Fampoux British Cemetery
Location
Fampoux is a town in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, on the north bank of the Scarpe, 6 kilometres east of Arras. The Cemetery is on the south-west side of the D42 road leading north-west from Fampoux to Point-du-Jour.
Looking out across the fields from this position you have a good view of the battlefield of April 1917.
| GPS | N | E | OSM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decimal | 50.305145 | 2.859425 | Map |
Historical Information
Fampoux was taken over by the 4th Division (passing through the 9th (Scottish) Division) on 9th April 1917. It remained close behind the Allied front line but part of it was lost on 25th March 1918 during the German advance.
The town was finally cleared by the 51st (Highland) Division on 26th August 1918. Fampoux British Cemetery (called at one time Helena Trench Cemetery) was made by units of the 4th and 34th Divisions in April-June 1917 and used again by the Guards Division in 1918.
After the Armistice it was found necessary to regroup ten graves (now forming Row E) which projected into the road, and the numbering of Rows A to D is therefore irregular. The extension the Germans added to the churchyard was destroyed in the fighting of 1917 and 1918. Fampoux British Cemetery contains 118 burials of the First World War, 8 of them unidentified.
The cemetery was designed by N A Rew.
Looking back across the battlefield towards Tilloy on the horizon
Feuchy Church is to the right and Orange Hill is across the valley on the left
Private Thomas Cherrie 40746
12th Bn Royal Scots
Died on 12th April 1917 aged 19
Son of Mr and Mrs Jesse Cherrie
of 18 Meadow Bank Terrace, Edinburgh
Grave: A 38
L/Corporal Howard Norman 22590
1st Bn Somerset Light Infantry
Died on 9th April 1917 aged 20
Son of Ephraim and Ellen Norman
of 6 Gladstone Terrace, Watchet, Taunton
Grave: A 7