Hibers Trench Cemetery
Location
Wancourt is a village approximately 8 kilometres south-east of Arras. Hibers Trench Cemetery is about one kilometre north-west of the village on the north side of the road from Wancourt to Arras.
It is all but tucked under the Autoroute on an inclining embankment.
| GPS | N | E | OSM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decimal | 50.250944 | 2.856612 | Map |
Historical Information
Wancourt was captured by Commonwealth troops on 12th April 1917, and Wancourt Tower was taken by the 50th (Northumbrian) Division on the 13th. At the end of March 1918, the village and its neighbourhood were lost during the German advance, but they were recovered by the Canadian Corps on the following 26th August.
Hibers Trench Cemetery was made in April 1917, by the 50th Division Burial Officer and used until the following October. Three Canadian graves were added in August and September 1918, and two further burials in the summer of 1919.
Hibers Trench Cemetery contains 136 burials and commemorations of the First World War. Six of the burials are unidentified and there are special memorials to two casualties who are known to be buried among them.
The cemetery was designed by G H Goldsmith.
Lieutenant J Hope-Wallace
4th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers
Died on 15th September 1917 aged 45
Grave: E 4
Private Frank Burditt 202229
1/4th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers
Died on 23rd July 1917
Husband of Mrs J Burditt
of 2 Leicester Lane, Great Bowden,
Market Harborough
Grave: D 3