In Memory of
JAMES DAVIS
Lance Corporal
34075
62nd Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
who died on
Saturday, 26th August 1916. Age 34.
| Additional Information: |
Son of Jesse and Bessie Davis, of Hillesley;
husband of Ethel B. Davis, of "Westview," Hillesley,
Wotton-under-Edge, Glos. |
Commemorative Information
| Cemetery: |
CARNOY MILITARY CEMETERY, Somme, France
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Grave Reference/
Panel Number: |
H. 24.
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| Location: |
Carnoy is a village just north of the road,
D938, from Albert to Peronne, about 10 kilometres east-south-east of
Albert. The Military Cemetery is on the south side of the village, on
the north side of the road to Maricourt.
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| Historical Information: |
The cemetery was begun in August, 1915, by
the 2nd King's Own Scottish Borderers and the 2nd King's Own Yorkshire
Light Infantry, when the village was immediately South of the British
front line. It continued in use by troops holding this sector until
July, 1916, when Field Ambulances came up and a camp was established on
the higher ground North of the village. It was closed in March, 1917.
From March to August, 1918, it was in German hands, and German (and a
few British) graves were made between the British graves and the
entrance, and also in a German Cemetery alongside; but the German graves
and the German Cemetery were removed in 1924. There are now over 850,
1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, nearly 30
are unidentified and special memorials are erected to 17 soldiers and
one airman from the United Kingdom, known or believed to be buried among
them. The cemetery covers an area of 4,441 square metres and is enclosed
by a red brick wall. |
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