Details of War Graves for WW1 Soldiers from Etwall

This page depicts the final resting places of the men of Etwall and surrounding areas who died during the Great War and are named on the village war memorial.

The project was prompted and encouraged by Marianne Pritchard-Jones who had carried out such strenuous and dedicated research into the lives of the men and their part in village life before they made the ultimate sacrifice.

Sadly, Marianne is no longer with us but her enthusiasm in bringing to life the early years of ‘her boys’ has ensured that their memory will live on. 

This record is intended to complement the book already published by Marianne and I would like to dedicate this to her memory.

Should anyone wish to visit any of the cemeteries there are GPS co-ordinates included in the index. If any further information is required, then please contact me on 01283 732703.

Paul Sephton
Etwall
November 2010

 Index of Contents in Alphabetical Order

 

Name Date of Death  Cemetery GPS Co-ordinates Pte George Adams 16/09/1916 Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension La 49.915503, Lo 2.519903 Pte Thomas Adams 13/11/1917 Tourgeville Military Cemetery La 49.33396. Lo 0.050898 Pte Thomas Blood 20/09/1917 Tyne Cot Memorial La 50.88736. Lo 2.998989 Pte James Burton 15/07/1916 Dive Copse Cemetery La 49.929019. Lo 2.605157 Lt Arthur Chaplin 03/05/1917 La Targette British Cemetery La 50.350677. Lo 2.748427 Lt Humphrey Chaplin 11/05/1915 Menin Gate Memorial La 50.8522023. Lo 2.891024 Major Alfred Dawson, MC 20/05/1917 Fosse No 10 Communal Extension LA 50.44614. Lo 2.6859 Pte William Garrett 19/11/1916 Thiepval Monument La 50.050539. Lo 2.685696 Sgt Frank Gregson 11/12/1918 Capuccini Naval Cemetery, Malta La 35.887286. Lo 14.536865 Gnr Harold Gregson 16/05/1918 Cairo War Memorial Cemetery La 30.013796. Lo 31.231942 Rfn James Griffin 08/08/1916 Essex Farm Cemetery LA 50.87091. Lo 2.873032 Pte Thomas Mansfield 06/03/1917 St. Helen’s Church Yard, Etwall La 52.885554. Lo 1.602491 Pte John Rushby 15/01/1917 Warlencourt British Cemetery La 50.080153. Lo 2,799776 Pte John Slater 20/10/1918 Bissegem Communal Cemetery La 50.818595. Lo 3.231477 Pte George Smith 18/08/1915 Citadel New Military Cemetery La 49.976549. Lo 2,718451 Pte Joseph Statham 15/10/1916 London Cemetery Extension, Longueval La 50.038179. Lo 2.78129 Gnr George Toon 17/05/1917 Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery La 50.197987. Lo 2.518004 Pte Robert Welch 07/04/1917 St. Helen’s Church Yard, Etwall La 52.885554 Lo 1.602491 Gnr William Whitworth 15/11/1918 St. Sever Cemetery Extension La 49.409898. Lo 1.065609

N.B Latitudes and Longitudes in Italics are approximate

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 Pte George Edward Adams

Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

Corbie is a small town 15 kilometres East of Amiens. The military cemetery is in an extension of the town cemetery and is in a quiet area of the town. It contains 918 casualties mostly from the casualty clearing stations from the battle of the Somme.

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 Pte Thomas William Adams

Tourgeville Military Cemetery

 This is a very small but beautifully serene cemetery on a hillside close to the sea looking towards England. The cemetery contains 295 casualties from both sides.

  Died 13th November 1917
Aged 23

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 Private Thomas Richard Blood

 Tyne Cot Memorial

This imposing memorial bears the names of almost 35,000 Officers and men with no known grave. In addition the large cemetery contains nearly 12,000 graves of Commonwealth servicemen.

