POINT 110 NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
Fricourt
Somme
France
General Directions: Fricourt is a village in the Department of the Somme 5 kilometres east of Albert. The Cemetery is about 1 kilometre south of Fricourt on a track running between the roads from Fricourt and Mametz to Bray. Both the new and the old cemeteries are near the side of the track, the old being 230 metres north of the new.
Fricourt village was captured by the 17th Division on 2 July 1916 but the southern part of the commune, in which this cemetery is situated, was already in Allied hands. Point 110 New Military Cemetery was begun by the 403rd French Infantry Regiment in May-July 1915 and continued by Commonwealth units in February-July 1916. The cemetery was named from the contour on the map; before September 1916 it was called King George's Hill.
Further Information: Access by vehicle is possible with care, the track is uneven and difficult in inclement conditions.
Casualty Details: UK 64, Total Burials: 64
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15431 Private Richard Green 24th Bn. Manchester Regiment (Oldham Comrades) 26/02/1916, aged 32. Row C. 11 Killed in Action aged 32, on the morning of 26th Feb 1916 at "Stand to". A Cotton Piecer by trade from Royton, near Oldham, Lancashire. Husband to Elizabeth and Father of Amy, Ethel and Tom. "Always Remembered"
Picture and text courtesy of Michael Light, great grandson of this soldier. |
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