reverant memory of the men associated with
Maghull church and parish who gave their lives for
thier king and empire during the war 1914 - 1918
were errected A.D. 1927 R.E.E. Whittaker, M.A. Vicar
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To the glory of God and in loving and reverant memory of the men associated with Maghull church and parish who gave their lives for thier king and empire during the war 1914 - 1918 |
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| Lieut. George Ashcroft | Pte John Boyers | |
| Lieut. Neville A Clark | Pte H S Bray | |
| Lieut. William C Hamm MC | Pte Phillip Fox | |
| C SgtM Richard J Woodward MSM | Pte Charles W Haskayne | |
| Sergt Joseph B Woolfenden | Pte Walter Henretty | |
| Corpl Richard Armstrong | Pte James Mason | |
| Corpl Albert J Cobham | Pte George E Norris | |
| Lce Cpl James White | Pte Frank Prescott | |
| Lce Cpl Walter Woodward | Pte Herbet Prescott | |
| Tr rp Albert G Cuddy | Pte Oliver Prescott | |
| Rflm Mortimer Pim | Pte John Rimmer | |
| Rflm Thomas F Reynolds | Pte Sidney Sewell | |
| Pte John Ball | Pte Henry Woodward | |
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Also in honour of those who served, these schools were errected A.D. 1927 R.E.E. Whittaker, M.A. Vicar |
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Lieutenant 5th Bn., The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment who died on Tuesday, 31st July 1917. Age 21.
Son of Henry and Ellen Ashcroft, of Gore House, Maghull, Liverpool.
Memorial:
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Grave Reference/ Panel Number:
Panel 41 and 43
Location:
Ypres (now Ieper) is a town in the Province of West Flanders. The Memorial is situated at the eastern side of the town on the road to Menin and Courtrai, and bears the names of men who were lost without trace during the defence of the Ypres Salient in the First World War.
Historical Information:
A description of the Memorial and an account of the military operations in the Ypres Salient is contained in a separate Introductory part to the Registers.
Lieutenant 1st Bn., Coldstream Guards who died on Wednesday, 28th November 1917. Age 30.
Husband of M. C. Clark, of Maghull, Liverpool.
Cemetery:
ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT, Somme, France
Grave Reference/ Panel Number:
IV. A. 12.
Location:
Rocquigny and Equancourt are two villages in the Department of the Somme, some 13 kilometres north of Peronne and 12 kilometres south-east of Bapaume. Rocquigny and Equancourt are approximately 8 kilometres apart and the Rocquigny-Equancourt British Cemetery lies about halfway between the two villages on the north side of the road just west of the crossing road from Etricourt to
Ytres.
Historical Information:
Etricourt was occupied by British troops at the beginning of April, 1917 during the German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line. It was lost on the 23rd March, 1918, and regained at the beginning of September. The cemetery was begun in 1917, and used (mainly by the 21st and 48th Casualty Clearing Stations, posted at Ytres) until March, 1918. It was used to a small extent by the Germans, who knew it as "Etricourt Old English Cemetery", and resumed by British troops in September, 1918. The 3rd Canadian and 18th Casualty Clearing Stations buried in it in October and November, 1918. There are now nearly 2,000, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified and nine British graves made by the Germans cannot now be found, and are represented by special memorials. The bodies of two French soldiers and one American Medical Officer have been removed. The cemetery covers an area of 6,807 square metres and is enclosed by a low rubble wall.
Second Lieutenant 13th Bn., East Yorkshire Regiment who died on Wednesday, 2nd May 1917. Age 20.
Born at Liverpool. Son of William and Pauline Hamm, of "Crofton", 5, Marine Parade, Hoylake, Cheshire.
Cemetery:
HESWALL (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Grave Reference/ Panel Number:
1. 2. 6.
Lance Serjeant3656210th Bn., East Yorkshire Regiment who died on Sunday, 29th September 1918.
