Bucquoy Communal Cemetery Extension (P. de C.)

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Bucquoy is a village and commune in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, ten miles South of Arras. The village was occupied by the 7th Division on the 17th March, 1917, and it was the scene of very heavy fighting in March and April, 1918.

Bucquoy Communal Cemetery Extension is on the North-West side of the Communal Cemetery, separated from it by a path. It was made by the R.N.D. Burial Officer at the beginning of Spetember, 1918. It contains the graves of 68 soldiers, sailors and Marines from the United Kingdom who fell on the 23rd-28th August, 1918; the majority belonged to the 37th Division, and two are unidentifed.

Number of burials by Unit

Essex Regiment
24
 Hertfordshire Regiment
12
Royal Navy Division - infantry
12
 King's Royal Rifle Corps
3
London Regiment - 4th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
2
 Rifle Brigade
2
Royal Field Artillery
2
 Royal Fusiliers - City of London
2
Bedfordshire Regiment
1
 King's Liverpool Regiment
1
London Regiment - 1st Bn. Royal Fusiliers
1
 Middlesex Regiment
1
Royal Army Medical Corps
1
 Royal Army Service Corps
1
Royal Engineers
1
Identified burials
66
Unidentified burials
2
      
Total burials
68
      

Awards

Lt. Comdr. Sidney Howard Fish M.C., R.N.V.R. "Hood" Bn. Royal Navy Division. Died 25th Aug. 1918 aged 24. A. 3.

Pte. William James Green M.M., 1st Bn. Hertfordshire Regiment, died 23rd Aug. 1918 aged 20. B. 20.

Pte. C. Griffiths M.M., 1st Bn. Essex Regiment, K.I.A. 23rd Aug. 1918 aged 21. A. 16.

Capt. Hugh Thomas Pilgrim M.C., "C" Coy. 9th Bn. Royal Fusiliers, City of London Regiment. Died 25th Aug. 1918 aged 29. B. 32.

Notes

Pte. George Richard Bull 38390, 1st Btn Essex Regt Killed in action 23rd August, 1918. aged 20, A. 22, was one of three brothers who served in France.