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Details
Bouzincourt Ridge rises North-West
of the town of Albert, in the Department of the Somme. It remained partly
in German hands after the battles of March, 1918; the Eastern end of
it was attacked by the 12th and 18th Divisions at the end of June, 1918,
and cleared in the latter half of August. In the first week of September,
Plot I of Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery was made by the V Corps Burial
Officer, who cleared the battlefields; and the remaining Plots were
formed after the Armistice by the concentration of 568 additional graves
from the immediate neighbourhood.
The cemetery stands alongside a track
leading from Albert to Bouzincourt. It contains the graves of 667 soldiers,
sailors Marines and airmen from the United Kingdom, largely of the 38th
(Welsh) and 12th (Eastern) Division; 35 soldiers from Australia; and
five soldiers and one airman from Canada. The unnamed graves are 313
in number, and a special memorial is erected to an officer of the 38th
Division, buried in one of them.
Number of burials by Unit
| Royal Welsh Fusiliers
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115
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East Yorkshire Regiment
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34
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| Royal Sussex Regiment
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30
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Queen's - Royal West
Surrey Regiment |
29
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| Australian
burials |
24
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Royal
West Kent Regiment |
22
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| Royal
Berkshire Regiment |
15
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Royal
Fusiliers - City of London Regiment Regiment |
14
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| Northamptonshire
Regiment |
13
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|
Buffs
- East Kent Regiment |
12
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| Bedfordshire Regiment
|
10
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Royal Engineers |
8
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| East Surrey Regiment
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6
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|
Suffolk Regiment |
6
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| London Regiment -
23rd Battalion |
5
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|
Machine Gun Corps
|
5
|
| West Yorkshire Regiment
|
5
|
|
London Regiment -
18th Bn. London Irish Rifles |
4
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| Notts.
& Derbys Regiment |
4
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|
Durham
Light Infantry |
3
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| Loyal North Lancashire
Regiment |
3
|
|
Rifle Brigade |
3
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| Canadian burials |
2
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Lancashire Fusiliers
|
2
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| Norfolk Regiment |
2
|
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Royal Navy Division
|
2
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| South Wales Borderers
|
2
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|
Cameronians - Scottish
Rifles |
1
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| Cheshire Regiment
|
1
|
|
Dorsetshire Regiment
|
1
|
| Essex Regiment |
1
|
|
King's Own Royal Lancaster
Regiment |
1
|
| King's
Royal Rifle Corps |
1
|
|
London
Regiment - 5th Bn. London Rifle Brigade |
1
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| London Regiment -
7th Bn. |
1
|
|
London Regiment -
11th Bn. Finsury Rifles |
1
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| London Regiment -
19th Bn. St. Pancras |
1
|
|
London Regiment -
20th Bn. Blackheath & Woolwich |
1
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| Northumberland Fusiliers
|
1
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Royal Army Medical
Corps |
1
|
| Royal Field Artillery
|
1
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|
Royal Irish Fusiliers
|
1
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| Royal Warwickshire
Regiment |
1
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|
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| Identified burials
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396
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| Unidentified
burials |
|
|
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| United
Kingdom |
298
|
|
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| Australian |
11
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| Canadian |
4
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| Total |
313
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| Total burials |
709
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Awards
Cpl. W. Bones MM., The Buffs,
East Kent Regiment, died 22nd Aug. 1918. II R 8
L/Cpl. S. O. J. Bull DCM., 6th Bn. Northamptonshire Regiment.
K.I.A. 2nd July 1918, aged 22. II H 1
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Lt. Col.John
Stanhope Collings-Wells VC, DSO., 4th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment.
Died 27th Mar. 1918 aged 38. Son of Arthur & Caroline Mary
Collings-Wells of High Wycombe. An extract from the London Gazette
dated 23rd April 1918 records the following:
"For most conspicuous bravery, skilful leading and handling
of his battalion in very critical situations during a withdrawal.
When the rearguard was almost surrounded and in great danger of
being captured, Lieutenant-Colonel Collings-Wells, realising the
situation, called for volunteers to remain behind and hold up
the enemy whilst the remainder of the rearguard withdrew, and
with his small body of volunteers held them up for one and half
hours until they had expended every round of ammunition. During
this time he moved freely amongst his men guiding and encouraging
them, and by his great courage undoubtedly saved the situation.
On a subsequent occasion, when his battalion was ordered to carry
out a counter attack, he showed the greatest bravery. Knowing
that his men were extremely tired after six days' fighting, he
placed himself in front and led the attack, and even when twice
wounded refused to leave them but continued to lead and encourage
his men until he was killed at the moment of gaining their objective.
The successful results of the operations were, without doubt,
due to the undaunted courage exhibited by this officer."
III E 12 |
Lt. Edward Carter Eaton, Croix de Guerre (France) Saskatchewan Regiment.
K.I.A. 26th June 1918, aged 20. Native of Montreal, Canada. II I 10
Pte. Robert Hartup MM., 2nd Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment, died 3rd
July 1918 aged 24. II C 16
Pte. A. E. Huggall MM., 13th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Died
22nd April 1918. Ii A 6
Cpl. Frederick John Moseley MM., 6th Bn. Royal West Kent Regiment.
K.I.A. 1st July 1918 aged 20. I A 15
Cpl. T. Thomas MM., 13th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. K.I.A. 22nd
April 1918. I D 23
L/Cpl. W. J. Thomas MM., 16th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. K.I.A.
22nd April 1918 aged 21. I A 24
Sgt. A. Todd MM., 7th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment. Died 31st
March 1918. I E 21
2nd Lt. Alfred Waite DCM., 5th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment.
Died 5th April 1918 aged 28. I C 5
Sgt. Harry Lionel Wayman DCM., Croix de Guerre (Belgium), 7th
Bn. Suffolk Regiment. Died 27th March 1918 aged 22. II S 11
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