Cemetery:
UNDERHILL FARM CEMETERY, PLOEGSTEERT, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium
Grave Reference/Panel Number:
D. 26.
Location:
Underhill Farm Cemetery is located 12 Km south of Ieper town centre, on a road leading from the Rijselseweg N365, which connects Ieper to Wijtschate, Mesen (Messines) and on to Armentieres. From Ieper town centre the Rijselsestraat runs from the market square, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort) and directly over the crossroads with the Ieper ring road. The road name then changes to the Rijselseweg. 3 km after the town of Mesen lies the right hand turning onto the Rue du Petit Pont. (Kleine Brugstraat). 1 Km along this road on the right hand side of the road lies the cemetery.
Historical Information:
Underhill Farm and Red Lodge were the names given to two buildings on the North-Western edge of Ploegsteert Wood, containing Dressing Stations. The cemetery which they used is close to the Farm. The cemetery was begun in June, 1917, and used until January, 1918. It fell into German hands in the spring of 1918, and was used under the name of "The Military Cemetery at the foot of the Nightingale Hill", and in September and October British units were buried in it again. There are now nearly 200, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Three of the soldiers from Australia and two of those from the United Kingdom are commemorated on special headstones, as their exact places of burial in the cemetery cannot be determined. The Cemetery covers an area of 1,690 square metres.
Corporal 3507 2nd Bn., South Lancashire Regiment who died on Wednesday, 16th June 1915. Age 32.
Husband of Mary Jane Latham (formerly Armstrong), of Bank Cottage, Green Lane, Maghull, Liverpool.
Memorial:
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Grave Reference/ Panel Number:
Panel 37
Ypres (now Ieper) is a town in the Province of West Flanders. The Memorial is situated at the eastern side of the town on the road to Menin and Courtrai, and bears the names of men who were lost without trace during the defence of the Ypres Salient in the First World War.
Corporal 41889 1st Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment)who died on Monday, 22nd April 1918. Age 21.
Son of Mrs. Sarah Cobham, of Damfield Lane, Maghull, Liverpool.
Cemetery:
CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ, Pas de Calais, France
Grave Reference/Panel Number:
VIII. P. 32.
Location:
Souchez is a village 3.5 kilometres north of Arras on the main road to Bethune. The cemetery is about 1.5 kilometres south of the village on the west side of the D937 Arras-Bethune Road.
Souchez was sacked more than once in the Middle Ages, and raided by the Germans in December, 1870. It was captured by the French on the 26th September, 1915, and the area was taken over by British troops in the following March. The village was completely destroyed. The "Cabaret Rouge" was a house on the main road about 1 kilometre south of the village, at a place called Le Corroy, near the British cemetery. On the East side, opposite the cemetery, were dugouts used as Battalion Headquarters in 1916. The communication trenches ended here, including a very long one named from the Cabaret. The cemetery was begun by British troops in March, 1916, and used until August, 1917 (largely by the 47th (London) Division and the Canadian Corps) and - at intervals - until September, 1918. (These original burials are in Plots I to V inclusive). It was greatly enlarged after the Armistice by the concentration of over 7,000 graves, partly from the battlefields of Arras, and partly from 103 other burial grounds in the Nord and the Pas-de-Calais. There are now nearly 8,000, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site and 1 from the 1939-45 War. The cemetery covers an area of 24,772 square metres and is enclosed by a low rubble wall.
Lance Corporal 51749 18th Bn. 1 he, The King's (Liverpool Regiment) who died on Monday, 29th April 1918.
Memorial:
TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Grave Reference/ Panel Number:
Panel 31 to 34 and 162 and 162A and 163A
Location:
The Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing forms the north-eastern boundary of Tyne Cot Cemetery, which is located 9 kilometres north east of Ieper town centre, on the Tynecotstraat, a road leading from the Zonnebeekseweg (N332).
Historical Information:
A description of the Memorial and an account of the military operations in the Ypres Salient is contained in a separate Introductory part to the Registers.
Private 300470 18th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment)who died on Wednesday, 19th December 1917. Age 22
Son of Albert Edward and Elizabeth Cuddy, of "Roanoke," Maghull, Lancs.
