This is a list of the known graves of the staff from the Imperial War Graves Commission & Commonwealth War Graves Commission who died in service or who were eligible for headstones, from 1917 to 2007.
Burials in France
Somme +NameDate of deathBurial locationAdditional information Grave photoDonald Alexander Campbell24 April 1939Cimetière Communal AlbertAppointed as a Carpenter on 1 September 1920, and proceeded to France. Promoted to Clerk of Works on 22 January 1923. Transferred to Gardener's Labourer on 22 October 1930, and then promoted to Gardener on 22 February 1932. Transferred to a Temporary Foreman of Works on 30 October 1933, and then to Travelling Craftsman on 1 April 1935. Previously served in the Royal Field Artillery for 22 years, leaving the military as an Acting Major.Frederick Lumsden15 February 1935Appointed as a Travelling Superintendent Gardener on 28 January 1920, and proceeded to France. Promoted to Assistant Horticultural Officer on 1 September 1921, and transferred back to Travelling Superintendent Gardener on 1 April 1923. Had previously served as a Lieutenant in 4th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment during the Great War. Prior to the Great War, he had been an Agricultural and Horticulteral student.Arthur J. Taylor6 April 1925Died age 41. Previously served for 11 years with the Royal Army Medical Corps.Bernard Ernest Wellum11 July 1921Albert Communal Cemetery ExtensionDied age 25. During the Great War, he served with the Royal Army Medical Corps. He joined the IWGC 8 June 1921, believed died of illness. His grave is unusual in that it is a standard CWGC war dead headstone, as opposed to the flat-topped stone or post war/civilian type stone.William Arthur Brown1954Cimetière Communal AuchonvillersOriginally from Grimsby, William emigrated to Winnipeg in 1914. He began work as head of Beaumont-Hamel British Cemetery until WW2. He returned in 1945 as curator of the Newfoundland Memorial Park until his death in 1954.George O. Hill22 July 1946Corbie Communal Cemetery ExtensionDied age 47. Served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and South Wales Borderers during the Great War. Frank A. H. Hayward20 December 1936Cimetière Communal CourceletteFormer gardener of the Courcelette area cemeteries, who served with the Royal Sussex Regiment in WW1. He joined the IWGC in 1919, first as a gardener in the Godewaersvelde area. In 1935 he moved to Courcelette as a Gardener Labourer until his death in 1936.IWGC Staff Record Card dated 13 June 1919, accessed from CWGC Archive Maidenhead, UK.James Henry Lester23 September 1922Cimetière Communal Étricourt-Manancourt23 September 1922; Peronne office of the IWGC were informed that one of their employees had become unwell. Three others were sent off to collect the man to bring back to Peronne. James, the driver, on the return to Peronne became disorientated and plummeted into the Canal du Nord. However, all four men were killed instantly. "The funeral took place in a local cemetery at Etricourt of the four members of the British War Graves Commission who lost their lives in the motoring accident on Sunday night. The Director of the War Graves Commission and the Commandant of the British camp at Romville were among the many mourners."William George Prior23 September 1922; Peronne office of the IWGC were informed that one of their employees had become unwell. Three others were sent off to collect the man to bring back to Peronne. The driver, on the return to Peronne became disorientated and plummeted into the Canal du Nord. However, all four men were killed instantly. It is possible it was William, a gardener-caretaker for the IWGC, was the one who fell ill and required assistance.Arthur Edward Scott23 September 1922; Peronne office of the IWGC were informed that one of their employees had become unwell. Three others were sent off to collect the man to bring back to Peronne. The driver, on the return to Peronne became disorientated and plummeted into the Canal du Nord. However, all four men were killed instantly. Arthur was a labourer for the IWGC at the time of his death.William Henry White23 September 1922; Peronne office of the IWGC were informed that one of their employees had become unwell. 3 others were sent off to collect the man to bring back to Peronne. The driver, on the return to Peronne became disorientated and plummeted into the Canal du Nord. All four men were killed instantly. It is believed William was the medic sent to assist the ill gardener.Thomas A. Beckwith9 November 1945Cimetière Communal LonguevalDied age 49. Custodian of the South African Memorial Delville Wood. Previously served with the South African Infantry for four years.René MuchembledJuly 1944Cimetière Communal Mailly-MailletOne of the IWGC's French workers, gardener in the Beaumont-Hamel area. During WW2 he helped fellow gardener Ben Leech to hide evading airmen. In July 1944 he was shot by the Germans in his own home after they discovered he had been hiding weapons. He does not have an IWGC headstone.Davis Thomas Davies15 March 1955Cimetière Communal MiraumontDied age 67. Previously served for 5 years in the Royal Army Service Corps. Appointed as a Driver on 24 September 1919, and proceeded to France. Transferred to Gardener's Labourer on 14 October 1931, and promoted to Gardener on 29 February 1932. Became a Gardener Caretaker on 1 July 1935. Remained in this role until leaving the Commission on 31 March 1953. His headstone is next to his wife, Marie Davies (née Féret) who died in 1964.Raymond M. Shreeve25 February 1953Cimetière Communal SalouëlJoined the IWGC in 1948 as a pupil gardener. Promoted to Gardener's Labourer in 1949. Died age 25.Albert William Ward4 June 1958Cimetière Communal VigancourtJoined the IWGC as a Gardener Labourer in 1920. Promoted to Gardener Caretaker in 1927. Died age 64.Edward Jones17 March 1940Cimetière Communal Warloy-BaillonJoined the IWGC as a Gardener's Labourer in March 1920. By 1934, Edward had been promoted to Head Gardener at Warloy-Baillon. Died age 40 due to a car accident. Had previously served in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers & South Lancashire Regiment during World War One.Griffiths Jones24 July 1947Died age 43.Frederick William Ambrose7 January 1962Bray-sur-Somme Communal CemeteryAged 62. Served as Private Ambrose 016837 in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. In November 1919 he married Juliette Bellanger in Abbeville.
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