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jrah60
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 6:51 pm Post subject: Authuile Military Cemetery |
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AUTHUILE MILITARY CEMETERY
Country: France
Locality: Somme
Identified Casualties: 434
Authuile (now Authuille), is a village 5 Kms north of Albert. Authuile Military Cemetery is on the south side of the village. The Cemetery is signposted on the main road (D159) through the village.
The village was held by British troops from the summer of 1915 to March, 1918, when it was captured in the German Offensive on the Somme; it was ruined by shell fire even before that date.
The Military Cemetery was used by Field Ambulances and fighting units from August, 1915 to December, 1916, and in 1917 and 1918 by Indian Labour Companies.
There are now over 450, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, nearly 40 are unidentified and special memorials are erected to 18 soldiers from the United Kingdom, known or believed to be buried among them. The graves of two other German soldiers have been removed.
The cemetery covers an area of 2,650 square metres and is enclosed by a low concrete curb. The cemetery was named as Authuile Military Cemetery at the time of creation and C.W.G.C. maintain this as the historic name of the cemetery. |
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BALDIE, JOHN BROWN
Rank: Private
Service No: 2819
Date of Death: 26/09/1915
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1st/6th Bn.
Grave Reference: B. 40.
Cemetery: AUTHUILE MILITARY CEMETERY
Additional Information: Husband of Mary Auchterlonie Baldie, of Main St., Bankfoot, Perthshire. Born at Scone. |
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jrah60
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BLAIN, JOHN
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 13576
Date of Death: 27/01/1916
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry 15th Bn.
Grave Reference: A. 45.
Cemetery: AUTHUILE MILITARY CEMETERY
Additional Information: Place of birth Dalmellington Ayrshire (SNWM). |
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jrah60
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BROWN, GEORGE
Rank: Private
Service No: 1796
Date of Death: 21/10/1915
Age: 41
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders "C" Coy. 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: B. 59.
Cemetery: AUTHUILE MILITARY CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of James and Jessie Brown, of Elgin; husband of Annie Brown, of 21, King St., Elgin, Morayshire. |
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jrah60
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CLARK, ROBERT
Rank: Private
Service No: 14675
Date of Death: 26/05/1916
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry 16th Bn.
Grave Reference: E. 14.
Cemetery: AUTHUILE MILITARY CEMETERY
Additional Information: Place of birth Glasgow (SNWM).
CLARKE, JOHN
Rank: Private
Service No: 3061
Date of Death: 29/01/1916
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry 15th Bn.
Grave Reference: A. 42.
Cemetery: AUTHUILE MILITARY CEMETERY
Additional Information: Place of birth Glasgow (SNWM).
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COLLINS, VINCENT LIONEL JOHN
Rank: Private
Service No: 2491
Date of Death: 04/10/1915
Age: 18
Regiment/Service: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1st/8th Bn.
Grave Reference: B. 41.
Cemetery: AUTHUILE MILITARY CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Harry and Martha Collins, of 5, Broadway, Crowborough, Sussex. |
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COWE, ALEXANDER
Rank: Private
Service No: 2831
Date of Death: 14/10/1915
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders 1st/7th Bn.
Grave Reference: B. 49.
Cemetery: AUTHUILE MILITARY CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of John and Margaret Cowe, of Mill of Migne, Tarland, Aberdeenshire. Native of Lowie, Glenkindie, Aberdeenshire.
CURRY, HUGH
Rank: Private
Service No: 1016
Date of Death: 16/06/1916
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry 15th Bn.
Grave Reference: E. 10.
Cemetery: AUTHUILE MILITARY CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Curry, of 88, Greenslitt Avenue, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, U.S.A. Native of Glasgow.
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jrah60
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DAVIDSON, WILLIAM
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 1913
Date of Death: 27/10/1915
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders 6th Bn.
Grave Reference: B. 61.
Cemetery: AUTHUILE MILITARY CEMETERY |
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jrah60
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EDWARD, GORDON
Rank: Private
Service No: 143
Date of Death: 15/10/1915
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders 1st/7th Bn.
Grave Reference: B. 52.
Cemetery: AUTHUILE MILITARY CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Gordon and Mary Edward, of Stonehaven, husband of Maggie Jane Thomson Ritchie (formerly Edward), of 4, North St., Montrose. |
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jrah60
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EWEN, WILLIAM T.
Rank: Private
Service No: 1838
Date of Death: 07/11/1915
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders "A" Coy. 1st/5th Bn.
Grave Reference: B. 62.
Cemetery: AUTHUILE MILITARY CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Charles and Helen Ewen, of Ivy Cottage, Hatton of Fintray, Aberdeen. |
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jrah60
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FERGUSON, DUGALD
Rank: Private
Service No: 14010
Date of Death: 27/01/1916
Age: 34
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry 15th Bn.
Grave Reference: A. 44.
Cemetery: AUTHUILE MILITARY CEMETERY
Additional Information: Husband of Elizabeth Bowes Fagan (formerly Ferguson), of 7, George St., Mile End, Glasgow. |
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FISHER, GEORGE BELL
Rank: Private
Service No: 3263
Date of Death: 15/10/1915
Age: 17
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders 1st/7th Bn.
Grave Reference: B. 57.
Cemetery: AUTHUILE MILITARY CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Robert and Jane Bell Fisher, of Wigton, Cumberland. |
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GRAY, ALEXANDER M.
Rank: Private
Service No: 3502
Date of Death: 12/10/1916
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 5th Bn.
Grave Reference: J. 11.
Cemetery: AUTHUILE MILITARY CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Alexander M. and Mary Gray, of 27, Townhead, Inverbervie, Kincardineshire.
GREEN, PETER
Rank: Private
Service No: 13121
Date of Death: 27/01/1916
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry 15th Bn.
Grave Reference: A. 43.
Cemetery: AUTHUILE MILITARY CEMETERY
Additional Information: Place of birth Glasgow (SNWM).
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HARDY, CHARLES BERTRAM
Rank: Private
Service No: 3259
Date of Death: 15/10/1915
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders 1st/7th Bn.
Grave Reference: B. 56.
Cemetery: AUTHUILE MILITARY CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Jane Ann Greenway (formerly Hardy) and the late William Hardy, of 860, Stockport Rd., Longsight, Manchester. |
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HENDRY, JAMES A.
Rank: Private
Service No: 2706
Date of Death: 13/10/1915
Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders 1st/7th Bn.
Grave Reference: B. 47.
Cemetery: AUTHUILE MILITARY CEMETERY
Additional Information: Place of birth Auchinblae Kincardineshire (SNWM). |
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