HENIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Henin
Pas de Calais
France
General Directions: Henin-sur-Cojeul is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, about 8 kilometres south-east of Arras (D12E). Henin Communal Cemetery is approximately 0.75 kilometres south of the village and the Extension is on the east side of the Communal Cemetery.
Henin-sur-Cojeul was captured on 2 April 1917, lost in March 1918, after an obstinate resistance by the 40th Division, and retaken on the following 24 August by the 52nd (Lowland) Division. The extension was made between April and November 1917, chiefly by the 21st and 30th Divisions. It was used for 15 burials at the end of August 1918 and enlarged after the Armistice when graves were brought in from Henin British Cemetery.
Casualty Details: UK 192, Canada 1, Total Burials: 193
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Second Lieutenant Frank Whaley "D" Coy. 2nd Bn. Yorkshire Regiment Formerly served in 18th (University and Public Schools) Bn. Royal Fusiliers. 31/03/1917, aged 21. Son of the Rev. Frank Webster Whaley and Agnes Whaley, of The Vicarage, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Settle, Yorks. Plot II. D. 23.
Pictures courtesy of Margie Peters-Fawcett, great niece of this soldier |
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