ZOUAVE VALLEY CEMETERY
Souchez
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.37738, Longitude: 2.75427
Location Information
Souchez is a village some 12 kilometres north of Arras on the main road to Bethune. Zouave Valley Cemetery is approximately 2 kilometres south-east of the village, and lies in the valley which extends southwards from Souchez on the western side of Vimy Ridge.
Historical Information
The cemetery takes its name from French Regiments which fought in the vicinity of Souchez 1914-15.
The cemetery was begun in May 1916 and used until June 1917. It suffered severely from shell fire. It was increased after the Armistice by the concentration of graves (which now form Plot I) from a wide area round Souchez.
There are now 245 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 66 are unidentified and special memorials are erected to 8 soldiers from the United Kingdom and 3 from Canada, known or believed to be buried among them. Five graves in Plot II, identified as a group but not individually, are marked by headstones bearing the additional words: "Buried near this spot". The cemetery covers an area of 1,533 square metres and is enclosed by a rubble wall. One German Soldier is buried in Plot II, Row G. Grave 2.
The cemetery was designed by William Harrison Cowlishaw
Total Burials: 245.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 104, Canada 66, South Africa 8, Germany, 1. Total 179.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 34, Canada 32. Total 66.
139507 Private
Denniss Ainger
75th Bn. Canadian Infantry
1st March 1917, aged 24.
Plot II. G. 19.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Ainger, of Norwich Rd., Carbrook, Watton, Thetford, Norfolk, England.
His headstone bears the inscription "Memory Like The Ivy Clings"
Denniss Ainger
75th Bn. Canadian Infantry
1st March 1917, aged 24.
Plot II. G. 19.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Ainger, of Norwich Rd., Carbrook, Watton, Thetford, Norfolk, England.
His headstone bears the inscription "Memory Like The Ivy Clings"
681194 Private
Walter John Caven
75th Bn. Canadian Infantry
1st March 1917, aged 19.
Plot II. B. 9.
Walter John Caven
75th Bn. Canadian Infantry
1st March 1917, aged 19.
Plot II. B. 9.
543 Sergeant
Raymond Drew
22nd Bn. Royal Fusiliers
24th May 1916, aged 32.
Plot II. B. 17.
Son of Frederick Drew (late Assistant Master of Eton College), and Sara Constance Drew, of 19, Farndon Rd., Oxford. Born at Eton. Member of the Bombay, Burma Trading Corporation.
Raymond Drew
22nd Bn. Royal Fusiliers
24th May 1916, aged 32.
Plot II. B. 17.
Son of Frederick Drew (late Assistant Master of Eton College), and Sara Constance Drew, of 19, Farndon Rd., Oxford. Born at Eton. Member of the Bombay, Burma Trading Corporation.
107 Lance Corporal
Leslie Sydney Dumbell
17th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
7th June 1916, aged 22.
Plot II. C. 5.
Leslie Sydney Dumbell was born in Forest Gate in Essex on the 12th of December 1893, the youngest son of John Blackhouse Dumbell VD, a cotton inspection
agent, and Isabella (née Austin) Dumbell of 51 Hamfrith Road, Stepney.
He worked as a marine clerk for H.G. Sicklemore Esq. at Lloyd's and was a member of Clapton Football Club. He was married in Ilford to Alice (née Cutler) and lived
in Chiswick.
Leslie enlisted into the army in London in November 1914 and embarked with his battalion from Folkestone on the
16th of November 1915, arriving at Boulogne at 3pm the following day.
On the 6th of June 1916 the 17th Battalion Royal Fusiliers entered trenches at Berthoval. The following day Leslie
Dumbell was killed at a sap while on a wiring party.
Leslie Sydney Dumbell
17th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
7th June 1916, aged 22.
Plot II. C. 5.
Leslie Sydney Dumbell was born in Forest Gate in Essex on the 12th of December 1893, the youngest son of John Blackhouse Dumbell VD, a cotton inspection
agent, and Isabella (née Austin) Dumbell of 51 Hamfrith Road, Stepney.
He worked as a marine clerk for H.G. Sicklemore Esq. at Lloyd's and was a member of Clapton Football Club. He was married in Ilford to Alice (née Cutler) and lived
in Chiswick.
Leslie enlisted into the army in London in November 1914 and embarked with his battalion from Folkestone on the
16th of November 1915, arriving at Boulogne at 3pm the following day.
On the 6th of June 1916 the 17th Battalion Royal Fusiliers entered trenches at Berthoval. The following day Leslie
Dumbell was killed at a sap while on a wiring party.
Second Lieutenant
Douglas Edward Hood
1st Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
14th April 1917, aged 21.
Plot II. A. 27.
Son of Thomas M. and Ellen Hood, of Pernambuco, Brazil.
His headstone bears the inscription "Their Name Liveth For Evermore"
Douglas Edward Hood
1st Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment
14th April 1917, aged 21.
Plot II. A. 27.
Son of Thomas M. and Ellen Hood, of Pernambuco, Brazil.
His headstone bears the inscription "Their Name Liveth For Evermore"
681770 Private
Charles Sidney Roper
75th Bn. Canadian Infantry
1st March 1917, aged 28.
Plot II. B. 1.
Charles Sidney Roper
75th Bn. Canadian Infantry
1st March 1917, aged 28.
Plot II. B. 1.
213154 Lance Sergeant
Edwin Sullivan
75 Bn. Canadian Infantry
3rd April 1917, aged 38.
Plot II. A. 26.
Edwin Sullivan
75 Bn. Canadian Infantry
3rd April 1917, aged 38.
Plot II. A. 26.
769788 Private
Ernest Taylor
124th Bn. Canadian Pioneers
30th June 1917, aged 22.
Plot II. H. 5.
Ernest Taylor
124th Bn. Canadian Pioneers
30th June 1917, aged 22.
Plot II. H. 5.
256 Lance Corporal
Harry Van Tromp
22nd Bn. Royal Fusiliers
24th May 1916, aged 34.
Special Memorial 8.
Son of the late Henry Joseph and Elisabeth Van Tromp, of Taunton.
His headstone bears the inscription "His Duty Done"
Harry Van Tromp
22nd Bn. Royal Fusiliers
24th May 1916, aged 34.
Special Memorial 8.
Son of the late Henry Joseph and Elisabeth Van Tromp, of Taunton.
His headstone bears the inscription "His Duty Done"
775421 Private
James Witty
124th Bn. Canadian Pioneers
21st June 1917, aged 24.
Plot II. H. 2.
James Witty
124th Bn. Canadian Pioneers
21st June 1917, aged 24.
Plot II. H. 2.
