WARVILLERS CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
Somme
France
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: UK 13, Canada 35, Total Burials: 48
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: UK 13, Canada 35, Total Burials: 48
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.
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.
435684 Private
Henry Norwest, MM and Bar.
50th Bn. Canadian Infantry
18th August 1918, aged 30.
Row A. 30.
Son of Mrs. Genevieve Norwest, of Sacred Heart, Alberta.
Henry Norwest, MM and Bar.
50th Bn. Canadian Infantry
18th August 1918, aged 30.
Row A. 30.
Son of Mrs. Genevieve Norwest, of Sacred Heart, Alberta.
