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WARVILLERS CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
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Somme

​France


GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.77904, Longitude: 2.6891

Warvillers Churchyard Extension

​Location Information

Warvillers is a village approximately 4 kilometres north of Bouchoir, a town on the main straight road from Amiens to Roye. The Churchyard is a little east of the village.


Visiting Information

Wheelchair access possible via main entrance.


Historical Information

The extension to Warvillers churchyard was made by fighting units in August 1918. It contains 48 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, three of which are unidentified.

The extension was designed by W H Cowlishaw.

Casualty Details: Canada 35,  United Kingdom 13. Total Burials: 48.

Identified Casualties: Canada 34, United Kingdom 11. Total 45.

Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 2, Canada 1. Total 3.

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Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

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799654 Corporal
James Anderson
15th Bn. 
Canadian Infantry
9th August 1918, aged 37.
Row B. 3.

Son of William and Isabella Anderson; husband of Elizabeth Anderson, of "Fernieknowe," Galashiels, Scotland.

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Captain
Patrick John Alexander Andrew
5th Bn. 
Canadian Infantry
15th August 1918, aged 34.
Row B. 15.


Son of Helen Kate Andrew, of 322, Irving Rd., Foul Bay, Victoria, British Columbia, and the late John Alexander Andrew. Enlisted at Calgary, Alberta.

His headstone bears the inscription Jesus Said "Come Unto Me And Rest"




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3205092 Private
Jesse Barmby
50th Bn. 
Canadian Infantry
19th August 1918, aged 33.
Row A. 31.

​Son of Thomas Barmby, of Thwing, Hunmanby, Yorks., England.  He was single and employed as a labourer. Soldier Barmby was the youngest of four sons who had emigrated from Yorkshire, England at the turn of the century. He lived in the Lang district of southern Saskatchewan and was most likely a farm worker. He suffered from asthma and when drafted in 1918, he didn't think he would pass the medical exam. On that day, his respiratory tract was clear and he was accepted. He was posted to Calgary's 50th King's Own Regiment. He fought and was killed during the battle of Amiens, less than a month after arriving in France.

His headstone bears the inscription "Asleep In Jesus"

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​105697 Private
John Irving Bryden
5th Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th August 1918, aged 22.
Row A. 2.


Son of David and Jane C. J. Bryden, of Bethune, Saskatchewan.

His headstone bears the inscription "Until The Daybreak And The Shadows Flee"




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827188 Private
George Crawford Dale
"C" Company, 47th Bn. 
Canadian Infantry
10th August 1918, aged 21.
Row A. 23.


Son of Thomas and Margaret Dale, of West Summerland, British Columbia.

His headstone bears the inscription "Died In Effort To Rescue A Wounded Comrade"





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895058 Lance Corporal
Robert Clyde Faulkner
50th Bn. 
Canadian Infantry
10th August 1918, aged 32.
Row A. 13.

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Son of Herbert John and Alice Jane Faulkner, of London, England; husband of Emily Louise Faulkner, of 1, Graham Rd., Worthing, England.

His headstone bears the inscription "A Noble Life Crowned With Heroic Death, Sleep On Brave Heart"


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2498266 Private
Felix Wilson McGlone
8th Bn. 
Canadian Infantry
9th August 1918, aged 32.
Row A. 4.


Son of Felix Wilson McGlone and Christian McGlone; husband of Nina Mae McGlone, of 208, Rock St., Janesville, Wisconsin, U.S.A. Born at Glasgow, Scotland.



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799834 Private
Cyril Scott Merrin
15th Bn. Canadian Infantry
9th August 1918, aged 21.
Row B. 5.

Son of Henry and Annie Sophia Merrin, of 23, Helena Avenue, Toronto.

His headstone bears the inscription "Peace Perfect Peace Jesus Called Him To Heaven's Perfect Peace"


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435684 Private
Henry Louis Norwest, 
M. M. and Bar.
50th Bn. Canadian Infantry
18th August 1918, aged 30.
Row A. 30.


Son of Mrs. Genevieve Norwest, of Sacred Heart, Alberta.

Private Henry Louis Norwest was a Métis marksman and one of the most famous Canadian snipers in the First World War. Private Norwest was born in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, of French-Cree ancestry.

In his nearly three years of service with the 50th Canadian Infantry Battalion, the Lance-corporal achieved a sniping record of 115 fatal shots. The former ranch-hand and rodeo performer also merited the Military Medal and bar, making him one of roughly 830 members of the CEF to be awarded this double honour.

Citation


The battalion's star marksman earned the Military Medal in 1917 at a peak on Vimy Ridge dubbed "the Pimple". The Canadian Corps, part of a massive Allied offensive, was tasked with capturing the Ridge. Although previous Allied attempts to take it had failed, the elaborately planned Canadian assault succeeded. Most of the Ridge was taken on the first day, April 9. Three days later, the two remaining enemy positions, including the Pimple, were conquered. According to his award citation, Norwest showed "great bravery, skill and initiative in sniping the enemy after the capture of the Pimple. By his activity he saved a great number of our men's lives." The following year, Norwest was awarded a bar to his M. M. but this citation does not indicate the reason.

His headstone bears the inscription "May His Soul Rest In Peace"

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Original Grave Marker
Warvillers Churchyard Extension
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444800 Private
George Perkins
15th Bn. 
Canadian Infantry
9th August 1918.
​Row B. 4.




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1084437 Private
Abraham Charles Wharf
44th Bn. 
Canadian Infantry
10th August 1918, aged 24.
Row A. 28.

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Son of Abraham and Ellen Wharf, of 458, Sherbrook St., Winnipeg.

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