In Memory of
ALBERT GEORGE PERRETT
Sapper
48241
70th Field Coy., Royal Engineers
who died on
Thursday, 8th June 1916. Age 29.
| Additional Information: |
Son of John and Hannah Perrett, of Cromhall,
Charfield, Glos. |
Commemorative Information
| Cemetery: |
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Grave Reference/
Panel Number: |
V. E. 3.
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| Location: |
Bethune is 29 kilometres north of Arras. From
the town centre of Bethune, turn right in front of the Tribunal and
second right at the bottom of the road down to the cul-de-sac where the
cemetery will be found.
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| Historical Information: |
During the greater part of the war, Bethune
was comparatively free from bombardment, and remained an important
railway and hospital centre as well as Corps or Divisional Headquarters.
The 33rd Casualty Clearing Station was in the town until December, 1917.
Early in 1918, Bethune began to suffer from constant shell fire; and in
April, 1918 (in the Battle of Bethune, one of the Battles of the Lys)
German forces reached Locon, five kilometres to the North. The
bombardment of the 21st May did great damage to the town, and it was not
till October that the enemy pressure was relaxed. There are now over
3,000, 1914-18 and 20, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site.
The cemetery covers an area of 8,475 square metres. |
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