MONCHY BRITISH CEMETERY
Monchy-le-Preux
Pas de Calais
France
General Directions: Monchy-le-Preux is a village in the department of the Pas-de-Calais on the north side of the main road from Arras to Cambrai (D33). Monchy British Cemetery is nearly 2 kilometres west of the village down a 1 kilometre track.
Monchy village, a relatively high and commanding position, was captured by Commonwealth forces on 11 April 1917. The cemetery was begun at once and continued in use as a front-line cemetery until the German offensive of March 1918, when it fell into their hands. It was recaptured by the Canadian Corps on 26 August and used again for a month. The graves are very closely identified with the divisions which fought on this front.
Casualty Details: UK 558, Canada 23, Total Burials: 521
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950248 Gunner Harold George R. Tombleson 122nd Battery, 52nd Bde. Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action, 28/08/1918, aged 22. Son of Mr. W. M. and Mrs. C. A. Tombleson, of 87, Devonport Rd., Uxbridge Rd., London. Native of Marylebone, London. Mobilized as (1109) Trumpeter, 14th Bty., R.F.A., 5th County of London, 2nd London Division, 4th Aug., 1914. Plot II. D. 19.
Photo courtesy of Bryan Allen, Harold was his wife's Great Uncle.
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