VILLERS-FAUCON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Villers-Faucon
Somme
France
General Directions: Villers-Faucon is a large village in the Department of the Somme, about 17 kilometres north-east of Peronne. From the centre of the village take the D72 towards Lieramont. Turn right at a CWGC signpost opposite a parking area. The Cemetery is on the left hand side of the road and the Commonwealth War Graves Plot is on the north-west side of the cemetery.
Villers-Faucon was captured by the 5th Cavalry Division on 27 March 1917, lost on 22 March 1918, and retaken by the III Corps on 7 September 1918. The Commonwealth graves in the Communal Cemetery are those of soldiers who died in February-August 1917, or (in the case of two who are buried in Row B) in September 1918. They were made by the cavalry, the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division, and other fighting troops. The adjoining Extension was begun in April 1917 and used until March 1918. It was then used by the Germans, and Commonwealth burials were resumed in September and October 1918. Further Commonwealth graves were brought in after the Armistice from a wide area round Villers-Faucon.
Casualty Details: UK 436, Australia 10, New Zealand 2, South Africa 1, India 10, Total Burials: 459
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S/27845 Corporal Thomas Morris 16th Bn. Rifle Brigade. Died of wounds 25/03/1918, aged 21. Son of Thomas and Jane Morris, of 34, Adelphi St., Preston. Plot III. C. 7.
Picture courtesy of John Garlington
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