Peake Wood Cemetery, Fricourt (Somme)

Details

Fricourt is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme, about 5 kilometers East of Albert; and Peake Wood was a name given by the Army to a copse on the South-East side of the road to Contalmaison. The cemetery is on the North-West side of the road, almost opposite the copse.

Peake Wood fell into British hands on the 5th July, 1916; but the cemetery was not begun until the latter part of the month. It was used as a front line cemetery until February, 1917. It was in German hands from the end of March, 1918, until nearly the end of the following August. It contains the graves of 87 soldiers from the United Kingdom, seven from Australia, and one from Canada; and in addition it contains memorials to five soldiers from the United Kingdom and one from Australia who are beleived to be buried in it.

Number of Burials by Unit.

Royal Field Artillery
30
 South Wales Borderers
9
Australian Burials
8
 Royal Scots Fusiliers
8
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
6
 Northumberland Fusliers
5
Royal Garrison Artillery
5
 Black Watch
4
Highland Light Infantry
3
 Royal Scots
3
Cameron Highlanders
2
 Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regt)
2
Machine Gun Corps
2
 Notts & Derbys Regiment
2
Royal Engineers
2
 Welsh Regiment
2
King's Own Scottish Borderes
2
 Canadian Burials
1
Durham Light Infantry
1
 East Lancashire Regiment
1
Northamptonshire Regiment
1
 Seaforth Highlanders
1
West Yorkshire Regiment
1
Unidentified burials
0
Total burials
101

Awards

2nd Lieutenant Alexander Frazer M.C. 10th/11th Btn Highland Light Infantry. Killed in action 13th August, 1916, aged 21. C. 15.

2nd Lieutenant David Kerr M.C., 6th/7th Btn Royal Scots Fusliers. Killed in action 12th August, 1916. aged 22. C. 17.

Private George Harold Toseland D.C.M., 15507 2nd Btn Northamptonshire Regiment attd. Duke of Wellington's Regiment. died 25th September, 1916, aged 22. B. 25.

Captain F. W. Walshe M.C., 3rd Btn South Wales Borderers, died 25th August, 1916. A. 15.

2nd Lieutenant Robert Warnock M.C., 6th/7th Btn Royal Scots Fusiliers, died 12th August, 1916, aged 26. C. 18.

Notes

Whir. Enoch Edgar Hoyland 56086, "C" Bty., 103rd Bde, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 30th July, 1916, aged 19. One of three brothers who served in the war. B. 15.