Cemetery:
LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Grave Reference/Panel Number:
XXVII. C. 5.
Location:
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery is located 11.5 kilometres west of Ieper town centre, on the Boescheepseweg, a road leading from the N308 connecting Ieper to Poperinge. From Ieper town centre the Poperingseweg (N308) is reached via Elverdingsestraat, then over two small roundabouts in the J. Capronstraat. The Poperingseweg is a continuation of the J. Capronstraat and begins after a prominent railway level crossing. On reaching Poperinge, the N308 joins the left hand turning onto the R33, Poperinge ring road. The R33 ring continues to the left hand junction with the N38 Frans- Vlaanderenweg. 800 metres along the N38 lies the left hand turning onto Lenestraat. The next immediate right hand turning leads onto Boescheepseweg. The cemetery itself is located 1.5 kilometres along Boescheepseweg on the right hand side of the road. From Calais, take the motorway A16 signposted Dunkerque/Lille. At Dunkerque take the motorway signposted Lille/Ypres, the A25. Leave the motorway at Junction 13, the village of Steenvoorde. Follow the D948/N38 signposted Ieper/Poperinge. After approximately 8-10 kilometres Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery will be signposted off to the right. Please Note: Ypres/ Ieper are the same place: Ypres (French spelling), Ieper (Flemish spelling) Commission signposts are green and white
Historical Information:
The Hazebrouck-Poperinghe railway line and the Poperinghe-Ypres road formed the main communication between the bases and the Flemish battlefields, and Lijssenthoek, lying close behind the extreme range of enemy shell-fire, was a natural position for clearing hospitals. It was first used by the French 15th Hopital D'Evacuation. In June, 1915, it began to be used by British Casualty Clearing Stations; and between that month and the Armistice it became the second greatest British War Cemetery. From April to August, 1918, the Casualty Clearing Stations fell back before the German advance, and Field Ambulances (including a French Ambulance) took their places; and the French graves in Plots XXVI, XXVII, and XXXI recalled the French regiments that were sent to Flanders at that time. Twenty-four British graves in Plot XXXI were brought from isolated positions near Poperinghe after the Armistice. There are now nearly 10,000, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.
Rifleman 1658 6th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment) who died on Tuesday, 26th September 1916. Age 25.
Son of Edward and Dora Pim, of Northfield, Aughton, Ormskirk. Born at Maghull, Lancs.
Cemetery:
HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE, Somme, France
Grave Reference/ Panel Number:
IV. I. 5.
Location:
Mericourt-l'Abbe is a village approximately 19 kilometres north-east of Amiens and 10 kilometres south-west of Albert. Heilly Station Cemetery is about 2 kilometres south-west of Mericourt-l'Abbe, on the south side of the road to Corbie.
Historical Information:
The 36th Casualty Clearing Station was at Heilly from the 1st April, 1916, to April, 1917. It was joined in May by the 38th Casualty Clearing Station, and in July by the 2/2nd London. The last hospital left Heilly in June, 1917, but the 20th Casualty Clearing Station was there in August and September, 1918. The cemetery was begun in May, 1916, and was used by the three medical units until April, 1917. From March to May, 1918, it was used by Australian units, and in the early autumn for further hospital burials. The last British grave was made in May, 1919. A small German Plot, near the North-West corner, containing 13 graves of 1918-19, was removed after the Armistice. There are now 3,000, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified and special memorials are erected to fifteen soldiers from the United Kingdom, four from New Zealand and two from Australia, whose graves could not be exactly located. The regimental badges, numbering 117, are carved on a cloister wall on the North side. The cemetery covers an area of 6,210 square metres and is enclosed on three sides by a red brick wall.
Rifleman 240172 1st/6th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment) who died on Thursday, 26th September 1918. Age 25.
Son of Elizabeth Reynolds, of Damfield Lane, Maghull, Liverpool, and the late Thomas Reynolds.
