ETRETAT CHURCHYARD AND EXTENSION
Etretat
Seine-Maritime
France
General Directions: Etretat is a small seaside town about 26 kilometres north of Le Havre. The churchyard is on the D.940 from Fecamp.
In December 1914, No 1 General Hospital was established in Etretat and it remained there until December 1918. In July 1917, it was taken over by No. 2 (Presbyterian USA) Base Hospital Unit, but it continued to operate as a British hospital. The first seven burials took place among the French civil graves but in February 1915, two plots were set aside for Commonwealth burials in the churchyard. These were filled by December 1916 and from then until December 1918, the extension was used.
Victoria Cross: Sergeant Leo Clarke, VC, 2nd Bn, Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment), died of wounds 19/10/1916 and buried in plot 2. C. 3A. (Churchyard)
Casualty Details: UK 241, Canada 16, Australia 4, New Zealand 3, Total Burials: 264 (Churchyard). UK 244, Australia 37, South Africa 1, Total Burials: 282 (Extension)
9/14973 Lance Corporal
George Bernard Fitzgerald
1st Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment
10/05/1917, aged 27.
Son of John and Ann Fitzgerald, of Sunderland.
Plot I. E. 3. Extension
Picture courtesy of Norman Kirby
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