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TEN TREE ALLEY CEMETERY 

​Puisieux
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​Pas De Calais

​France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.09576, Longitude: 2.67546

Ten Tree Alley Cemetery
Image above © Carl Liversage  @carl_liversage    

​Location Information

Using the D919 from Arras to Amiens you will drive through the villages of Bucquoy, Puisieux then Serre-les-Puisieux (approximately 20 kilometres south of Arras). Immediately on leaving the village, take the small lane on the left hand side and continue for a further 1 kilometre where a CWGC signpost will lead you to Ten Tree Alley Cemetery on the left side.

The register is available in the Mairie on Tuesday ; Thursday and Friday from 14.00 to 16.00 and Saturday from 10.00 to 12.00


Historical Information

Puisieux village was captured by British troops on the 28th February 1917, lost on the 26th March 1918 and recovered on the following 21st August.

Ten Tree Alley was made by the V Corps (as Ten Tree Alley Cemetery No.2, V Corps Cemetery No.24) in 1917 and it stood beside a former German trench, captured by the 32nd Division on the night of the 10th-11th February 1917.

There are 67, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 24 are unidentified.

The Cemetery covers an area of 250 square metres, without the access path and is enclosed by a rubble wall.

​The cemetery was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw

Total Burials: 67.

Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 43. Total 43.

Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 24. Total 24.
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Second Lieutenant
Gilfrid Elliott Brown
11th Bn. 
Border Regiment
18th November 1916.
​Row A. 51.




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15464 Private
William Hayton
11th Bn. 
Border Regiment
18th November 1915.
​Row A. 45.




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Captain 
Allan Gow Marshall
17th Bn. 
Highland Light Infantry
12th February 1917, aged 36.
Row A. 23.

Son of James and Mary Gow Marshall; husband of Janie Anderson Wood Marshall, of 34, Ancaster Drive, Anniesland, Glasgow. Born at Glasgow.

His headstone bears the inscription "Over Us The Bow Of God's Eternal Goodness Bends"




Images in this gallery © Werner Van Caneghem

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Ten Tree Alley Cemetery
Ten Tree Alley Cemetery
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Ten Tree Alley Cemetery
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Image above © Carl Liversage  @carl_liversage  
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