UPTON WOOD CEMETERY
Hendecourt-Lès-Cagnicourt
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates - Latitude: 50.22482, Longitude: 2.95255
Location Information
Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais about 16 kilometres south-east of Arras and about 4 kilometres south of the Arras to Cambrai main road.
Upton Wood is a small wood half-way between Hendecourt and Haucourt, and Upton Wood Cemetery is 110 metres south of the wood and about 2 kilometres north of the village.
Historical Information
Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt was captured by the 57th (West Lancashire) and 52nd (Lowland) Division on the night of 1-2 September 1918.
Upton Wood (an army name) was captured on 30 August 1918 by the 1st Canadian Division and the cemetery was made immediately afterwards.
Upton Wood Cemetery contains 226 burials and commemorations of the First World War. Eight of the burials are unidentified but there is a special memorial to one casualty known to be buried among them.
Casualty Details: UK 10, Canada 216, Total Burials 226
The cemetery was designed by G H Goldsmith.
Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais about 16 kilometres south-east of Arras and about 4 kilometres south of the Arras to Cambrai main road.
Upton Wood is a small wood half-way between Hendecourt and Haucourt, and Upton Wood Cemetery is 110 metres south of the wood and about 2 kilometres north of the village.
Historical Information
Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt was captured by the 57th (West Lancashire) and 52nd (Lowland) Division on the night of 1-2 September 1918.
Upton Wood (an army name) was captured on 30 August 1918 by the 1st Canadian Division and the cemetery was made immediately afterwards.
Upton Wood Cemetery contains 226 burials and commemorations of the First World War. Eight of the burials are unidentified but there is a special memorial to one casualty known to be buried among them.
Casualty Details: UK 10, Canada 216, Total Burials 226
The cemetery was designed by G H Goldsmith.
Images in this gallery - ©Werner Van Caneghem
907929 Corporal
Allan Brander Angus, D.C.M.
"D" Coy. 5th Bn. Canadian Infantry
1st September 1918, aged 21.
Row A.36.
Born at Shinimecas, Nova Scotia. Son of Benjamin S. and Maggie C. Angus, of Francis, Saskatchewan.
His headstone bears the following inscription: "For King And Country, Greater Love Hath No Man."
Allan Brander Angus, D.C.M.
"D" Coy. 5th Bn. Canadian Infantry
1st September 1918, aged 21.
Row A.36.
Born at Shinimecas, Nova Scotia. Son of Benjamin S. and Maggie C. Angus, of Francis, Saskatchewan.
His headstone bears the following inscription: "For King And Country, Greater Love Hath No Man."
Lieutenant
William Frederick Ferguson
2nd Bn. Canadian Infantry
3rd September 1918, aged 32.
Row D. 21.
Son of James and Mary Ferguson, of Ottawa; husband of Maysie Ethel Ferguson, of 48, Third Avenue, Ottawa.
His headstone bears the following inscription: "Nobly He Fell While Fighting For Liberty."
William Frederick Ferguson
2nd Bn. Canadian Infantry
3rd September 1918, aged 32.
Row D. 21.
Son of James and Mary Ferguson, of Ottawa; husband of Maysie Ethel Ferguson, of 48, Third Avenue, Ottawa.
His headstone bears the following inscription: "Nobly He Fell While Fighting For Liberty."
177643 Private
George Gilman
1st Bn. Canadian Infantry
30th August 1918.
Row D. 5.
George Gilman
1st Bn. Canadian Infantry
30th August 1918.
Row D. 5.
657602 Sergeant
Herbert Laughlin Gougeon, M. M.
1st Bn. Canadian Infantry
30th August 1918.
Row B. 14.
Herbert Laughlin Gougeon, M. M.
1st Bn. Canadian Infantry
30th August 1918.
Row B. 14.
651653 Private
Albert William Groves
1st Bn. Canadian Infantry
30th August 1918, aged 19.
Row B. 3.
Son of John and Charlotte Groves, of Glamis, Ontario.
Albert William Groves
1st Bn. Canadian Infantry
30th August 1918, aged 19.
Row B. 3.
Son of John and Charlotte Groves, of Glamis, Ontario.
651695 Private
John Woods
1st Bn. Canadian Infantry
30th August 1918.
Row D. 32.
John Woods
1st Bn. Canadian Infantry
30th August 1918.
Row D. 32.
651041 Private
Urban Joseph Zettel
1st Bn. Canadian Infantry
30th August 1918.
Row B. 16..
Urban Joseph Zettel
1st Bn. Canadian Infantry
30th August 1918.
Row B. 16..
British soldier taking up screw pickets for wiring. Heninel, 23 October 1917. IWM (Q 6135)
Cavalry: When the stalemate on the Western Front finally ended in 1918, the Allied cavalry resumed the offensive, pursuing and attacking the retreating German forces. Canadian cavalry are shown passing through newly captured country near Cherisy. © IWM CO 3230
