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IN MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden

The visit of Commonwealth graves in Communal Cemeteries & Churchyards in Belgium & France

pierre.vandervelden@pi.be

THIEPVAL Memorial (Somme France)

Pte Gideon Corbett 24/04/1917 Aged 27 Pte James Driver 01/07/1916 Pte John George Glidewell 27/04/1917 Cy Sjt Mj Robert Lilliman 10/10/1916 Pte John Lloyd 26/09/1916 Aged 34 Pte Isaac Taylor 15/12/1916
 
Pte Robert Mapletoft 19/07/1916 Aged 27 Pte George Burgin 23/10/1916 Aged 21 Pte James Frederick Huskisson 01/07/1916 Pte Bennet Collier - Knight 14/07/1916 Rfl George Henry Radford 27/07/1916 Aged 23  
Eleven men of Mansfield Woodhouse, for Anthony Bagshaw (U.K.) http://www.mansfieldwoodhouseww1.com/  
Pte Fred Bulcock KIA 16/08/1916 aged 25 Pte Dennis Henry Mills 28/04/1917 aged 24 S/Lt Christopher Devonshire Pigott 26/08/1916 aged 24 Pte John Tinnion 01/07/1916
Pte William Thomas Bott, of Little Harrowden, 14/07/1916
For Mr Simon Bull (Northamptonshire U. K.)		 Coy Sjt Mj Samuel Hill Covell MM
16/08/1916, aged 33.
Leaving a widow and 4 children.
Pte James Sydney Newman 13/11/1916 aged 20
Son of George Sidney and Ann Newman, of Laxton, Howden
For Mr & Mrs David and Caroline Sample
Pte 32659 Griffith Jones 12/10/1916
He was born in Cwm y Glo, Gwynedd 1894, son of David & Margiad Jones.
His uncle, Caerwyn, wrote a Welsh poem in his memory:

Gwyn dy fyd, fy nai anwylaf, -
Er dy farw, gwyn dy fyd;
Am dy lais a'th wedd hawddgaraf
Yr hiraethaf fwy o hyd.
Eiddot ti y deyrnas dawel
Nad oes ynddi lid na loes;
Cefaist brofi gwynfyd angel,
Cefaist flwyddyn harddaf d'oes.

Megais di yn dlws penfelyn,
Dotiais atat yn dy grud.
Miwsig mwyn i D'ewyrth Caerwyn
Oedd dy sgwrs yng ngwawr dy fyd.
Llawer difyr dro a gefais
Yn dy gwmni, onid e?
Nid aeth neb mor fwyn a llednais
 thydi i deyrnas ne'.

Pell a dirgel yw dy feddrod,
Draw ym mynwent goch y gad;
Braint angylion yw ei warchod
Er mwyn serch dy fam a'th dad.
Cefaist hedd o swn y rhyfel, -
Hedd i fyw yn hardd o hyd.
Griff, anwylaf, dwyfol dawel

Ydwyt mwyach. Gwyn dy fyd.

For Maredudd ap Rheinallt (Greatson of Caerwyn) - Bangor, Gwynedd.

Pte Evan Owen Williams 14/07/1916 aged 18
Evan was from Bethesda, son of William and Jane Williams. He was a quarryman by trade and had enlisted in March 1915 before being sent to France on December 5th 1915. The poem below was written to him on his death
For Iwan Hughes (North Wales)
Mae'n gorwedd nawr yn ei ddillad llwyd,
Yn nhir y Ffrancwyr pell;
Ond daw i'r lan mewn mantell wen,
I rodio gwlad sydd well;
Ffarwel! Y milwr dewr, Ffarwel!
Enillaist fri'n ddios;
Cest goron aur yn llys y nef,
Yn lle'r Victoria Cross.

Fe anelodd angeu fwa,
Do,tarawodd ar ei nod,
Ac fe gwympodd ar ei yrfa
Eto fachgen deunaw oed,
Evan anwyl, cysga bellach
Mae dy gorff mewn tawel hedd
Carem ollwng dystaw ddeigryn,
Deigryn hiraeth ar dy fedd.		 He lies now in his grey clothes
In the land of the distant French
But he'll come to the shore in a white cloak
To walk in a better land
Farewell! You brave soldier, Farewell!
Without any doubt you achieved fame
You got a golden crown in the palace of heaven
Instead of the Victoria Cross

