 1917, aged 24.
Plot I. A. 32.
Son of Mrs. S. Holland, of "Ingleside," Alsager, Cheshire, and the late William Holland.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Out Of The Stress Of The Doing Into The Peace Of The Done."
241169 Lance Corporal
Albert Huxley
2nd/8th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
21st November 1917.
Plot I. D. 31.
Albert Huxley
2nd/8th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
21st November 1917.
Plot I. D. 31.
36250 Private
Henry Lloyd
8th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
16th September 1917.
Plot I. A. 28.
Henry Lloyd
8th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment
16th September 1917.
Plot I. A. 28.
Images in this gallery © Geerhard Joos
265614 Lance Corporal
Alexander McGlashan
1st/6th Bn. Gordon Highlanders
23rd April 1917.
Plot I. E. 11.
Alexander McGlashan
1st/6th Bn. Gordon Highlanders
23rd April 1917.
Plot I. E. 11.
38627 Private
Murdo Montgomery
11th Bn. Royal Scots
3rd May 1917, aged 22.
Plot I. B. 23.
Only son of Catherine Montgomery, of 18, Mackenzie St., Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, and the late Robert Montgomery.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Ever Dear Thy Will Be Done"
Murdo Montgomery
11th Bn. Royal Scots
3rd May 1917, aged 22.
Plot I. B. 23.
Only son of Catherine Montgomery, of 18, Mackenzie St., Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, and the late Robert Montgomery.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Ever Dear Thy Will Be Done"
5994 Private
Joseph Ramsey
111th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
23rd April 1917.
Sp. Mem. B. 2.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out"
Joseph Ramsey
111th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
23rd April 1917.
Sp. Mem. B. 2.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out"
203945 Lance Corporal
Frank Palmer Thomson
3rd/4th Bn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
7th July 1917, aged 23.
Plot I. B. 3.
Son of Alfred P. and Alice Thomson, of Holly Croft, Flitwick, Beds. Born at Bedford.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Lord, All Pitying, Jesu Blest Grant Him Thine Eternal Rest."
Frank Palmer Thomson
3rd/4th Bn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
7th July 1917, aged 23.
Plot I. B. 3.
Son of Alfred P. and Alice Thomson, of Holly Croft, Flitwick, Beds. Born at Bedford.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Lord, All Pitying, Jesu Blest Grant Him Thine Eternal Rest."
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.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out"
James Weaver
8th Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
23rd April 1917.
Special Memorial A. 4.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out"
A soldier reading at the entrance to his dug-out, reinforced with sandbags. Fampoux, 21 July 1917. © IWM (Q 5702)
Battle of the Scarpe. A tank attached to the 51st Division embedded in the Scarpe marshes. Near Fampoux, 29 August 1918. © IWM (Q 7037)
