Hannescamps is a village and commune in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, immediately North-East of Foncquevillers. It is seven and a half miles from Miraumont station, on the main line from Paris to Line. The Churchyard is on the West side of the village, and the New Military Cemetery is in fact an extension of the Churchyard to the South-West.

Until June, 1916, and again in 1918, the village was just behind the British front line.

HANNESCAMPS NEW MILITARY CEMETERY was begun in March, 1916, and used until February, 1917 and again in March, 1918. Thirty graves were brought in from the immediate neighbourhood after the Armistice. The cemetery covers an area of 734 square yards, and it contains the graves of 99 soldiers from the United Kingdom and two men of the Indian Labour Corps. A special memorial is erected to a soldier from the United Kingdom, known to be buried in one of the nineteen unidentified graves.

The cemetery is bounded by a brick wall and a border of flowering shrubs. It stands in pleasant, wooded country.

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There is one award in this cemetery

Sgt. C. W. Bradford M.M., 5th Bn. London Regt. (London Rifle Brigade). Died 20th July 1916. F.9

Also buried in this cemetery

2nd Lt. Frank Cresswell, 9th Bn. Leicestershire Regt. Killed in action 18th May 1916, aged 21. Enlisted in the 4th Bn. August 1914. Gazetted to Commission Feb. 1915. Born at Winchmore Hill, Middlesex. E.1

2nd Lt. William David Semple, 13th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action at Monchy-le-Bois 29th June 1916, aged 21. Son of Lt. Col. Sir David and Lady Semple of Farnham, Surrey. C.11

2nd Lt. Noel Houghton Treleaven, 5th Bn. West Yorkshire Regt. Killed in action 23rd Nov. 1916, aged 19. Son of the Rev. W. W. Treleaven of Exeter. Educated at Kingswood School, Bath. F.16

Hannescamps Churchyard (Pas de Calais)

HANNESCAMPS CHURCHYARD was used by French troops, and after them by the British from October, 1915 to January, 1916. The majority of the French graves have been removed. The British graves (all of the 13th Royal Fusiliers, the 13th Rifle Brigade or the 13th K.R.R.C.) number 21. The ruins of the Church are in the East corner, and the British and the remaining French graves are on the South-West side, adjoining the New Military Cemetery.

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Those buried in this cemetery

Rfn. L. Cannell 13th Bn.King's Royal Rifle Corps died 04-Oct-15 B.10

Rfn. E. S. Cox 13th Bn Rifle Brigade died 17-Dec-15 age 18 E.1

Rfn. A. J. Curling 13th Bn Rifle Brigade died 15-Nov-15 D.2

Rfn. E. Dexter 13th Bn Rifle Brigade died 01-Oct-15 18 D.1

Pte. W. H. Goddard 13th Bn Royal Fusiliers died 10-Dec-15 B.20

Cpl. C. Goodram 13th Bn Royal Fusiliers died 07-Jan-16 B.8

Rfn. W. D. Griffiths 13th Bn Rifle Brigade died 17-Dec-15 age 26 E.2

Pte. W. F. Harries 13th Bn Royal Fusiliers died 12-Dec-15 age 16 C.2

Rfn. E. Harrison 13th Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps died 18-Dec-15 B.9

Rfn. J. Hutchinson 13th Bn Rifle Brigade died 15-Dec-15 D.3

Sgt. A. Ingram 13th Bn Royal Fusiliers died 18-Dec-15 age 32 C.1

Pte. J. E. Laxton 13th Bn Royal Fusiliers died 07-Jan-16 B.6

Rfn. J. Lewis 13th Bn Rifle Brigade died 17-Dec-15 age 23 D.4

Pte. D. Matthews 13th Bn Royal Fusiliers died 22-Oct-15 B.19

Pte. T. Osborne 13th Bn Royal Fusiliers died 03-Jan-16 B.4

Pte. J. S. Pimm 13th Bn Royal Fusiliers died 07-Jan-16 B.2

L/Cpl. E. Rowley 13th Bn Royal Fusiliers died 06-Oct-15 B.18

L/Cpl. A. D. Shine 13th Bn Royal Fusiliers died 07-Jan-16 B.5

Pte. J. Wade 13th Bn Royal Fusiliers died 07-Jan-16 age 26 B.3

Rfn. G. W. Watts 13th Bn Rifle Brigade died 17-Dec-15 41 E.3

Pte. H. Whiteway 13th Bn Royal Fusiliers died 07-Jan-16 23 B.7