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Gommiecourt is a village and commune
in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 16 kilometres South of Arras
and six kilometres North-West of Bapaume. The village was captured by
the 3rd Division on the 23rd August, 1918.
Gommiecourt South Cemetery is on the
South-East side of the village, close to the cross-roads on the way
to Sapignies. It was made by the 62nd Division Burial Officer and the
end of August, 1918. It contains the graves of 206 soldiers from the
United Kingdom of whom eleven are unidentified, and 27 German soldiers
buried in a separate plot on the South-West side.
The cemetery covers an area of 741
square metres. It is enclosed by a low red brick wall and stands in
a prominent position.
Number of burials by Unit
| York & Lancaster
Regt. |
26
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King's Own Yorkshire
Light Infantry |
25
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| Royal Fusiliers -
City of London Regt. |
22
|
|
Duke of Wellington's
- West Riding Regt. |
19
|
| King's Royal Rifle
Corps |
19
|
|
Highland Light Infantry |
18
|
| 20th Bn. London Regt.
- Blackheath & Woolwich |
10
|
|
Ox. & Bucks. Light
Infantry |
10
|
| Royal
Field Artillery |
8
|
|
Rifle
Brigade |
6
|
| Suffolk Regt. |
6
|
|
Royal Scots - Lothian
Regt. |
5
|
| Royal Berkshire Regt. |
4
|
|
South Staffordshire
Regt. |
4
|
| Hampshire Regt. |
2
|
|
Royal West Kent Regt.
- Queen's Own |
2
|
| 13th Bn.
London Regt. - Kensington |
1
|
|
15th Bn.
London Regt. - PWO Civil Service Rifles |
1
|
| East Yorkshire
Regt. |
1
|
|
Lancashire
Fusiliers |
1
|
| Machine Gun Corps
- Infantry |
1
|
|
Royal Engineers |
1
|
| Royal Garrison Artillery |
1
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|
Tank Corps |
1
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| West Yorkshire Regt. |
1
|
|
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| Identified UK burials
|
195
|
|
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| Identified German
burials |
27
|
|
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| Unidentified UK
burials: |
11
|
|
|
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| Total burials |
233
|
|
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Plan of the Cemetery
Those with awards in this cemetery
Sgt. Arthur Dean Blackburn M.M., 2/4th Bn. Duke of Wellington's
(West Riding Regt.). Killed in action 30th Aug. 1918, aged 18. Native
of Wray, Lancaster. 4.A.2
Pte. Richard James Bunker M.M., "C" Coy. 2/4th Bn.
York & Lancaster Regt. Died 26th Aug. 1918, aged 34. Employee of
Bingley District Council. 3.E.7
R.S.M. William Francis Douglas, Mentioned in Despatches. 2/4th
Bn. Ox. & Bucks. Light Infantry. Killed in action near Péronne,
21st March 1918, aged 44. Served in the South African Campaigh. 4.F.14
Sgt. T. Jackson M.M., 1st Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed
in action 24th Aug. 1918, aged 29. 3.A.7
Pte. Rudolph Buckley Lister M.M., 2nd Bn. Suffolk Regt. formerly
1/1st Bn. Cambridgeshire Regt. Killed in action 23rd Aug. 1918, aged
24. 4.F.2
Sgt. A. Moore D.C.M., M.M., 1st Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps.
Died 24th Aug. 1918, aged 25. 3.A.5
Sgt. Percival Pemberton M.M., 5th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West
Riding Regt.) Killed in action 26th Aug. 1918, aged 26. 1.C.3
Capt. John Rodgers M.C., "D" Coy. (Hallamshire) Bn.
York & Lancaster Regt. Killed in action at Vaulx Vraucourt 2nd Sept.
1918, aged 22. Lineal descendant of the founder of Joseph Rodgers &
Sons, Sheffield. 4.E.2
Cpl. William Scott M.M., 13th Bn. The Rifle Brigade. Died 25th
Aug. 1918, aged 23. 1.E.8
C.S.M. F. W. Watson M.C., D.C.M. and Bar. 5th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire
Light Infantry. Died 27th Aug. 1918, aged 38. 4.E.3
Pte. David Wilson M.M., 2nd Bn. Highland Light Infantry. Killed
in action 23rd Aug. 1918, aged 24. 1.A.3
Also buried in this cemetery
Pte. Reginald Norman Griffiths, 6th Bn. Tank Corps. Died 23rd
Aug. 1918, aged 26. Parents from Calcutta, India. 2.D.8
Rfn. Adolphus Le Cornu, 1st Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps. Died
23rd Aug. 1918, aged 32. Native of St. Ouen's, Jersey, Channel Islands.
2.D.7
Sgt. James Herbert Smith, 24th Bn. Royal Fusiliers (City of London
Regt.). Died 23rd Aug. 1918, aged 23. Also served with the 4th Bn. Essex
Regt. at Gallipoli. 1.B.8
Pte. John Henry Holbeche Sutton, 2nd Bn. Ox. & Bucks. Light
Infantry. Killed in enemy air raid 23rd Aug. 1918, aged 19. Born at
Eckington, Derbyshire. Educated at Christ's Hospital. 1.B.7
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