The Scottish War Graves Project Part of the Scottish Military Research Group (Registered Scottish Charity No. SC043826). Please visit our homepage at www.scottishmilitaryresearch.co.uk    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery Goto page 1, 2  Next          The Scottish War Graves Project Forum Index -> Overseas burials View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message jrah60 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 4:25 pm    Post subject: Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. Identified Casualties: 3185 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. On 26 September 1915, Souchez was taken from the Germans by French troops, who handed the sector over to Commonwealth forces 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 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 Commonwealth troops in March 1916, 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 when more than 7,000 graves were brought in from the battlefields of Arras and from 103 other burial grounds in the Nord and the Pas-de-Calais. The cemetery now contains 7,655 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, more than half of them unidentified. There is also one Second World War burial. The cemetery was designed by Sir Frank Higginson. On 25 May 2000, the remains of an unidentified Canadian soldier were entrusted to Canada at a ceremony held at the Vimy Memorial, France. The remains had been exhumed by staff of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission from Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, Plot 8, Row E, Grave 7. The remains were laid to rest within the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in a sarcophagus placed at the foot of the National War Memorial, Confederation Square, Ottawa, Canada. Back to top jrah60 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 4:26 pm    Post subject: BARRON, JAMES Rank: Major Date of Death: 27/09/1915 Age: 38 Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders, 7th Bn. Grave Reference: XII. C. 3. Cemetery: CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ Additional Information: Son of James Barron, Editor of the 'Inverness Courier'; husband of the late Eveline Barron. Back to top jrah60 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 4:28 pm    Post subject: BRUCE, GEORGE Rank: Private Service No: 7103 Date of Death: 09/04/1915 Age: 27 Regiment/Service: Scots Guards, 1st Bn. Grave Reference: XXIX. B. 7. Cemetery: CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ Back to top jrah60 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 4:29 pm    Post subject: BYRNE, EDWARD GORDON Rank: Second Lieutenant Date of Death: 11/03/1917 Age: 35 Regiment/Service: Royal Flying Corps, 2nd Sqdn. and 4th Bn. Gordon Highlanders Grave Reference: XII. E. 8. Cemetery: CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ Additional Information: Back to top jrah60 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 4:36 pm    Post subject: ELDER, ROBERT Rank: Private Service No: 10746 Date of Death: 06/04/1915 Regiment/Service: Scots Guards, 1st Bn. Grave Reference: XXIX. B. 5. Cemetery: CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ Additional Information: Place of birth, Dumfries (SNWM). Back to top jrah60 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 4:37 pm    Post subject: Name: FRASER, JOHN Rank: Private Service No: 9669 Date of Death: 10/04/1915 Regiment/Service: Scots Guards, 1st Bn. Grave Reference: XXIX. B. 8. Cemetery: CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ Additional Information: Place of birth, Motherwell (SNWM). Back to top jrah60 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 4:39 pm    Post subject: FRENCH, ARTHUR Rank: Private Service No: S/4917 Date of Death: 30/09/1915 Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders, 10th Bn. Grave Reference: XII. C. 2. Cemetery: CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ Additional Information: Place of birth Dalziel, Lanarkshire (SNWM). Back to top jrah60 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 4:41 pm    Post subject: Name: GERRARD, JOHN Rank: Private Service No: S/14372 Date of Death: 29/09/1915 Regiment/Service: Cameron Highlanders, 7th Bn. Grave Reference: XII. C. 1. Cemetery: CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ Additional Information: Place of birth Ratho, Midlothian (SNWM). Back to top jrah60 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 4:42 pm    Post subject: Name: HAY, JAMES Rank: Lance Serjeant Service No: 15183 Date of Death: 28/09/1915 Regiment/Service: King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 8th Bn. Grave Reference: XII. C. 2. Cemetery: CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ Additional Information: Place of birth Kirriemuir, Forfar (SNWM). Back to top jrah60 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 4:44 pm    Post subject: LEWIS, HARRY Rank: Private Service No: S/4527 Date of Death: 26/09/1915 Age: 31 Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders, 10th Bn. Grave Reference: XII. C. 4. Cemetery: CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ Additional Information: Son of Mrs. Mary Ann Lewis, of 30, Abbotsford Place, Roman Rd., Motherwell, Lanarkshire. Back to top jrah60 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 4:47 pm    Post subject: MacRAE, DONALD Rank: Private Service No: 11999 Date of Death: 16/05/1915 Age: 23 Regiment/Service: Scots Guards, 2nd Bn. Grave Reference: XV. M. 2. Cemetery: CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ Additional Information: Son of Mrs. and Mrs. Alexander MacRae, of 4, Station Cottages, Strome-Ferry, Lochalsh, Ross-shire. Back to top jrah60 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 4:49 pm    Post subject: McKINLAY, ALEXANDER Rank: Private Service No: 348033 Date of Death: 17/04/1918 Age: 21 Regiment/Service: Royal Scots, 2nd Bn. Grave Reference: XV. M. 1. Cemetery: CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ Additional Information: Son of Alexander and Mary McKinlay, of 31, Balfour St., Leith. Born at Edinburgh. Back to top jrah60 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 4:59 pm    Post subject: McLEAN, WILLIAM Rank: Private Service No: 10070 Date of Death: 25/01/1915 Age: 24 Regiment/Service: Scots Guards, 1st Bn. Grave Reference: I. D. 15. Cemetery: CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ Additional Information: Son of James and Annie McLean, of 17, High St., Strichen, Aberdeenshire. He is commemorated on the City of Glasgow Police WW1 Memorial. http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=3434&mforum=warmemscot Back to top jrah60 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 5:10 pm    Post subject: McMAHON, JAMES Rank: Private Service No: 3407 Date of Death: 25/09/1915 Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), 4th Bn. Grave Reference: XII. D. 18. Cemetery: CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ Additional Information: Place of birth Dundee (SNWM). Back to top jrah60 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 5:12 pm    Post subject: McPHEE, ALEXANDER Rank: Private Service No: 2304 Date of Death: 31/03/1916 Age: 22 Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 1st/8th Bn. Grave Reference: XII. D. 3. Cemetery: CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ Additional Information: Third son of Duncan and Margaret McPhee, of Kilchoman, Islay. 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