Cemetery:
HOUCHIN BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France
Grave Reference/ Panel Number:
III. D. 17.
Location:
Houchin is a village situated between Barlin and Bethune, about 5 kilometres south of Bethune. Houchin British Cemetery is on the south-west side of Houchin village. There are CWGC signposts to be found in the village of Houchin and on the main D72 road.
Historical Information:
In March, 1918, the 6th Casualty Clearing Station to Houchin, and the British Cemetery were opened. From April to September the German advance made Houchin unsafe for hospitals, and the Cemetery was used by the 55th (West Lancashire) Division; 432 British and Dominion burials in the Cemetery belong to that Division, and recall the part it played in the Battles of the Lys. In September, 1918, the 6th Casualty Clearing Station returned to Houchin, and in October it was joined by the 15th. There are now over 700, 1914-18 and a small number of 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. The Cemetery covers an area of 2,407 square metres and is enclosed by a curb.
Private 27569 17th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment) who died on Sunday, 2nd July 1916. Age 31.
Son of James Bray, of 22, Bodmin Rd., Walton, Liverpool, and the late Mary Olive Bray.
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France
Grave Reference/Panel Number: Pier and Face 1 D 8 B and 8 C
Location: The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929).
Private 2056514th Bn., Royal Welsh Fusiliers who died on Monday, 16th July 1917.
Cemetery: LIVERPOOL (ANFIELD) CEMETERY, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Grave Reference/ Panel Number: V. R.C. 1797.
Historical Information: ANFIELD CEMETERY. CEMETERY INDEX NUMBER, LANCASHIRE 2. Anfield Cemetery is on the West of the city, in the old parish of Walton-on-the-Hill. It belongs to the Corporation, and was opened in 1853. It contains two adjacent War Plots, in which 201 sailors,soldiers and airmen are buried, and in which the names of the dead are carved on screen walls. Other War Graves are scattered throughout the cemetery. The War Graves are classified as follows:- Sailors, soldiers, Marines and airmen from the United Kingdom .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. ..394 Overseas Military Forces of Canada .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8 Australian Imperial Force .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 British West Indies Regiment .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 South African Expeditionary Force .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 Mercantile Marine .. .. .. ... .. .. .. ...6 Australian Mercantile Marine 1 Chinese Labour Corps 3 Eighty-six of these graves are those of officers and men of the King's Liverpools. The Register records particulars of 421 Wa Graves. There is also buried and commemorated in one of the War Plots the following soldier who died after the official termination of the war. CHINESE LABOUR CORPS. Three labourers of the Chinese Labour Corps are buried in XVII. C. 92, 240, 279.
Private 472891st Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment) who died on Saturday, 17th February 1917. Age 36.
Son of Charles and Mary Haskayne, of Brewery Lane, Melling, Liverpool; husband of Mary Agnes Grayson (formerly Haskayne), ofNook Cottage, Taylor's Lane, Maghull, Liverpool.
Cemetery: AVELUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France
Grave Reference/ Panel Number: L. 21.
Location: Aveluy is a village in the Department of the Somme, immediately north of Albert. Using the D929 from Bapaume to Albert, continue until you come to La Boisselle, and then take the right turning signposted to Aveluy on the D20. On entering Aveluy the cemetery will be found after taking the first right turn in the village.
Historical Information: Aveluy village was held by British forces, in succession to the French, from July, 1915, to the 26th March, 1918; and th Extension, begun by the French, was continued by our units and Field Ambulances from August, 1915, to March, 1917. In the latter month the 3rd and 9th Casualty Clearing Stations began to use it, and the 9th remained until November, 1917. On the 26th-27th March, 1918, the village and the cemetery passed into enemy hands; they were retaken at the end of August, and two more graves were dug in Row J. There are now over 600, 1914-18 war casualtied commemorated in this site. Of these, nearly 30 are unidentified and three graves, the position of which cannot be stated, are represented by special memorials. The Extension covers an area of 3,512 square metres and is enclosed on three sides by a curb wall.
Private 32997 1st/5th Bn., The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment who died on Friday, 30th November 1917. Age 23.
Son of Mrs. Alice Jane Henretty, of 26, Burleigh Rd., Everton, Liverpool.
