GROVE TOWN CEMETERY
Meaulte
Somme
France
General Directions: Meaulte is a village a little south of Albert. Leave Albert by heading south-east on the D329 in the direction of Meaulte. Go through the village of Meaulte in the direction of Bray-sur-Somme. After leaving Meaulte, 2.5 kilometres down the road turn right towards Etinehem (C6) heading south. The first CWGC signpost is at this turn off. Follow the C6 for 0.8 kilometres and then follow the second CWGC signpost indicating a right turn down a dirt track. Carry straight on down the dirt track for 0.4 kilometres and Grove Town British Cemetery is on the left hand side of this track.
In September 1916, the 34th and 2/2nd London Casualty Clearing Stations were established at this point, known to the troops as Grove Town, to deal with casualties from the Somme battlefields. They were moved in April 1917 and, except for a few burials in August and September 1918, the cemetery was closed.
Casualty Details: UK 1365, Canada 12, Australia 14, New Zealand 1, Total Burials: 1392
27257 Private
Robert W. Kershaw
1st Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment).
20/10/1916, aged 19.
Son of Helen Smith (formerly Kershaw), of 52, Foster St., Lincoln, and the late Richard Kershaw.
Plot I. N. 35.
Picture courtesy of John Kershaw
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