In Memory of
ARTHUR PERCY STINCHCOMBE
Private
18664
10th Bn., Worcestershire Regiment
who died on
Sunday, 23rd July 1916. Age 17.
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Son of Margaret Stinchcombe, of Parsonage
Farm, Chisledon, Wilts, and the late George Stinchcombe. |
Commemorative Information
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Grave Reference/
Panel Number: |
XX. F. 15/16.
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| Location: |
The village of Serre is 11 kilometres
north-north-east of Albert. Using the D919 from Arras to Amiens you will
drive through the villages of Bucquoy, Puisieux then Serre Les Puisieux
(approximately 20 kilometres south of Arras). On leaving Serre Les
Puisieux, 1.3 kilometres further along the D919, Serre Road No.2
Cemetery can be found on the left hand side.
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| Historical Information: |
In June 1916, the road out of Mailly-Maillet
to Serre and Puisieux entered No Man's Land about 1,300 metres
south-west of Serre. On 1 July 1916, the 31st and 4th Divisions attacked
north and south of this road and although parties of the 31st Division
reached Serre, the attack failed. The 3rd and 31st Divisions attacked
once more on the 11 November, but again without success. Early in 1917,
the Germans fell back to the Hindenburg Line and on 25 February, Serre
was occupied by the 22nd Manchesters. The village changed hands once
more in March 1918 and remained under German occupation until they
withdrew in August. In the spring of 1917, the battlefields of the Somme
and Ancre were cleared by V Corps and a number of new cemeteries were
made, three of which are now named from the Serre Road. Serre Road
Cemetery No 2 was begun in May 1917 with the burials in Plots I and II,
but was greatly enlarged after the Armistice. There are now 7,126
Commonwealth burials of the First World War in the cemetery, mostly
dating from 1916. Of these, 4,943 are unidentified. The cemetery, which
was not completed until 1934, was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. |
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