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War Cemetery - Peake Wood, Fricourt, Somme, France




Entrence Stone Peake Wood Cemetery

Cemetery
1916 - 1917


War Cemetery WW I

Peake Wood was the name given by the army to a copse on the south-east side of the road to Contalmaison. The wood fell into Allied hands on 5 July 1916, but the cemetery was not begun until later in the month. It was used as a front line cemetery until February 1917 and was in German hands from the end of March 1918, until nearly the end of the following August.
The cemetery contains 103 burials and commemorations of the First World War, including special memorials to six casualties believed to be buried there but whose graves could not be located.


Entrance
The Entrance
The Memorial
The Memorial
The Graves
The Graves

Andrews, C. E., Major
† 25.10.1916
Highland Light Infantry
Appleyard, R., Lieutenant
† 04.08.1916
Sherwood Foresters
Gunner W. BarterBarter, W., Gunner
44746
† 24.07.1916
Royal Field Artillery
"A" Bty. 103rd Bde.
Barton, J., Gunner
56712
† 31.07.1916
Royal Field Artillery
23rd Trench Mortar Bty.
Bates, A. A., Gunner
38241
† 08.10.1916
Royal Field Artillery
"D" Bty. 103rd Bde.
Private T. A. BettlesBettles, Thomas Albert, Private
3064
† 22.07.1916, aged 29
The Loyal North Lancashire Regt.

Son of Thomas and Sarah Bettles, of 14, Douglas St., Pendleton, Salford.
Black, Alexander, Private
4476
† 05.09.1916, aged 22
4th Bn. Black Watch

Son of James and Sarah Jane McMahon Black, of 9, Ford's Lane, Dundee.
Bone, D., Private
16346
† 20.08.1916, aged 29
6th/7th Bn. Royal Scots Fusiliers

Son of William and Margaret Bone.
Brigstocke, Hugh Fraser, Captain
† 09.01.1917, aged 27
King's Own Scottish Borderers

Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Brigstocke, of "Heimath," Sutton, Surrey.
Brodie, C., Private
3/2905
† 22.07.1916
1st Bn. Black Watch
Battery Serjeant Major Henry BromleyBromley, Henry
Battery Serjeant Major
8592
† 04.10.1916, aged 37
Royal Field Artillery
"D" Bty. 103rd Bde.

Son of Harry and Lucy Ann Bromley, of Maidstone, Kent. Husband of Florence Bromley, of 101. Leonard Rd., Birches Head, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.
Brown, R., Private
S/17717
† 19.08.1916
6th Bn. Cameron Highlanders

Husband of Catherine Gibb (formerly Brown), of 24, Anderson St., Cambusnethan, Wishaw.
Burdett, R., Corporal
3037
† 13.08.1916, aged 23
44th Coy. Machine Gun Corps

Son of the late Isaac and Lucy Burdett, of Kettering.
Butt, Walter Francis, Gunner
7841
† 23.08.1916
22nd Bde. Australian Field Artillery
2nd Lieutenant H. A. S. CarpenterCarpenter, Henry Alfred Stanley
Second Lieutenant
† 02.09.1916, aged 22
103rd Coy. Machine Gun Corps

Son of Alfred Edward and Elizabeth Emma Carpenter, of Ivy House, Belton, Doncaster.
Private Frederik W. ChinchenChinchen, Frederik William, Private
8315
† 25.07.1916, aged 31
1st Bn. South Wales Borderers

Son of F. W. and M. A. Chinchen, of 1, Canford Rd., Poole, Dorset.
Clayton, Samuel, Bombardier
56848
† 08.10.1916, aged 22
Royal Field Artillery
"D" Bty. 103rd Bde.

Son of William and Mary Clayton, of 19, Upholland Rd., Billinge, Wigan.
Constable, A. F., Gunner
103514
† 30.07.1916
Royal Field Artillery
23rd Trench Mortar Bty.
Craig, Alexander, Gunner
186
† 28.07.1916, aged 19
Royal Garrison Artillery
40th Siege Bty.

Son of John and Mary Craig, of 51, Firth View, Port Glasgow.
Serjeant W. J. CriddleCriddle, William John, Serjeant
49197
† 21.07.1916, aged 38
Royal Field Artillery
"C" Bty. 102nd Bde.

Son of Benjamin and Mary Criddle, of London.
Private W. E. G. CromptonCrompton, Wm. Ewart Gladstone, Private
15617
† 03.07.1916, aged 24
1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment

Husband of Florence Crompton of 5 Winn's Yard, Market Street, Gainsborough.
Edgar, Allan, Serjeant
18/662
† 01.09.1916, aged 24
Northumberland Fusiliers
"C" Coy. 18th (Pioneer) Bn.

Son of John and the late Ann Edgar, of Walker-on-Tyne. Husband of Ann Edgar, of 165, Carville Rd., Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Elliott, W., Private
27943
† 27.07.1916
11th Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Ferrie, John, Private
3/2985
† 22.07.1916, aged 47
1st Bn. Black Watch

Husband of Jane Ferrie, of 1, West Milnes Wynd, Dundee.
C.Q.M.S. H. FletcherFletcher, Henry
Company Quartermaster Serjeant
9217
† 08.09.1916, aged 29
1st Bn. South Wales Borderers

Husband of Fanny Fletcher, of 11, Clifton Terrace, London Rd., Strood.
Forrest, John Cameron, Gunner
128
† 28.07.1916
Royal Garrison Artillery
40th Siege Bty.

Son of Samuel Douglas Forrest and Elizabeth Wilson Forrest, of 1, Octavia St., Port Glasgow.

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