The Scottish War Graves Project

jrah60 · Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride

BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Country: France
Locality: Somme
Identified Casualties: 481

Bouzincourt is a village 3 kilometres north-west of Albert on the road to Doullens (D938). The Communal Cemetery is on the northern side of the village and is signposted on the main road (D938) through the village.
Bouzincourt was used as a field ambulance station from early in 1916 to February 1917, when the Allied line went forward from the Ancre. It was in German hands for a few days in the spring of 1918.
BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY was used for burials from March to July 1916 and again from April to June 1918; it contains 33 Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
The adjoining CEMETERY EXTENSION was begun in May 1916 and used until February 1917. In the early part of July 1916, it was used not only for burials from the field ambulances but also for the interment of many soldiers killed in action and brought back from the line. The extension was reopened from the end of March 1918 until the following September and used largely by the 38th (Welsh) Division. In 1919, 20 graves were brought into Plot II, Row A from the immediate neighbourhood of Bouzincourt and 108 more were brought into Plots I, III and IV in 1924-25 from the various Somme battlefields and from the following Churchyard:-
FRAMERVILLE CHURCHYARD contained the graves of two Australian soldiers who fell in August, 1918. (The village was captured by the 2nd Australian Division on the 9th August.) They were at the South end of the Churchyard, which was later closed to burials and made into a public square.
The extension now contains 589 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 108 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to casualties known or believed to be buried among them.
The extension was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.

jrah60 · Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride

BROWN, JOHN ARBUCKLE
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Date of Death: 03/07/1916
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry 16th Bn.
Grave Reference: II. B. 6.
Cemetery: BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Additional Information: Son of Caroline L. H. Brown, of 4, Hamilton Terrace East, Partick, Glasgow, and the late John Arbuckle Brown.

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BURNS, PHILLIP
Rank: Private
Service No: 3099
Date of Death: 03/07/1916
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry 15th Bn.
Grave Reference: II. D. 12.
Cemetery: BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Additional Information: Husband of Annie Burns, of 31, Cathcart Rd., Rutherglen, Glasgow.

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CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER
Rank: Private
Service No: 14706
Date of Death: 28/06/1916
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry 16th Bn.
Grave Reference: II. A. 10.
Cemetery: BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Additional Information: Son of Alexander and Mary Anderson Campbell, of 141, Raeberry St., Maryhill Rd., Glasgow.

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COWDEN, THOMAS
Rank: Private
Service No: 22652
Date of Death: 11/07/1916
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry "B" Coy. 17th Bn.
Grave Reference: I. D. 12.
Cemetery: BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Additional Information: Son of James Cowden; husband of Joan Freeman Cowden, of I, Charlotte Place, Bedford St., South Side, Glasgow. Native of Glasgow.

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DEVLIN, JAMES
Rank: Private
Service No: 1373
Date of Death: 01/07/1916
Age: 26
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry 16th Bn.
Grave Reference: IV. C. 22.
Cemetery: BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Additional Information: Son of Elizabeth Devlin, of 223, New City Rd., Glasgow, and the late George Devlin.

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DIVERS, JOHN
Rank: Private
Service No: 4180
Date of Death: 09/12/1916
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders 3rd/4th Bn.
Grave Reference: I. I. 6.
Cemetery: BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Additional Information: Fosterson of Mrs. R. Divers, of 72, Wales St., Aberdeen.

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FREEMAN, MICHAEL ISAAC
Rank: Private
Service No: 15579
Date of Death: 01/07/1916
Age: 34
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry 17th Bn.
Grave Reference: II. B. 7.
Cemetery: BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Additional Information: Son of Rhoda Freeman, of 51, Avoca St., Belfast, and the late Abraham Freeman.

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GILCHRIST, STEWART
Rank: Private
Service No: 14909
Date of Death: 28/06/1916
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry 16th Bn.
Grave Reference: II. A. 9.
Cemetery: BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Additional Information: Husband of E. Gilchrist, of 40, Market St., Glasgow.

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HUTCHISON, EDWARD
Rank: Major
Date of Death: 01/07/1916
Age: 45
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry 17th (Service) Bn.
Grave Reference: I. A. 12.
Cemetery: BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Additional Information: Son of Robert and Marion Hutchison, of Glasgow; husband of Elsie K. Hutchison, of 34, Granby Terrace, Glasgow.

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HUTTON, ANDREW DONALD
Rank: Captain
Date of Death: 03/07/1916
Age: 22
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry 15th Bn.
Grave Reference: II. B. 3.
Cemetery: BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Additional Information: Son of the Rev. John A. Hutton, M.A., D.D., and Margaret Cameron Hutton, of Ash, Sevenoaks, Kent. Native of Alyth, Perthshire. M.A., Glasgow University.

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JOHNSTON, JOSEPH
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 14526
Date of Death: 30/06/1916
Age: 36
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry 16th Bn.
Grave Reference: I. A. 6.
Cemetery: BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Additional Information: Son of Thomas and Janet Johnston (nee Douglas), of Dumfries; husband of the late Mary Ellen Johnston. Reservist Scottish Borderers.

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JONES, DAVID
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 275037
Date of Death: 26/05/1918
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots 9th Bn.
Grave Reference: IV. B. 6.
Cemetery: BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Additional Information: Husband of E. Jones, of 6, James Court, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh.

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LOGAN, RICHARD
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Date of Death: 10/07/1916
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry 15th Bn.
Grave Reference: II. G. 5.
Cemetery: BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Additional Information: Extract from MIC R. Logan (Father), 9 King’s Terrace, Maryhill, Glasgow.

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LOVE, ALFRED
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 40556
Date of Death: 19/05/1918
Age: 31
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots 17th Bn.
Grave Reference: IV. B. 4.
Cemetery: BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Additional Information: Son of William and Alice Love, of Kingston-on-Thames.