Loos-EN-Gohelle

DUD CORNER CEMETERY

Pas de Calais, France.

 

 

 

Location Information:     Loos-en-Gohelle is a village 5 kilometres north-west of Lens. Dud Corner Cemetery is located about 1 kilometre west of the village, to the north-east of the N43 the main Lens to Bethune road. The Loos Memorial forms the side and back of Dud Corner Cemetery and commemorates over 20,000 officers and men who have no known grave, who fell in the area from the River Lys to the old southern boundary of the First Army, east and west of Grenay.

 

 Historical Information:        The name "Dud Corner" is believed to be due to the large number of unexploded enemy shells found in the neighbourhood after the Armistice. The only burials here during hostilities were those of four Officers of the 9th Black Watch and one Private of the 8th Royal Dublin Fusiliers, close to Plot III, Row B; the remainder of the graves were brought in later from small cemeteries and isolated positions near Loos and to the North.

There are now nearly 2,000, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over half are unidentified and special headstones have been erected to 15 soldiers from the United Kingdom who are believed to be buried among them. The great majority of the dead buried here fell in the Battle of Loos, 1915; but some were killed in succeeding years.

The regimental memorials brought to the Cemetery included those of the 10th Scottish Rifles and the 17th London Regiment, dating from the Battle of Loos, and those of the Royal Montreal Regiment and the Royal Highlanders of Canada, dating from the Battle of Hill 70 in August, 1917. Special memorials are erected in this Cemetery to twelve soldiers of the 2nd Welch Regiment, killed in action on the 12th October, 1915, and buried in Crucifix Cemetery, Loos, whose graves could not be found on concentration.

The cemetery now covers an area of 5,550 square metres, and is bounded by a low rubble wall except on the road side, where the War Stone is raised on a grass terrace and flanked by buildings.

The more important of the small cemeteries concentrated into Dud Corner Cemetery were the following:-.

 

TOSH CEMETERY, LOOS, on the North side of the village, close to the communication trench called Tosh Alley. It contained the graves of 171 soldiers from the United Kingdom (118 of whom were Irish) and five from Canada. It was used from October, 1915, to September, 1917.

CRUCIFIX CEMETERY, LOOS, a little West of Tosh Cemetery. It was used from September, 1915, to May, 1916, and it contained the graves of 53 soldiers from the United Kingdom.

LE RUTOIRE BRITISH CEMETERY, VERMELLES, close to Le Rutoire Farm, which is on Loos Plain, near the village of Vermelles. It was used in 1915, and contained the graves of 82 soldiers from the United Kingdom and six French soldiers.

 

No. of Identified Casualties: 684                              (Courtesy of The Commonwealth Wargraves Commission)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following men killed in action at the Battle of the Boar’s Head are listed on the Loos Memorial

 

OFFICERS

 

HUMBLE-CROFTS, CYRIL MITFORD Captain          

13th Bn    C Coy      

Died        30-Jun-16

Age         34 

Panel       69 to 73.       

Son of the Rev. W. T. Humble-Crofts and Mrs. Bridget Humble-Crofts,

of Waldron, Sussex.

 

WHITTAKER, ROGER D'ARCY Captain       

13th Bn          

Died        30-Jun-16

Age         Unknown 

Panel 69 to 73.            

 

ARKCOLL, FREDERICK THOMAS Second Lieutenant      

10th attd 12th Bn           

Died        30-Jun-16    

Age         27 

Panel 69 to 73.                

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Arkcoll,

of 35, St. Germains Rd., Forest Hill, London.

Educated at St. Dunstan's College, Catford.

Enlisted in August, 1914;

gazetted Feb., 1915;

also served in Egypt.

 

 

CUSHEN, AYLETT CAMERON Second Lieutenant                    

11th Bn          

Died        30-Jun-16

Age         Unknown 

Panel 69 to 73.

                     

DUDLEY, ERIC WHITTINGTON Second Lieutenant      

13th Bn   

Died        30-Jun-16

Age         Unknown 

Panel 69 to 73.        

               

GRISEWOOD, FRANCIS   Second Lieutenant                     

11th Bn          

Died        30-Jun-16

Age         Unknown 

Panel 69 to 73.

                     

 

HANBY, FRANCIS JAMES Second Lieutenant                     

12th Bn             

Died        30-Jun-16

Age         28 

Panel 69 to 73.            

Son of the Rev. James Hanby and Harriett Alicia Hanby,

of 12, Ellesmere Avenue, Sutton Ings, Hull.

 

MOODY, LEONARD LEIGHTON Second Lieutenant      

12th Bn          

Died        30-Jun-16

Age         21 

Panel 69 to 73.            

Son of Thomas and Sarah Moody,

of Cleeve House, Barton, New Milton, Hants.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MORGAN, DOUGLAS NOEL Second Lieutenant                 

13th Bn             

Died        30-Jun-16

Age         26 

Panel 69 to 73.            

Son of Thomas Henry and Bessie Morgan,

of Barn House, Eltham, London.

 

OLIVER, HARRY PERCY GREENWOOD Second Lieutenant      

13th Bn             

Died        30-Jun-16

Age         Unknown 

Panel 69 to 73.

                     

PRIOR, LEWIS ATKINS Second Lieutenant   

13th Attd 10th Bn

Died        30-Jun-16    

Age         Unknown      

Panel 69 to 73.

 

SERJEANTS

 

BASSETT, WILLIAM   Serjeant SD/2838 

13th Bn          

Died        30-Jun-16

Age         Unknown 

Panel 69 to 73.

