EPEHY WOOD FARM CEMETERY
Epehy
Somme
France
Due to the poor condition of our image, this picture of the cemetery is kindly provided by of Gail Campbell of Rochdale, Lancashire
General Directions: Epehy is a village between Cambrai and Peronne about 18 kilometres north-east of Peronne. Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery is a little west of the village and on the north side of the road to Saulcourt.
The village of Epehy was captured at the beginning of April 1917. It was lost on 22 March 1918 after a spirited defence by the Leicester Brigade of the 21st Division and the 2nd Royal Munster Fusiliers. It was retaken (in the Battle of Epehy) on 18 September 1918, by the 7th Norfolks, 9th Essex and 1st/1st Cambridgeshires of the 12th (Eastern) Division. The cemetery takes its name from the Ferme du Bois, a little to the east. Plots I and II were made by the 12th Division after the capture of the village, and contain the graves of officers and men who died in September 1918 (or, in a few instances, in April 1917 and March 1918). Plots III-VI were made after the Armistice when graves were brought in from smaller cemeteries and from the battlefields surrounding Epehy.
Casualty Details: UK 997, Total Burials: 997
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Private 29633 Francis Barnes 1st Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment, 22/03/1918, aged 23. Plot III. K. 2. Son of John & Minnie Barnes of Swinton, East Yorkshire enlisted into the Wagoner's Reserves shortly after war broke out in 1914 and later transferred to the East Yorkshire Regiment. He was killed in the battle for the village of Epehy.
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241602 Private James Holbrook 1st/6th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers Killed in action at Malassise Farm, Epehy, France 13/04/1917, aged 36. Plot III. L. 11. son of John William and Mary Ann Holbrook of Rochdale. He left his widow Florence, and his three children Clifford, Frank and Ivy.
Picture courtesy of James Holbrook's Great Granddaughter, Gail Campbell of Rochdale, Lancashire |
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16007 Lance Corporal William James Meekins 1st/1st Bn. Cambridgeshire Regiment. 23/09/1918, aged 23. Son of William James Meekins, of 22, Fletcher Rd., Acton Green, London. Born at Bury St. Edmund's. Plot I. J. 8.
Picture courtesy of Jacqui Meekins, Great niece of this soldier
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