Death aimed its bow
Yes, it hit its target
And during his journey fell
An eighteen year old boy again
Evan dear, sleep now
Your body is in quiet peace
We'd wish to shed a quiet tear
A tear of longing on your grave
Pte Willie Ellis 03/09/1916 aged 24
Willie was of Cefn y Waen, Deiniolen.
In his last letter home he said to his father: "My father, remember to pray for me; I am fighting in a very dangerous place, and I don't know when the end will come."
For Iwan Hughes (North Wales)		 Cpl Thomas Stanley Pugh 06/07/1916
Thomas was a native of Blaenau Ffestiniog, he enlisted after returning from New York City to where he'd emigrated.
For Iwan Hughes (North Wales)
Pte William R. S. Bicheno 18/07/1916 aged 24
William was born at East Dulwich, London, 1892. Emigrated to South Africa in March 1911. Missing believed killed Delville Wood.
His brother Edwin emigrated to Australia in 1914. He died on 4 July 1917 while serving Australian Corps.
Edwin is buried at Trois Arbres Cemetery.
For Andy Pepper.
Pte Fred Carter 07/09/1916 aged 21 Pte Samuel George Smedley 26/09/1916
For Steve Morse (UK)
http://www.ypressalient.co.uk/
Rfm Clarence Jenkinson Belfield 17/09/1916 Cpl Willie Whittleston 12/04/1917 aged 24 Pte James Gulley 01/07/1916 Sjt Herbert W. Widdowson 07/04/1917 aged 29
Pte Harry Fawcett 05/08/1916 aged 20
Son of John William and Sarah Ann Fawcett, of 43, Ramsden St., Littletown, Liversedge, Yorks.
For his great nephew Gordon Hodgson
Pte Victor Nadin 25/09/1916 aged 18
For Dave Naden
Lt Vyvyan Hope Lancelot Davenport 14/07/1916 aged 21 Pte William Jonas 27/07/1916 aged 26 R. P. Taylor A. T. Knight
Pte Harry Jowett01/07/1916 aged 18
Harry came from Bingley, West Yorkshire.
For Tim Clapham (Harry was Tim's grandmother's cousin)
L/Cpl John Kerr Coutts 01/07/1916 aged 25 L/Cpl James McLean 01/07/1916 Pte Douglas Morison 01/07/1916 aged19 Pte Cecil Dunbar Nisbet 01/07/1916 2nd/Lt William Wilson Paterson 15/07/1916 aged 28
Pte Ernest William Green 04/07/1916 CSM Albert Miners MM 20/07/1916 Pte George Stubley 10/07/1916 aged 30 L/Cpl Henry Harold Andrews 28/08/1916 Lt Richard Henry Beindge Baynes 14/07/1916 aged 27
Pte Reuben George Brooks 20/07/1916 aged 36 Cpl Frank Herbert Dayus 29/08/1916 CSM Herbert Dandy MM 03/09/1916 aged 28 Pte William henry Thomas 14/071916 aged 27 Capt Edmund Hilton Dadd 03/09/1916 aged 25
For the Royal Welch fusiliers & Dr H.J. Krijnen
Sjt William Patrick Tobin 11/10/1916 aged 42
Pte James Mackie 25/09/1916 aged 35 Pte Alfred Arthur Connell 16/09/1916 aged 16
Alfred was killed at High Wood		 Pte James Burrows MM 16/08/1916
Pte Mark Maskell KiA 10/11/1916 aged 28
Son of Henry and Naomi Maskell
His brother George died 25/09/1915 and is remembered in Loos Memorial
For the people of Hartfield
Pte David Bushell Taylor 04/03/1879 - 21/10/1916
From De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1924:
Taylor, David, Private, No. 49578, 13th (service) Bttn, The Cheshire Rgt.
s. of James Bushell Taylor, of Liverpool, by his wife Mary, dau. of Michael Toole;
b. Liverpoo; educ, St Clement's church school there; was a master chimney sweep; joined the 4th Cheshire Regt in 05/1915; Transfered to the 13th Battn. in 09/1916; Served with the Expeditionary force in France and Flanders, and was KiA during the fighting on the Ancre, 21/10/1916. He m. at St,. Luke's Church, Walton Liverpool, 04/09/1906, Emma Elizabeth (33 Westbourne Rd, Birkenhead), dau, of Thomas Williams of Chirk, and had a son, James Bushell, b 07/04/1909.
for his great nephew Geoff Taylor (Carine, Western Aus.)
Pte Richard Kenyon 23/07/1916
Pte Malcolm (Calum) MacDonald 18/10/1916 aged 19
Pte Thomas Berry 01/07/1916
Lt Geoffrey St George Shillington Cather VC 11/10/1890 - 02/07/1916
He was born in Christchuch Road, Streatham Hill, son of R.G Cather of Limpsfield and Margaret Mathilda Cather.
An extract from "The London Gazette," dated 08/09/1916, records the following:
"For most conspicuous bravery. From 7 p.m. till midnight he searched 'No Man's Land', and brought in three wounded men. Next morning at 8 a.m. he continued his search, brought in another wounded man, and gave water to others, arranging for their rescue later. Finally, at 10.30 a.m., he took out water to another man, and was proceeding further on when he was himself killed. All this was carried out in full view of the enemy, and under direct machine gun fire and intermittent artillery fire. He set a splendid example of courage and self sacrifice".
Capt Henry Lloyd Martin 28/09/1916 aged 36
Pte John Bradley 01/07/1916 aged 25
Lt George Sainton Kaye Butterworth MC 05/08/1916
He was a well known composer http://www.rubecula.com/Butterworth/Butterworth.html
for Andrew Wood (Walsall)
Sjt Patrick Hagan 14/07/1916
for David Gourley
The sacrifice of the Smith brothers
L/Cpl Leonard Smith 16/07/1916 aged 16
Leonard's brothers, L. to R., Pte Harold Smith 11/02/1915 buried in Wulverghem Lindenhoek Road Cemetery; Pte Ernest Smith 13/08/1915 buried in Redoubt Cemetery, Helles Turkey; Pte Herbert Smith 28/08/1916 buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension.

 

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