WARLINCOURT HALTE BRITISH CEMETERY

Saulty

Pas de Calais

France 

General Directions: Warlincourt and Saulty are villages on either side of the main road (N25) between Arras (22 kilometres) and Doullens (13 kilometres). Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery is situated just off the north side of the road. Large signs clearly indicate access 200 metres before the site coming from either direction.

The site of the cemetery was chosen in May 1916. It was used from June 1916 to May 1917 by the 20th and 43rd Casualty Clearing Stations, in February 1917 by the 1/1st South Midland, and from April to June 1917 by the 32nd. The whole of plots VII, VIII, IX and X were filled in April and May 1917, the months of the Battles of Arras. From June 1917, the cemetery was practically unused until the fighting of May and June 1918, when field ambulances buried in it. After the Armistice the cemetery was increased by graves brought in from the small military cemeteries at Gaudiempre, La Herliere and Couturelle.

Shot at Dawn: Lance Corporal F. Hawthorne, 1/5th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment, executed for Cowardice 11/08/1916, plot 12. C. 8.

Private W. J. Earl, 1/7th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers, executed for desertion 27/05/1918, plot 12. B. 10.

Private T. Brigham, 1/1oth Bn. Manchester Regiment, executed for desertion 04/06/1918, plot 11. C. 15.

Casualty Details: UK 1262, Canada 4, Germany 29, France 1, Total Burials: 1296

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