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  Y Ravine Cemetery Goto page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7  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: Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:15 pm    Post subject: Y Ravine Cemetery Y RAVINE CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL, SOMME, FRANCE. Identified Casualties: 275 Using the D919 from Arras to Amiens you will drive through the villages of Bucquoy, Puisieux then Serre Les Puisieux (approximately 20 kilometres south of Arras). On leaving Serre Les Puisieux, 3 kilometres further along the D919, turn left following the signs for Auchonvillers. At the crossroads in the village centre, follow the signs for 'Newfoundland Park, Beaumont Hamel'. "Y" Ravine Cemetery is located within the Park. "Y" Ravine runs East and West about 800 metres South of the village, from "Station Road" to the front line of July 1916. It was a deep ravine with steep sides, lined with dug-outs, with extending two short arms at the West end. The village of Beaumont-Hamel was attacked and reached on 1 July, 1916, by units of the 29th Division (which included the Royal Newfoundland Regiment), but it could not be held. It was attacked again and captured, with the Ravine, by the 51st (Highland) Division on 13 November 1916. The Newfoundland Memorial Park, and the 29th and 51st Divisional Memorials within it, commemorates these engagements, and "Y" Ravine Cemetery is within the Park. The village was later "adopted", with three others in the Somme, by the City of Winchester. The cemetery was made by the V Corps in the spring of 1917, when these battlefields were cleared. It was called originally "Y" Ravine Cemetery No.1. No.2 cemetery was concentrated after the Armistice into Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel. There are now over 400, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over a third are unidentified and special memorials are erected to 53 soldiers (or sailors or Marines) from the United Kingdom and eight from Newfoundland, known or believed to be buried among them. The cemetery covers an area of 1,166 square metres and is enclosed by a rubble wall. Back to top jrah60 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:16 pm    Post subject: Name: ADAMS, JAMES Rank: Private Service No: 536 Date of Death: 13/11/1916 Age: 20 Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders, "C" Coy. 1st/7th Bn. Grave Reference: C. 72. Cemetery: Y RAVINE CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL Additional Information: Son of James and Helen Adams, of 98, Barclay St., Stonehaven, Kincardineshire. Back to top jrah60 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:18 pm    Post subject: Name: ALEXANDER, PETER Rank: Private Service No: 3724 Date of Death: 13/11/1916 Age: 28 Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders, 1st/5th Bn. Grave Reference: A. 9. Cemetery: Y RAVINE CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL Additional Information: Son of Mrs. Helen Alexander, of 81, Station Rd., Ellon, Aberdeenshire. Back to top jrah60 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:19 pm    Post subject: Name: BLAIN, PETER Rank: Private Service No: 6248 Date of Death: 13/11/1916 Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders, 1st/7th Bn. Grave Reference: Sp. Mem. D. 10. Cemetery: Y RAVINE CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL Additional Information: Place of birth Dunaskin, Ayrshire (SNWM). Back to top jrah60 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:20 pm    Post subject: Name: BLYTH, DAVID Rank: Private Service No: 2188 Date of Death: 13/11/1916 Age: 23 Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), 1st/7th Bn. Grave Reference: A. 54. Cemetery: Y RAVINE CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL Additional Information: Son of Mrs. J. Blyth, of 7, Maybank Terrace, Leven, Fife. Back to top jrah60 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:21 pm    Post subject: Name: BRECHIN, ALEXANDER J. D. Rank: Private Service No: 1528 Date of Death: 15/11/1916 Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders, 1st/5th Bn. Grave Reference: A. 21. Cemetery: Y RAVINE CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL Additional Information: Place of birth Ardallie, Aberdeenshire (SNWM). Back to top jrah60 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:23 pm    Post subject: Name: BRECHIN, JOHN Rank: Private Service No: 1737 Date of Death: 13/11/1916 Age: 19 Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders, 1st/5th Bn. Grave Reference: A. 38. Cemetery: Y RAVINE CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL Additional Information: Son of James and C. Brechin, of 15, Market Square, Old Meldrum, Aberdeen. Back to top jrah60 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:24 pm    Post subject: Name: BREMNER, HARRY Rank: Serjeant Service No: 2304 Date of Death: 15/11/1916 Age: 21 Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders, 1st/5th Bn Awards: M M Grave Reference: Sp. Mem. B. 8. Cemetery: Y RAVINE CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL Additional Information: Son of Charles and Jessie E. Davidson Bremner, of Cortes Cottage, Lonmay, Aberdeenshire. Back to top jrah60 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:25 pm    Post subject: Name: BURT, GEORGE Rank: Private Service No: 18699 Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Age: 34 Regiment/Service: King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 1st Bn. Grave Reference: D. 17. Cemetery: Y RAVINE CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL Additional Information: Son of Mrs. G. Burt; husband of, Jane Burt. Place of birth Falkirk (SNWM). Back to top jrah60 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:26 pm    Post subject: Name: CAMERON, DONALD Rank: Corporal Service No: 9681 Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Regiment/Service: King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 1st Bn. Grave Reference: C. 17. Cemetery: Y RAVINE CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL Additional Information: Place of birth Stonehaven, Kincardine (SNWM). Back to top jrah60 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:28 pm    Post subject: Name: CASSIE, WILLIAM Rank: Private Service No: 2855 Date of Death: 13/11/1916 Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders, 1st/7th Bn. Grave Reference: B. 83. Cemetery: Y RAVINE CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL Additional Information: Place of birth Kintore, Aberdeenshire (SNWM). Name: HALCROW, LAWRENCE Rank: Private Service No: 6402 Date of Death: 13/11/1916 Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders, 1st/7th Bn. Grave Reference: B. 84. Cemetery: Y RAVINE CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL Additional Information: Place of birth Lerwick (SNWM). Back to top jrah60 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:30 pm    Post subject: Name: CHRISTIE, WILLIAM Rank: Private Service No: 538 Date of Death: 14/11/1916 Age: 20 Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders, 1st/7th Bn. Grave Reference: Sp. Mem. E. 1. Cemetery: Y RAVINE CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL Additional Information: Son of George and Jane Christie, of 1, Dawson's Buildings, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire. Back to top jrah60 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:31 pm    Post subject: Name: CLARK, GEORGE Rank: Private Service No: 3426 Date of Death: 13/11/1916 Age: 22 Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), 1st/6th Bn. Grave Reference: B. 64. Cemetery: Y RAVINE CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. David Clark, of 7, Commercial St., Coupar Angus. Back to top jrah60 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:32 pm    Post subject: Name: CORBETT, ALEXANDER Rank: Private Service No: 3375 Date of Death: 13/11/1916 Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders, 1st/5th Bn. Grave Reference: Sp. Mem. E. 2. Cemetery: Y RAVINE CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL Additional Information: Place of birth New Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire (SNWM). Back to top jrah60 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 2413 Location: East Kibride Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:33 pm    Post subject: Name: COUTTS, ROBERT YOUNIE Rank: Corporal Service No: 2773 Date of Death: 13/11/1916 Age: 20 Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders, 1st/4th Bn. Grave Reference: D. 2. Cemetery: Y RAVINE CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL Additional Information: Son of W. D. and Jennie Younie Coutts, of 26, Jute St., Aberdeen. 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