THIEPVAL ANGLO-FRENCH CEMETERY
Somme
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.05115, Longitude: 2.68793
Image above © Carl Liversage @carl_liversage
Location Information
This cemetery is behind the Thiepval Memorial, on the D73, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929).
Visiting Information
Visitors should note that the location and design of this site makes access for people with limited mobility difficult and people using wheelchairs or mobility scooters may require some help to reach the cemetery and the memorial.
Historical Information
The Thiepval Memorial, the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the Somme sector before 20 March 1918, and whose graves are not known. In the winter of 1931-32, it was decided that a small mixed cemetery be made at the memorial's foot to represent the loss of both the French and Commonwealth nations.
Of the 300 Commonwealth burials in the cemetery, 239 are unidentified. The bodies were found in December 1931 and January-March 1932, some as far north as Loos and as far south as Le Quesnel, but the majority came from the Somme battlefields of July-November 1916. Of the 300 French dead, 253 are unidentified.
Total Burials: 600.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 56, France 47, Australia 4, New Zealand 1. Total 108.
Unidentified Casualties: France 253, United Kingdom 239. Total 492.
Images in this gallery © Geerhard Joos
Captain
Ivan Provis Wentworth Bennett
7th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
14th JUly 1916, aged 25.
Plot I. A. 11.
Son of Frederick Wentworth Bennett and Eleanor Catherine Bennett.
His headstone bears the inscription "Crowned With The Sunshine Of Immortal Youth"
Ivan Provis Wentworth Bennett
7th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
14th JUly 1916, aged 25.
Plot I. A. 11.
Son of Frederick Wentworth Bennett and Eleanor Catherine Bennett.
His headstone bears the inscription "Crowned With The Sunshine Of Immortal Youth"
9646 Private
Edward Charles Bowley
2nd Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
28th October 1916, aged 28.
Plot II. K. 2
Son of Edward and Eliza Bowley, of Rowe Cottages, Vernham Dean, Andover.
Edward Charles Bowley
2nd Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
28th October 1916, aged 28.
Plot II. K. 2
Son of Edward and Eliza Bowley, of Rowe Cottages, Vernham Dean, Andover.
Captain
Alfred Henry Wellesley Burton
7th Bn. attached to 2nd Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
23rd October 1916.
Plot I. F. 7.
Alfred Henry Wellesley Burton
7th Bn. attached to 2nd Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
23rd October 1916.
Plot I. F. 7.
12/2620 Second Lieutenant
John Stewart Dagg
2nd Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
15th September 1916, aged 25.
Plot II. D. 11.
Son of Robert and Rosalind Dagg, of 194, Ponsenby Rd, Auckland. Born at Brighton, England.
John Stewart Dagg
2nd Bn. Auckland Regiment, N. Z. E. F.
15th September 1916, aged 25.
Plot II. D. 11.
Son of Robert and Rosalind Dagg, of 194, Ponsenby Rd, Auckland. Born at Brighton, England.
Captain
Horace Charles Gracey
1st Bn. Rifle Brigade
18th October 1916, aged 23.
Plot II. K. 14.
Son of Robert Gracey of Exwick House, Exeter, and the late Edith Georgina Gracey.
Horace Charles Gracey
1st Bn. Rifle Brigade
18th October 1916, aged 23.
Plot II. K. 14.
Son of Robert Gracey of Exwick House, Exeter, and the late Edith Georgina Gracey.
1093 Private
Leiws George Grant
26th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
29th July 1916, aged 21.
Plot II. J. 8.
Son of James Edwin and Mary Elizabeth Grant, of 102, Shepherd St, Sydney, New South Wales. Born at St. Mary's, Tasmania.
His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This He Lay Down His Life For His Friend"
Leiws George Grant
26th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
29th July 1916, aged 21.
Plot II. J. 8.
Son of James Edwin and Mary Elizabeth Grant, of 102, Shepherd St, Sydney, New South Wales. Born at St. Mary's, Tasmania.
His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This He Lay Down His Life For His Friend"
Post war view of countryside from the Pozieres Windmill (left) to Thiepval (right), taken from the north looking southward. In the background (centre right) is a grave and barbed wire entanglements.
Aerial photograph of Mouquet Farm, a German strongpoint on the Somme near Thiepval, taken prior to 1 July 1916. © IWM (Q 27637)
Aerial photograph of Mouquet Farm a German strongpoint near Thiepval, taken during September 1916, showing the effects of artillery fire during the Battle of the Somme. © IWM (Q 27639)
SD/9709 Corporal
Arthur Hurdle
8th Bn. Royal Fusiliers attached to 7th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
13th July 1916, aged 37.
Plot I. B. 8.
Son of late Albert and Elizabeth Hurdle, of Brighton; husband of Caroline Ann Hurdle, of 11, Canterbury Rd, Old Kent Rd, London.
His headstone bears the inscription "Sweet Remembrance"
Arthur Hurdle
8th Bn. Royal Fusiliers attached to 7th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
13th July 1916, aged 37.
Plot I. B. 8.
Son of late Albert and Elizabeth Hurdle, of Brighton; husband of Caroline Ann Hurdle, of 11, Canterbury Rd, Old Kent Rd, London.
His headstone bears the inscription "Sweet Remembrance"
Second Lieutenant
John Littlejohn
2nd Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
26th October 1916, aged 37.
Plot I. C. 10.
Son of late James and Catherine Macintyre Littlejohn. M.A. ,B.Sc. (Glasgow).
His headstone bears the inscription "M.A. B.SC. Science Master, Strathbungo Higher Grade School, Glasgow"
John Littlejohn
2nd Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
26th October 1916, aged 37.
Plot I. C. 10.
Son of late James and Catherine Macintyre Littlejohn. M.A. ,B.Sc. (Glasgow).
His headstone bears the inscription "M.A. B.SC. Science Master, Strathbungo Higher Grade School, Glasgow"
The Chateau at Thiepval pre-war and as it looked on 28th September 1916
The village of Thiepval pre-war and as it looked on 30th June 1917
G/11265 Private
Henry William Tullett
Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
15th September 1916, aged 24.
Plot I. B. 10.
Husband of Minnie McNeil (formerly Tullett), of 35A, Glenforth St, East Greenwich, London.
Henry William Tullett
Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
15th September 1916, aged 24.
Plot I. B. 10.
Husband of Minnie McNeil (formerly Tullett), of 35A, Glenforth St, East Greenwich, London.
17967 Private
Roland Wilson
1st Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
12th October 1916, aged 25.
Plot II. G. 2.
Son of James Wilson, of Leicester St, Bulkington; husband of Annie J. Wilson, of 2, Rugby Rd, Ryton, Bulkington, Nuneaton.
His headstone bears the inscription "Of Bulkington, Nuneaton"
Roland Wilson
1st Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
12th October 1916, aged 25.
Plot II. G. 2.
Son of James Wilson, of Leicester St, Bulkington; husband of Annie J. Wilson, of 2, Rugby Rd, Ryton, Bulkington, Nuneaton.
His headstone bears the inscription "Of Bulkington, Nuneaton"