Memorial: CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL, Nord, France
Grave Reference/ Panel Number: Panel 8
Location: The small village of Louverval is on the north side of the N30, Bapaume to Cambrai road, 13 kilometres north-east of Bapaume and 16 kilometres south-west of Cambrai. The Memorial stands on a terrace in Louverval Military Cemetery, which is situated on the north side of the N30, south of Louverval village. CWGC signposts on the N30 give advance warning of arrival at the Cemetery Situated behind a colonnade, the memorial takes the form of a semi-circular wall on which the names of the dead are carved. At the entrance is the following inscription in English and French:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE ENDURING MEMORY OF 7048 OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE FORCES OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE WHO FELL AT THE BATTLE OF CAMBRAI BETWEEN THE 20TH NOVEMBER AND THE 3RD DECEMBER 1917, WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE RECORDED BUT TO WHOM THE FORTUNES OF WAR DENIED THE KNOWN AND HONOURED BURIAL GIVEN TO THEIR COMRADES IN DEATH.
Private 265736 "B" Coy. 1st/7th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment) who died on Wednesday, 9th August 1916. Age 19.
Son of William and Jane Mason, of Liverpool Rd., Maghull, Liverpool.
Memorial:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France
Grave Reference/ Panel Number:
Pier and Face 1 D 8 B and 8 C
Location:
The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the mai Bapaume to Albert road (D929).
Private 30184 18th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment) who died on Saturday, 1st July 1916. Age 27.
Son of John and Mary Mounsey Prescott, of Maghull, Liverpool.
Cemetery:
DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ, Somme, France
Grave Reference/Panel Number:
IV. T. 4.
Location:
Mametz is a village about 8 kilometres east of the town of Albert. The Cemetery is a little east of the village on the north side of the road, D64, to Montauban.
Historical Information:
Dantzig Alley British Cemetery was named from a German trench. Mametz was carried by the 7th Division on the 1st July, 1916, after very hard fighting at Dantzig Alley and other points. The cemetery was begun later in the same month; it was used by Field Ambulances and fighting units until the following November. The ground was lost in March, 1918, and regained in August, and a few graves were added in August and September, 1918. The cemetery consisted, at the Armistice, of 183 graves, now in Plot I; but it was then very greatly increased by the concentration of graves (almost all of 1916) from certain smaller burial grounds and from the battlefields North and East of Mametz. There are now over 2,000, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, some 500 are unidentified and special memorials are erected to 17 soldiers from the United Kingdom, known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of 70 soldiers from the United Kingdom and one from New Zealand, buried in other cemeteries, whose graves were destroyed by shell fire. Five French and seven German graves have been removed to other cemeteries. The cemetery covers an area of 5,722 square metres and is enclosed by a brick wall. The following were among the burial grounds from which British graves were brought to this cemetery:- AEROPLANE CEMETERY, FRICOURT, on the old German front line to the South of Fricourt village. It contained the graves of 24 N.C.Os. and men of the 20th Manchesters who fell on the 1st July, 1916.BOTTOM WOOD CEMETERY, FRICOURT, on the South edge of a small wood between Mametz and Fricourt Woods. This was a Field Ambulance station for some months from July, 1916, and the cemetery contained the graves of 98 soldiers from the United Kingdom, five from New Zealand and one from Australia. BULGAR ALLEY CEMETERY, MAMETZ, 230 metres East of the village, named from a trench. It contained the graves of 24 soldiers from the United Kingdom, who fell on the 1st July, 1916, and all but one of whom belonged to the 22nd Manchesters. HARE LANE CEMETERY, FRICOURT, at the North-West corner of the village, named from a trench. It contained the graves of 54 soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell on the 1st and 2nd July, 1916, and of whom 49 belonged to the 10th West Yorks. MAMETZ GERMAN CEMETERY, in which 12 soldiers from the United Kingdom were buried by their comrades in July and August, 1916. This cemetery was near the crossing of the Fricourt-Maricourt and Mametz-Bray roads. MANSEL COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ, on the Fricourt-Maricourt road, near the present Devonshire Cemetery: and MANSEL COPSE WEST CEMETERY, MAMETZ, 460 metres further West. These contained the graves of 51 men of the 2nd Border Regiment, who fell on the 1st July, 1916. MONTAUBAN ROAD CEMETERY, CARNOY, which contained the graves of 25 soldiers from the United Kingdom (almost all of the 18th Division) who fell on the 1st July, 1916. VERNON STREET CEMETERY, CARNOY, in the valley between Carnoy and Maricourt, at a place called "Squeak Forward Position". Here were buried, by the 21st Infantry Brigade and other units, 110 soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in July-October, 1916.
