ARRAS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.28929, Longitude: 2.79382
Location Information
Arras is in the Department of the Pas de Calais, and the communal cemetery will be found in the suburb of St. Sauveur, on the eastern side of Arras.
To locate the cemetery, take the N39 Route de Cambrai and then the Rue Georges Clemenceau, onto the Rue de la Republique.
Visiting Information
Arras Communal Cemetery is open daily between 08:30 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 19:00.
Historical Information
During the First World War, Arras was in Allied hands from October 1914 until the end of hostilities and gave its name to a number of battles fought in 1917 and 1918.
During the Second World War, Arras was British General Headquarters in 1940. Rear Headquarters left on 19 May 1940, and the town was evacuated on 23 May ahead of the German advance. Thereafter Arras was in German hands until re-taken on 1 September 1944 by Commonwealth and Free French infantry.
Arras Communal Cemetery contains 27 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. Three of the burials are unidentified and one casualty, whose grave could not be precisely located, is commemorated by a special memorial inscribed "Buried near this spot.
Total Burials: 27.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 22, Australia 1, Canada 1. Total 24.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 3.
Arras is in the Department of the Pas de Calais, and the communal cemetery will be found in the suburb of St. Sauveur, on the eastern side of Arras.
To locate the cemetery, take the N39 Route de Cambrai and then the Rue Georges Clemenceau, onto the Rue de la Republique.
Visiting Information
Arras Communal Cemetery is open daily between 08:30 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 19:00.
Historical Information
During the First World War, Arras was in Allied hands from October 1914 until the end of hostilities and gave its name to a number of battles fought in 1917 and 1918.
During the Second World War, Arras was British General Headquarters in 1940. Rear Headquarters left on 19 May 1940, and the town was evacuated on 23 May ahead of the German advance. Thereafter Arras was in German hands until re-taken on 1 September 1944 by Commonwealth and Free French infantry.
Arras Communal Cemetery contains 27 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. Three of the burials are unidentified and one casualty, whose grave could not be precisely located, is commemorated by a special memorial inscribed "Buried near this spot.
Total Burials: 27.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 22, Australia 1, Canada 1. Total 24.
Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 3.
2734105 Lance Sergeant
Marcel Octave Leon Amerlinck
1st Bn. Welsh Guards
22nd May 1940, aged 22.
Plot X. Row 1. Grave 51.
Son of Henry Amerlinck and of Alice Jane Amerlinck (nee Birtley); husband of Maria Amerlinck, of Whitchurch, Glamorgan.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That We Might Live. God's Will Be Done"
Marcel Octave Leon Amerlinck
1st Bn. Welsh Guards
22nd May 1940, aged 22.
Plot X. Row 1. Grave 51.
Son of Henry Amerlinck and of Alice Jane Amerlinck (nee Birtley); husband of Maria Amerlinck, of Whitchurch, Glamorgan.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That We Might Live. God's Will Be Done"
1684379 Sergeant
Thomas Barratt
7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
16th June 1944, aged 22.
Plot Y. Row 1. Grave 67.
Son of Thomas and Margarat Barratt, of Stockport, Cheshire; husband of Winifred Beatrice Barratt, of Cheadle Heath, Stockport.
Thomas Barratt
7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
16th June 1944, aged 22.
Plot Y. Row 1. Grave 67.
Son of Thomas and Margarat Barratt, of Stockport, Cheshire; husband of Winifred Beatrice Barratt, of Cheadle Heath, Stockport.
90403 Second Lieutenant
Thomas Benson Bland
4th Bn. Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
30th May 1940.
Plot W. Row 4. Grave 17.
Son of Thomas Henry and Elizabeth Mary Bland, of Hexham, Northumberland.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That We Might Live"
Thomas Benson Bland
4th Bn. Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
30th May 1940.
Plot W. Row 4. Grave 17.
Son of Thomas Henry and Elizabeth Mary Bland, of Hexham, Northumberland.
His headstone bears the inscription "He Died That We Might Live"
2734083 Guardsman
Peter Dineen
1st Bn. Welsh Guards
22nd May 1940, aged 23.
Plot Y. Row 1. Grave 54.
Son of Peter and Margaret Ellen Dinneen, of Rhydfelan, Glamorgan.
His headstone bears the inscription "Beautiful Memories Are All We Have Left Of One We Loved And Shall Never Forget"
Peter Dineen
1st Bn. Welsh Guards
22nd May 1940, aged 23.
Plot Y. Row 1. Grave 54.
Son of Peter and Margaret Ellen Dinneen, of Rhydfelan, Glamorgan.
His headstone bears the inscription "Beautiful Memories Are All We Have Left Of One We Loved And Shall Never Forget"
Individual Headstones
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420185 Pilot Officer
Alan Charles William Grant
Royal Australian Air Force
16th June 1944, aged 24.
Plot Y. Row 1. Grave 66.
Son of William Allison Grant and Winifred Eleanor Grant, of Pymble, New South Wales, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "On The Earth The Broken Arcs; In The Heaven A Perfect Round"
Alan Charles William Grant
Royal Australian Air Force
16th June 1944, aged 24.
Plot Y. Row 1. Grave 66.
Son of William Allison Grant and Winifred Eleanor Grant, of Pymble, New South Wales, Australia.
His headstone bears the inscription "On The Earth The Broken Arcs; In The Heaven A Perfect Round"
J/89735 Pilot Officer
Richard Charles Martin
7 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
16th June 1944, aged 29.
Plot Y. Row 1. Grave 70.
Son of Charles Evan and Florence Adelaide Martin, of Vineland, Ontario. Canada.
Richard Charles Martin
7 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
16th June 1944, aged 29.
Plot Y. Row 1. Grave 70.
Son of Charles Evan and Florence Adelaide Martin, of Vineland, Ontario. Canada.
1292158 Sergeant
William Albert Edward (Bill) Newton
7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
16th June 1944, aged 20.
Plot Y. Row 1. Grave 68.
Son of Francis Henry James Newton and Kathleen Patricia Newton.
His headstone bears the inscription "We Are Proud Of You, Bill. Sweet Memories Of Your Childhood Days. Mother, Unc., Doreen, Bruce"
William Albert Edward (Bill) Newton
7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
16th June 1944, aged 20.
Plot Y. Row 1. Grave 68.
Son of Francis Henry James Newton and Kathleen Patricia Newton.
His headstone bears the inscription "We Are Proud Of You, Bill. Sweet Memories Of Your Childhood Days. Mother, Unc., Doreen, Bruce"
90124 Flight Lieutenant
Michael Fitzwilliam Peacock, D. F. C.
85 Squadron, Royal Air Force
20th May 1940, aged 28.
Son of T. C. H. Peacock, and of Kathleen S. Peacock, of Chalvington, Sussex. Double Blue, Oxford; Captain of Richmond Rugby Football Club; Barrister-at-Law (Middle Temple).
His headstone bears the inscription "Barrister-At-Law Member Of The Middle Temple"
Michael Fitzwilliam Peacock, D. F. C.
85 Squadron, Royal Air Force
20th May 1940, aged 28.
Son of T. C. H. Peacock, and of Kathleen S. Peacock, of Chalvington, Sussex. Double Blue, Oxford; Captain of Richmond Rugby Football Club; Barrister-at-Law (Middle Temple).
His headstone bears the inscription "Barrister-At-Law Member Of The Middle Temple"
