Héninel Communal Cemetery Extension
Location
Héninel is a village some 10 kilometres south-east of Arras (D33). The Cemetery is a little north-east of the village on the north side of the road from Héninel to Chérisy down a 500 metre track.
| GPS | N | E | OSM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decimal | 50.239232 | 2.870232 | Map |
Historical Information
The village of Héninel was captured in a snowstorm on 12th April 1917 by the 56th (London) and 21st Division.
The 50th (Northumbrian) Division, advancing from Héninel on the two following days, captured Wancourt Tower.
The extension was begun by the 50th Division Burial Officer in April 1917 and was used by fighting units until the following November.
Héninel Communal Cemetery Extension contains 140 burials of the First World War, seven of them unidentified.
Soldiers from the 5th Bn Yorkshire Regiment
Who died on the 19th July 1917
Aged 24
Son of Thomas and Mary Hansom
of 64, Stoney Rock Lane, Leeds
Born at Scarborough
Aged 31
Husband of Rose Clarke
of Bedlam Corner Farm, March, Cambs
Two officers from the 7th Bn The Queen’s Regiment
Who died on the 3rd May 1917
aged 21
Son of Bryan and C Hook
of King’s Barton, Brixham, Devon
Born at Churt, Surrey
Educated at Westminster School
aged 32
Son of Charles and Caroline Longbourne
of Highmead, Guildford
Born at Ripsley, Sussex.
Raised a Company in the
Hunts Cyclist Battalion February 1914
Transferred to The Queen’s, 1916