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Pte James Burton

Dive Copse Cemetery, Sailly-Le-Sec

This isolated cemetery containing 559 graves, mainly from the battle of the Somme, stands on a hill overlooking the Somme Valley. It provides a far reaching view to the 3rd Australian Division monument that commands the dominant ridge.

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Lt Arthur Chaplin

La Targette British Cemetery, Neuville-St Vaas

This is a small cemetery, containing 638 First World War burials, situated next to a vast French Military cemetery (40,000+ graves). The cemetery contains a number of Canadian graves including Lt Chaplin who was working in Canada at the outbreak of the war.
  Died 3rd May 1917
Aged 34

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Lt Humphrey Marmaduke Chaplin

 Menin Gate Memorial

This significant memorial bears tribute to 54,326 officers and men with no known grave who perished on the Ypres Salient. Each evening, beneath the arches, the local fire service play ‘The Last Post’ in memory of the servicemen who died in the Ypres Salient.

  Died 11th May 1915
Aged 23

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Major Alfred Dawson, MC

Fosse N0 10 Communal Extension, Sains-En-Gohelle

This is a small cemetery, containing nearly 500 First World War casualties. The cemetery, shared with the local population, is built next to an old mine.

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 Pte William Henry Garrett

Thiepval Memorial

This enormous monument bears the names of the 73,367 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the Somme sector before 20th March 1918 and have no known grave.

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Sergeant Frank Gregson

Capuccini Naval Cemetery, Malta

This is a large cemetery containing 2,624 casualties representing a mixture of First and Second World wars and non-war burials.

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Gunner Harold Gregson

Cairo War Memorial Cemetery

This is a large cemetery containing 2411 casualties from the two World Wars. It is within the Cairo Old Cemetery area.

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Rifleman James Griffin

Essex Farm Cemetery

 This medium sized cemetery contains 1,199 Commonwealth Graves. It is flanked by a road on one side and a canal on the other. It was whilst stationed at this former dressing station that Lt-Col. John McCrae of the Canadian Army Medical Corps wrote the  poem ‘In Flanders Fields’ in May 1915.

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Private Thomas Mansfield

St. Helen’s Church, Etwall, Derbyshire

The Commonwealth War Grave is to be found amongst the community headstones in the village churchyard where Thomas went to school.

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Pte John Rushby

Warlencourt British Cemetery

The cemetery is situated on a major road leading to the strategically placed town of Arras, a large cemetery containing 3,505 commonwealth graves that retains a great degree of tranquillity despite the proximity to the main road.

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Private John Charles Slater 

Bissegem Communal Cemetery

This is a communal cemetery in a small Belgian town. There are 33 commonwealth graves. 25 are First World War casualties from the Allied advance in October 1918 with 8 Second World war graves from the withdrawal to Dunkirk during May and June 1940.

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Pte George Smith 

Citadel New Military Cemetery, Fricourt

This is a small cemetery in the Somme Valley typical of so many in the area. There are 379 casualties here, many of whom were buried from field ambulances before the battles on the Somme.

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Pte Joseph Statham 

London Cemetery Extension, Longueval

One of several cemeteries in the Longueval area, this is situated directly outside High Wood and is a stark testimony to those who perished there. This is a large cemetery compared to the majority found in the Somme area and contains 3,873 WW1 burials of which 3,114 are unidentified.

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Gnr George Harold Toon 

Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty

The medium sized cemetery contains 1,266 commonwealth war graves, set back from a busy road into Arras. It has a great beauty and serenity with a perfect symmetry of flowers amongst the headstones.

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Private Robert William Welch 

St. Helen’s Church, Etwall, Derbyshire

The Commonwealth War Grave is to be found amongst the community headstones in the village churchyard in which Robert was born and raised.

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Gnr William Arthur Whitworth

St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen

This is a very large cemetery containing 8,658 Commonwealth Soldiers. It is beautifully kept in the grounds of a French community cemetery in a quiet area of the city overlooked by the local football ground.