Born        Frant

Enlisted   Hastings  

 

BISHOP, IDEN CLAUD MURDOCH Serjeant SD/1517 

12th Bn          

Died        30-Jun-16

Age         24 

Panel 69 to 73.

Born        Rotherfield   

Enlisted   Bexhill      

Son of John and Sarah Bishop,

of High St., Rotherfield, Sussex;

husband of Dorothy Lilie Bishop,

of Eden Cottages, Broadmoor Rd., Crowthorne, Berks.

 

BURNS, WILLIAM SPEIR Serjeant SD/3304 

13th Bn    D Coy      

Died        30-Jun-16

Age         35 

Panel 69 to 73 

Born        Kilbarchan, Renfrew 

Enlisted   Arundel     

Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Burns, of Tibbers, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire;

husband of Edith Burns, of Singleton, Chichester.

 

CASEY, FRANK Serjeant   SD/2145     

12th Bn          

Died        30-Jun-16

Age         Unknown 

Panel 69 to 73.

Born        Walton-on-Thames

Enlisted   London    

 

CUTLER, ALBERT EDWARD Serjeant    SD/657

13th Bn          

Died        30-Jun-16

Age         Unknown 

Panel 69 to 73.

Born        South Stoke, Arundel          

Enlisted   Horsham  

 

DULY, WILLIAM CHARLES Serjeant SD/3090     

13th Bn          

Died        30-Jun-16

Age         36 

Panel 69 to 73.

Born        Herstmonceux 

Enlisted   Eastbourne  

Son of William and Esther Duly, of Eversley, Hurstmonceux;

husband of Alma Elizabeth Duly, of Fairlight Bungalow, Herstmonceux, Sussex.

 

FISHER, FRED Serjeant SD/1852  

12th Bn          

Died        30-Jun-16

Age         Unknown 

Panel 69 to 73.

Born        All Souls  

Enlisted   Bexhill      

 

HARRIS, ALFRED THOMAS  Serjeant SD/1887 

12th Bn          

Died        30-Jun-16

Age         32 

Panel 69 to 73.

Born        Salehurst 

Enlisted   Bexhill      

Son of John and Elizabeth Ann Harris, of Herstmonceux, Hailsham, Sussex;

husband of the late Lilian Maria Harris.

 

WHITE, JOSEPH Serjeant SD/3495      

13th Bn    D Coy      

Died        11-Jul-16 

Age         27 

Panel 69 to 73.            

Son of Mrs. Annie White, of 4, Oak Cottage, Burgess Hill, Sussex;

husband of Rosetta White,

of 4, Windermere Lane, New England Rd., Haywards Heath, Sussex.

 

WINGFIELD, HERBERT Serjeant    SD/3499 

13th Bn          

Died        30-Jun-16

Age         28 

Panel 69 to 73.

Born        Bow, Middx  

Enlisted   Hove

Son of Samuel Wingfield, of 59A, Geere Rd., Stratford, London;

husband of Mary Elizabeth Wingfield, of 228, Hessle Rd., Hull.

 

LANCE SERJEANTS

 

BLACKFORD, WILLIAM JAMES     Lance Serjeant SD/4163 

13th Bn          

Died        30-Jun-16

Age         23 

Panel 69 to 73.

Born        Frant

Enlisted   Hastings  

Son of the late Albert and Frances Blackford.

 

BLACKMAN, CHARLES Lance Serjeant SD/1263               

12th Bn          

Died        30-Jun-16

Age         33 

Panel 69 to 73.

Born        Waldron   

Enlisted   Eastbourne  

Son of Thomas Blackman;

husband of Daisy Lillian Blackman, of Swiffe Farm, Heathfield, Sussex.

 

BLURTON, TOM PAIN    Lance Serjeant SD/1955

12th Bn

Died        30-Jun-16

Age         20 

Panel 69 to 73.

Born        Highgate, Middx  

Enlisted   Hastings  

Son of Tom Blackford Blurton, and the late Florence Alice Blurton,

of 13, Fitzwarren Gardens, Upper Holloway, London.

 

CORPORALS

 

HAYES, HAROLD INGERSOLL Corporal SD/2699               

13th Bn          

Died        30-Jun-16

Age         Unknown 

Panel 69 to 73.

Born        Ponders End, Middx 

Enlisted   Horsham  

 

SAUNDERS, WILLIAM JAMES Corporal SD/2246               

12th Bn          

Died        30-Jun-16

Age         Unknown 

Panel 69 to 73.

Born        Hollington

Enlisted   Eastbourne  

 

LANCE CORPORALS

 

AGATE, ROBERT   Lance Corporal SD/3509

13th Bn          

Died        30-Jun-16

Age         Unknown 

Panel 69 to 73.

Born        Peckham, Surrey

Enlisted   St Paul's Churchyard       

 

BRISTOW, FREDERICK Lance Corporal SD/3299               

13th Bn          

Died        30-Jun-16

Age         Unknown 

Panel 69 to 73.

Born        Wiston     

Enlisted   Hove

Brother of Pte SD/3300 Edward Bristow (13th Bn.) also killed in action 30th June 1916, and commemorated on this memorial. 

 

CHARMAN, SAMUEL ERNEST MITCHELL   Lance Corporal SD/3313 

13th Bn          

Died        30-Jun-16

Age         Unknown 

Panel 69 to 73.

Born        Goring, Worthing

Enlisted   Worthing