Private
17087
18th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
who died on
Tuesday, 25th July 1916. Age 25.
Son of John and Mary Mounsey Prescott, of Melling Lane, Maghull, Liverpool.
Cemetery:
ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France
Grave Reference/Panel Number:
XIV. E. 5.
Location:
Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.
Historical Information:
During the 1914-18 war, the neighbourhood of the Cemetery became the scene of immense concentrations of British reinforcement camps and of British hospitals. It was remote from attack, except from aircraft, and it was accessible by railway from either the northern or the southern battlefields. In 1917, 100,000 troops were camped among the sand dunes, and the hospitals (which included eleven General, one Stationary and four Red Cross Hospitals and a Convalescent Depot) could deal with 22,000 wounded or sick. In September 1919, ten months after the Armistice, three hospitals and the Q.M.A.A.C. Convalescent Depot remained. The earliest burial in the Cemetery dates from May 1915.
There are now nearly 11,000, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site and over 100 from the 1939-45 War. The cemetery covers an area of 59,049 square metres. The graves lie below three terraces, the midmost of which carries the War Stone and two pylons, and the highest is dominated by the Cross.
Private
28663
6th Bn., South Lancashire Regiment
who died on
Friday, 2nd February 1917. Age 23.
Son of James and Annie Prescott, of Kenyon's Lane, Maghull, Liverpool.
Cemetery:
AMARA WAR CEMETERY, Iraq
Grave Reference/ Panel Number:
XXVI. F. 1.
Location:
Amara is a town on the left bank of the Tigris some 520 kilometres from the sea. The War Cemetery is a little east of the town between the left bank of the river and the Chahaila Canal.
Historical Information:
Amara was occupied by the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force on the 3rd June, 1915, and it became at once a hospital centre. Accommodation, on both banks of the river, was greatly increased during 1916, and in April, 1917, seven British and Indian General Hospitals, as well as other medical units, were stationed at Amara. Besides the "Old Cemetery" (which became the present War Cemetery), other cemeteries were made at Amara for Hindu, Sikh and Muhammadan soldiers of the Indian Army and for Turkish prisoners of war. The graves brought in from other cemeteries and from the battlefields numbered in excess of 3,000. The burial grounds or battle fields from which British graves were brought into Amara include, among other places made famous by the War, ABURUMMAN MOUNDS, occupied in April, 1916; ES SINN, where Field Ambulances were in September, 1915; FALLAHIYA and SANDY RIDGE, Field Ambulance positions facing each other across the river, North-East of Sannaiyat; IMAM AL MANSUR, a position occupied in December, 1916; ORAH, which became the Advanced Base in February, 1916; "R19", near the right bank, between Kut and Bassouia; SANNAIYAT, passed in September, 1915, attacked in April, 1916, and taken in February, 1917; Amara New Cemetery, on the right bank, which was begun in February, 1918, and used until July, 1920; it contained 71 graves; and SHAIKH SAAD OLD CEMETERY, where 473 British officers and men were buried. In 1933 all of the headstones were removed from this cemetery as salts in the soil caused a rapid deterioration of the stone used. Instead a screen wall was erected with all of the names engraved upon it.
Rifleman 200231 1st/5th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment) who died on Tuesday, 8th August 1916.
Memorial:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France
Grave Reference/ Panel Number:
Pier and Face 1 D 8 B and 8 C
Location:
The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929).