SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.3
Puisieux
Pas de Calais
France
General Directions: The village of Serre is 11 kilometres north-north-east of Albert. Using the D919 from Arras to Amiens you will drive through the villages of Bucquoy, Puisieux, then Serre Les Puisieux (approximately 20 kilometres south of Arras). On leaving Serre Les Puisieux, 600 metres further along the D919, there is a right turn onto a small lane which will take you directly to Serre Road No.3 Cemetery. This road is suitable for vehicles in dry weather.
The "Serre Road" was, in June, 1916, the road leading out of Mailly-Maillet, in British hands, and entering No Man's Land about 1,170 metres South-West of Serre, which was held by the Germans. The 31st and 4th Divisions attacked North and South of this road on the 1st July, 1916; parties of the 31st Division reached Serre, but the attack failed. The 3rd and 31st Divisions renewed the attempt, without success, on the 11th November. The Germans evacuated Serre on the 24th February, 1917, and the 22nd Manchesters entered the village on the following morning. In the spring of 1917, the battlefields of the Ancre were cleared by the V Corps and a number of cemeteries made, three of which are named from the Serre Road. They fell into enemy hands on the 25th March, 1918, but were recovered on the following 14th August. Serre Road Cemetery No. 3, was made by the V Corps in the spring of 1917.
Casualty Details: UK 84, Total Burials: 84
Burials by Regiment
| West Yorkshire Regiment | 17 | East Lancashire Regiment | 06 |
| Royal Welsh Fusiliers | 03 | Royal Scots Fusiliers | 02 |
| King's Shropshire Light Infantry | 02 | King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment | 01 |
| Suffolk Regiment | 01 | Gordon Highlanders | 01 |
| East Yorkshire Regiment | 01 | Machine Gun Corps. (Inf.) | 01 |
| Yorks & Lancs Regiment | 01 | Unidentified | 38 |
57076 Private
James Clutton
10th Bn. Royal Welch Fusiliers
13/11/1916
Sp. Mem. 3.
Picture courtesy of Gwyn Morris
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