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apanderson
Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6903 Location: Stirlingshire
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Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:42 pm Post subject: Highland Cemetery, Roclincourt, France |
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No. of Identified Casualties: 278
CWGC Information:
Roclincourt is a village a little east of the road from Arras to Lens. Take the N17 from Arras until the junction of this road and the D60. Travel along the D60 to Roclincourt village. The Cemetery is north-east of the village and is reached via a single track farm lane which is signposted from the Thelus road.
Roclincourt was just within the British lines before the Battles of Arras 1917; and it was from the village that the 51st (Highland) and 34th divisions advanced on the 9th April 1917. Highland Cemetery was made (under the name of Roclincourt Forward Cemetery No.1) when the battlefields were cleared after the 9th April 1917, and Plot I, Rows A. and C and Plot II, Rows A and D are almost exclusively occupied by the graves of the 51st Division. Plot I, Row B and Plot II, Row C were made, after the Armistice, by the concentration of graves from the battlefields of Arras; Plot II, Row C contains graves of Canadian Field Artillery and Railway Troops brought from FOND-DE-VASE BRITISH CEMETERY, which was 1.6 kilometres East of MAROEUIL. There are now over 300, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, nearly 50 are unidentified and a special memorial is erected to a soldier from the United Kingdom who is known to be buried among them. The cemetery covers an area of 1,159 square metres and is enclosed by a low flint wall. |
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apanderson
Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 6903 Location: Stirlingshire
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Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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Photograph kindly supplied by War Graves Project Member 'Boyentrant'.
Name: BROWN, CHARLES TOLME
Initials: C T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Unit Text: 5th Bn.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 17/03/1917
Additional information: Son of Charles Tolme Brown and Emma Haydon Brown, of Glasgow.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. A. 15.
Cemetery: HIGHLAND CEMETERY, ROCLINCOURT |
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jrah60
Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride
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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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Name: ALEXANDER, GEORGE WHYTE
Initials: G W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Unit Text: 1st/7th Bn.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 09/04/1917
Service No: 276874
Additional information: Son of Mrs. J. Alexander, of 10, George St., Stirling.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. A. 22.
Cemetery: HIGHLAND CEMETERY, ROCLINCOURT |
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jrah60
Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride
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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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Name: ARMOUR, JOHN ALEXANDER
Initials: J A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Unit Text: "B" Coy. 1st/8th Bn.
Age: 30
Date of Death: 17/03/1917
Service No: 301464
Additional information: Son of James and Margaret Armour, of 120, Dixon Avenue, Crosshill, Glasgow.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. A. 17.
Cemetery: HIGHLAND CEMETERY, ROCLINCOURT |
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jrah60
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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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Name: BARNETT, ALEXANDER
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Unit Text: 1st/8th Bn.
Date of Death: 09/04/1917
Service No: 302920
Additional information: Brother of Miss R. Barnett, of 7, Crescent St., Greenock.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. A. 9.
Cemetery: HIGHLAND CEMETERY, ROCLINCOURT |
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jrah60
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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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Name: BAXTER, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Corporal
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders
Unit Text: 6th Bn.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 09/04/1917
Service No: 265011
Additional information: Son of George and Margaret Baxter, of Fochabers, Morayshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. D. 7.
Cemetery: HIGHLAND CEMETERY, ROCLINCOURT |
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jrah60
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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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Name: BROWN, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Unit Text: 1st/8th Bn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 17/03/1917
Service No: 301382
Additional information: Son of John C. and Mary Brown, of 227, Hospital St., South Side, Glasgow. Native of Dunoon.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. A. 2.
Cemetery: HIGHLAND CEMETERY, ROCLINCOURT |
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jrah60
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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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Name: BURGESS, ALEXANDER
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders
Unit Text: 6th Bn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 09/04/1917
Service No: 266150
Additional information: Born at Bogmoor, Spey Bay, Morayshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. D. 45.
Cemetery: HIGHLAND CEMETERY, ROCLINCOURT |
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jrah60
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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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Name: CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER GUNN
Initials: A G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders
Unit Text: 6th Bn.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 09/04/1917
Service No: 202492
Additional information: Son of George and Williamina Campbell, of Laid Durness, Lairg, Sutherlandshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. D. 19.
Cemetery: HIGHLAND CEMETERY, ROCLINCOURT |
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jrah60
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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Name: CHISHOLM, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders
Unit Text: 6th Bn.
Date of Death: 09/04/1917
Service No: 265388
Additional Information: Place of birth, Inveravon, Banffshire. (SNWM)
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. D. 34.
Cemetery: HIGHLAND CEMETERY, ROCLINCOURT |
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jrah60
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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Name: CLEMENT, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Unit Text: 1st/7th Bn.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 09/04/1917
Service No: 277461
Additional information: Son of James and Agnes Clement, of 36, Stirling St., Denny, Stirlingshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. A. 1.
Cemetery: HIGHLAND CEMETERY, ROCLINCOURT |
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jrah60
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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Name: COCHRANE, WILLIAM
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders
Unit Text: 6th Bn.
Date of Death: 09/04/1917
Service No: 266361
Additional Information: Place of birth, Paisley. (SNWM)
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. D. 44.
Cemetery: HIGHLAND CEMETERY, ROCLINCOURT |
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jrah60
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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Name: CRAWFORD, THOMAS
Initials: T
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Unit Text: 1st/8th Bn.
Date of Death: 09/04/1917
Service No: 303359
Additional information: Son of Mrs. A. Crawford, of 306, Milton Place, Dunoon.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. A. 10.
Cemetery: HIGHLAND CEMETERY, ROCLINCOURT |
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jrah60
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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Name: CUMMING, WILLIAM
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders
Unit Text: 5th Bn.
Date of Death: 09/04/1917
Service No: 241935
Additional information: Son of Mr. H. A. Cumming, of Orchard Cottage, Forres.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. A. 27.
Cemetery: HIGHLAND CEMETERY, ROCLINCOURT |
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jrah60
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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Name: DAVIDSON, ALEXANDER JAMES
Initials: A J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders
Unit Text: 4th Bn.
Age: 30
Date of Death: 08/04/1917
Additional information: Son of Mary Davidson, of Dingwall, and the late Alexander Davidson.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. D. 3.
Cemetery: HIGHLAND CEMETERY, ROCLINCOURT |
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