TREFCON BRITISH CEMETERY
Caulaincourt
Aisne
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.85975, Longitude: 3.1081
Location Information
Trefcon and Caulaincourt are two villages about 14 kilometres west of St Quentin on the south side of the main N29 Amiens-St Quentin road.
Trefcon Cemetery is situated between the two villages on the D34 road.
Visiting Information
The location or design of this site makes wheelchair access impossible.
Historical Information
On the 22nd March 1918 Caulaincourt and Trefcon was captured by the Germans, in spite of a stout defence by the 50th (Northumbrian) Division. The villages were regained by British troops in September 1918.
The cemetery was made by the IX Corps (6th and 32nd Divisions) in September 1918, and was called at that time Caulaincourt Military Cemetery.
There are now 290, 1914-18 and a small number of 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 13 from the 1914-18 War are unidentified.
The Cemetery covers an area of 977 square metres and is enclosed by a low rubble wall.
The cemetery was designed by Charles Henry Holden and Noel Ackroyd Rew
Total Burials: 290.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 275, India 1. Total 276.
World War One Unidentified Casualties: 13.
World War Two Identified Casualty: United Kingdom 1. Total 1.
116206 Signaller
George Carver
"B" Bty. 161st Bde. Royal Field Artillery
17th September 1918, aged 23.
Row B. 3.
His sergeant told George's mother in a letter, that George died after he was hit by a bomb from an enemy aeroplane.
Only son of James and Harriet Carver, of 35 Marsden Road, Burnley. He worked as a weaver at the Walshaw Mill Co. Harle Syke.
George Carver
"B" Bty. 161st Bde. Royal Field Artillery
17th September 1918, aged 23.
Row B. 3.
His sergeant told George's mother in a letter, that George died after he was hit by a bomb from an enemy aeroplane.
Only son of James and Harriet Carver, of 35 Marsden Road, Burnley. He worked as a weaver at the Walshaw Mill Co. Harle Syke.
203204 Private
Walter Humberstone
11th Bn. Essex Regiment
24th September 1918, aged 25.
Row C. 37.
Son of Walter and Sarah Humberstone, of 14, Hedley Rd., St. Albans, Herts.
Formerly: Private 265605 Hertfordshire Regiment
Picture courtesy of great, great nephew, Norman Saunders
Walter Humberstone
11th Bn. Essex Regiment
24th September 1918, aged 25.
Row C. 37.
Son of Walter and Sarah Humberstone, of 14, Hedley Rd., St. Albans, Herts.
Formerly: Private 265605 Hertfordshire Regiment
Picture courtesy of great, great nephew, Norman Saunders
46366 Lance Corporal
Reginald Harry Male
6th Bn. Machine Gun Corps. (Infantry)
18th September 1918, aged 21.
Row B. 10.
Son of George Henry and Caroline Fanny Male, of Holland House, Church St., Malvern, Worcs. Native of Wyke Hill, Winchester.
Reginald aged 21 at the outbreak of war was a clerk in the Alton branch of the Union of London and Smith’s Bank although under age he joined the Hampshire Yeomanry Carabineers transferring later to the M.G.C., he had been in France for 2 years and seen much fighting. Mr George H. Male was the Postmaster of Pembroke Dock.
Picture courtesy of Owen Vaughan
Reginald Harry Male
6th Bn. Machine Gun Corps. (Infantry)
18th September 1918, aged 21.
Row B. 10.
Son of George Henry and Caroline Fanny Male, of Holland House, Church St., Malvern, Worcs. Native of Wyke Hill, Winchester.
Reginald aged 21 at the outbreak of war was a clerk in the Alton branch of the Union of London and Smith’s Bank although under age he joined the Hampshire Yeomanry Carabineers transferring later to the M.G.C., he had been in France for 2 years and seen much fighting. Mr George H. Male was the Postmaster of Pembroke Dock.
Picture courtesy of Owen Vaughan
90855 Private George Croll McArtney 16th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. 23rd September 1918, aged 25. Row C. 22. Son of Mr. William Hendry McArtney & Mrs Sarah Croll McArtney, of 40, Church St., Dundee. Pictures courtesy of Great, grand nephew, Patrick McArtney |
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Second Lieutenant
David Henry Ainsworth Cranstown Simson
111th Bty. 24th Bye. Royal Field Artillery
18th September 1918, aged 20.
Row D 62.
Son of Lydia Grissell Simson, of 25, Coates Gardens, Edinburgh, and the late David Simson.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Faithful Unto Death I Will Give Thee A Crown Of Life."
David Henry Ainsworth Cranstown Simson
111th Bty. 24th Bye. Royal Field Artillery
18th September 1918, aged 20.
Row D 62.
Son of Lydia Grissell Simson, of 25, Coates Gardens, Edinburgh, and the late David Simson.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Faithful Unto Death I Will Give Thee A Crown Of Life."
Indian grave at Trefcon - June 1954. This headstone has now been re-sited and stands against the wall of the cemetery (To the right of this image) ©CWGC
Cavalry officers in the ruined village of Caulaincourt, 29th April 1917. (IWM Q 2100)
Troops of the Indian Army in the ruined village of Caulaincourt, 21st April 1917. (IWM Q 2080)
Images in this gallery © Johan Pauwels
Troops of the 21st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers resting in the mausoleum of the Caulaincourt Chateau. The luggage of the left belongs to Second Lieutenant Grey Edmeston Latimer. (IWM Q 23631)
