Franvillers Communal Cemetery

Somme, France

Picture courtesy of Barry Cuttell

Location Information: Franvillers is a village in the Department of the Somme, and stands on high ground above the River Ancre. It is on the D929 Amiens (19 kilometres) to Albert (10 kilometres) road. The Communal Cemetery and Extension is south-east of the village on the C201 road.

The COMMUNAL CEMETERY at Franvillers was used at intervals from May 1916 to May 1918. It contains eight Commonwealth burials of the First World War. The adjoining EXTENSION was used from April to August 1918 by units and field ambulances engaged in the defence of Amiens. It contains 248 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and five German graves. The extension was designed by W C Von Berg.

Number of Identified Casualties: 8

 

Burial details:

 

The burials are scattered throughout the communal cemetery, the adjoining EXTENSION can be seen above the bushes.

 

Dvr. D. CALLAGHAN, Royal Field Artillery, 22nd Sept. 1916
2nd Lt. Albert Bruce COSGROVE, Northumberland Fusiliers, 31st May 1916, aged 24
Gnr. Joseph William GARDNER, Australian Field Artillery, 18th April 1918
Pte. Bertram Fraser MURRAY, Canadian Army Service Corps, 25th Aug. 1916, aged 21
Pte. James McGregor RINTOUL, Cameron Highlanders, 15th Nov. 1916, aged 28
Sgt. David Everet THOMSETT, 25th Bn. Australian Inf., 9th April 1918, aged 23
Pte. C. E. WAGNER, Army Service Corps, 12th April 1918
Pte. William Frederick WINCHCOMB, (served as Pte. W. T. Duffy) 21st Bn. Australian Inf. 22nd April 1918
 

 

 

 

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