DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
Location Information
Doullens is a town in the Department of the Somme, approximately 30 kilometres north of Amiens on the N25 road to Arras.
The Communal Cemetery and Extensions lie on the eastern side of the town, about 270 metres south-east of the road to Arras.
Historical Information
Doullens was Marshal Foch's headquarters early in the First World War and the scene of the conference in March 1918, after which he assumed command of the Allied armies on the Western Front. From the summer of 1915 to March 1916, Doullens was a junction between the French Tenth Army on the Arras front and the Commonwealth Third Army on the Somme. The citadelle, overlooking the town from the south, was a French military hospital, and the railhead was used by both armies. In March 1916, Commonwealth forces succeeded the French on the Arras front and the 19th Casualty Clearing Station came to Doullens, followed by the 41st, the 35th and the 11th. By the end of 1916, these had given way to the 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital (which stayed until June 1918) and the 2/1st Northumbrian Casualty Clearing Station.
From February 1916 to April 1918, these medical units continued to bury in the French extension (No 1) of the communal cemetery. In March and April 1918 the German advance and the desperate fighting on this front threw a severe strain on the Canadian Stationary Hospital. The extension was filled, and a second extension begun on the opposite side of the communal cemetery.
In May 1940, Doullens was bombed with Arras and Abbeville before being occupied by the Germans.
Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1 (Clicking on this link will take you to our WW1 site) 1,335 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. There are also seven French and 13 German war graves from this period. Second World War burials number 35, more than half of them men of the Queen's Royal West Kents who died 20/21 May 1940.
Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.2 (Clicking on this link will take you to our WW1 site) 374 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, and 87 German war graves.
The COMMUNAL CEMETERY itself contains ten Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. 6 Identified.
Doullens is a town in the Department of the Somme, approximately 30 kilometres north of Amiens on the N25 road to Arras.
The Communal Cemetery and Extensions lie on the eastern side of the town, about 270 metres south-east of the road to Arras.
Historical Information
Doullens was Marshal Foch's headquarters early in the First World War and the scene of the conference in March 1918, after which he assumed command of the Allied armies on the Western Front. From the summer of 1915 to March 1916, Doullens was a junction between the French Tenth Army on the Arras front and the Commonwealth Third Army on the Somme. The citadelle, overlooking the town from the south, was a French military hospital, and the railhead was used by both armies. In March 1916, Commonwealth forces succeeded the French on the Arras front and the 19th Casualty Clearing Station came to Doullens, followed by the 41st, the 35th and the 11th. By the end of 1916, these had given way to the 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital (which stayed until June 1918) and the 2/1st Northumbrian Casualty Clearing Station.
From February 1916 to April 1918, these medical units continued to bury in the French extension (No 1) of the communal cemetery. In March and April 1918 the German advance and the desperate fighting on this front threw a severe strain on the Canadian Stationary Hospital. The extension was filled, and a second extension begun on the opposite side of the communal cemetery.
In May 1940, Doullens was bombed with Arras and Abbeville before being occupied by the Germans.
Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1 (Clicking on this link will take you to our WW1 site) 1,335 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. There are also seven French and 13 German war graves from this period. Second World War burials number 35, more than half of them men of the Queen's Royal West Kents who died 20/21 May 1940.
Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.2 (Clicking on this link will take you to our WW1 site) 374 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, and 87 German war graves.
The COMMUNAL CEMETERY itself contains ten Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. 6 Identified.
793101 Trooper
Charles John Edward Jones
10th Royal Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps
6th June 1940, aged 26.
Son of Albert Francis and Clara Edith Alice Jones; husband of Kate Florence Jones, of Derby.
Other Burials
884331 Gunner Norman Bain, 10 Field Regt. Royal Artillery, died 30th May 1940, aged 22. Son of Andrew and Jeanie Bain, of Innellan, Argyllshire.
827464 Serjeant Frank Henry Barlow, 99 (The Royal Bucks.Yeomanry) Field Regt., Royal Artillery, died between 27/05/1940 and 12/07/1940, aged 32. Son of John and Ada Barlow, of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.
2984425 Private Robert Hanna, 7th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, died 3rd June 1940, aged 28. Son of William John and Eliz_ Jane Hanna, of Kilsyth, Stirlingshire.
4612014 Sapper James Patrick Singleton, 226 Field Coy. Royal Engineers, died between 03/06/1940 and 18/06/1940, aged 33. Son of the late John and Jessie Elizabeth Singleton of London.
528627 Sergeant Howard Percival White, Wireless Operator (Air), 226 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 2nd August 1940, aged 22. Son of Robert White, and of Lily White, of Paddington, London.
Charles John Edward Jones
10th Royal Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps
6th June 1940, aged 26.
Son of Albert Francis and Clara Edith Alice Jones; husband of Kate Florence Jones, of Derby.
Other Burials
884331 Gunner Norman Bain, 10 Field Regt. Royal Artillery, died 30th May 1940, aged 22. Son of Andrew and Jeanie Bain, of Innellan, Argyllshire.
827464 Serjeant Frank Henry Barlow, 99 (The Royal Bucks.Yeomanry) Field Regt., Royal Artillery, died between 27/05/1940 and 12/07/1940, aged 32. Son of John and Ada Barlow, of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.
2984425 Private Robert Hanna, 7th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, died 3rd June 1940, aged 28. Son of William John and Eliz_ Jane Hanna, of Kilsyth, Stirlingshire.
4612014 Sapper James Patrick Singleton, 226 Field Coy. Royal Engineers, died between 03/06/1940 and 18/06/1940, aged 33. Son of the late John and Jessie Elizabeth Singleton of London.
528627 Sergeant Howard Percival White, Wireless Operator (Air), 226 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 2nd August 1940, aged 22. Son of Robert White, and of Lily White, of Paddington, London.
