The Scottish War Graves Project

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

FAMPOUX BRITISH CEMETERY, FRANCE.

Fampoux is a town in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, on the north bank of the Scarpe, 6 kilometres east of Arras. The Cemetery is on the south-west side of the D42 road leading north-west from Fampoux to Point-du-Jour.
Fampoux was taken over by the 4th Division (passing through the 9th (Scottish) Division) on 9 April 1917. It remained close behind the Allied front line but part of it was lost on 25 March 1918 during the German advance. The town was finally cleared by the 51st (Highland) Division on 26 August 1918. Fampoux British Cemetery (called at one time Helena Trench Cemetery) was made by units of the 4th and 34th Divisions in April-June 1917 and used again by the Guards Division in 1918. After the Armistice it was found necessary to regroup ten graves (now forming Row E) which projected into the road, and the numbering of Rows A to D is therefore irregular. The extension the Germans added to the churchyard was destroyed in the fighting of 1917 and 1918. Fampoux British Cemetery contains 118 burials of the First World War, 9 of them unidentified. The cemetery was designed by N A Rew.
No. of Identified Casualties: 109

Name: HENDERSON, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Scots Guards
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 10/03/1918
Service No: 16555
Additional information: Son of James and Louisa Henderson of 116 Hardgate, Aberdeen. Place of birth Old Machar, Aberdeen.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: C. 6.
Cemetery: FAMPOUX BRITISH CEMETERY

Name: McINTOSH, FRASER
Initials: F
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit Text: 1st/6th Bn.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 23/04/1917
Service No: 266513
Additional information: Son of Donald and Jane McIntosh, of Cleikiminn, Stanley, Perthshire. Place of birth Brechin, Forfarshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: A. 33.
Cemetery: FAMPOUX BRITISH CEMETERY

Name: ROBERTSON, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders
Unit Text: 6th Bn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 23/04/1917
Service No: 265898
Additional information: Son of Mrs. Sarah Watson, of Artloch Saw Mill, Longhill, Huntly, Aberdeenshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: A. 36.
Cemetery: FAMPOUX BRITISH CEMETERY

Name: CHERRIE, THOMAS GIBSON
Initials: T G
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots
Unit Text: 12th Bn.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 12/04/1917
Service No: 40746
Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Cherrie of 18 Meadow Bank Terrace, Edinburgh.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: A. 38.
Cemetery: FAMPOUX BRITISH CEMETERY

Name: PATTERSON, WILLIAM
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Unit Text: 1st/7th Bn.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 25/04/1917
Service No: 290363
Additional information: Son of Alex and Helen Patterson of 31 South St., St. Andrews, Fife.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: B. 43.
Cemetery: FAMPOUX BRITISH CEMETERY

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

Name: HAIR, JAMES
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Scots Guards
Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Date of Death: 10/03/1918
Service No: 16729
Additional Information: Place of birth, Galashiels.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: C. 7.
Cemetery: FAMPOUX BRITISH CEMETERY

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