SUZANNE MILITARY CEMETERY NO. 3
Somme
France
Location Information
Suzanne is a village in the Department of the Somme on the right bank of the Somme River, about 13 kilometres south-east of Albert. Suzanne Military Cemetery No. 3 is north of the village near the east of the road to Maricourt.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site make wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
The village of Suzanne was taken over by British troops in the summer of 1915, lost in March, 1918, and recaptured by the 3rd Australian Division on the following 26th August.
Suzanne Military Cemetery No. 3 was originally a French Cemetery (Cimetiere Mixte No. 3 de Suzanne); but after the Armistice the British graves were concentrated into it from the battlefields North of the Somme, and the French graves were removed.
There are now 139 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-18 war here. Of these, 42 are unidentified. There is also 1 German burial here.
The cemetery covers area of 925 square metres and is enclosed by a low rubble wall.
Casualty Details: UK 102, Canada 8, Australia 28, Germany 1, Total Burials: 139.
Suzanne is a village in the Department of the Somme on the right bank of the Somme River, about 13 kilometres south-east of Albert. Suzanne Military Cemetery No. 3 is north of the village near the east of the road to Maricourt.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site make wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
The village of Suzanne was taken over by British troops in the summer of 1915, lost in March, 1918, and recaptured by the 3rd Australian Division on the following 26th August.
Suzanne Military Cemetery No. 3 was originally a French Cemetery (Cimetiere Mixte No. 3 de Suzanne); but after the Armistice the British graves were concentrated into it from the battlefields North of the Somme, and the French graves were removed.
There are now 139 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-18 war here. Of these, 42 are unidentified. There is also 1 German burial here.
The cemetery covers area of 925 square metres and is enclosed by a low rubble wall.
Casualty Details: UK 102, Canada 8, Australia 28, Germany 1, Total Burials: 139.
76145 Gunner
Sidney John Keatley
128th Bty. 127th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
17th February 1917, aged 22.
Plot II. C. 4.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Keatley, of 11, Kirkcowan Terrace, The Leys, Tamworth.
Sidney John Keatley
128th Bty. 127th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
17th February 1917, aged 22.
Plot II. C. 4.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Keatley, of 11, Kirkcowan Terrace, The Leys, Tamworth.
Shot at Dawn
1763 Private, Benjamin Albert Hart, 1st/4th Bn. Suffolk Regiment executed for desertion, 6th February 1917, aged 22. Plot I. C. 10. Son of Charles and Emma Hart, of 101, Fore St., Ipswich.
3/10390 Private Frederick Stead, 2nd Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), executed for desertion, 12th February 1917, aged 20. Plot II. C. 1.
6778 Private, Frederick Wright, 1st Bn. Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), executed for desertion, 28th January 1917. Plot I. C. 7. Son of Mrs. Ellen Wright, of 249, East Street, Old Kent Road, London.
1763 Private, Benjamin Albert Hart, 1st/4th Bn. Suffolk Regiment executed for desertion, 6th February 1917, aged 22. Plot I. C. 10. Son of Charles and Emma Hart, of 101, Fore St., Ipswich.
3/10390 Private Frederick Stead, 2nd Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), executed for desertion, 12th February 1917, aged 20. Plot II. C. 1.
6778 Private, Frederick Wright, 1st Bn. Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), executed for desertion, 28th January 1917. Plot I. C. 7. Son of Mrs. Ellen Wright, of 249, East Street, Old Kent Road, London.
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