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Puchevillers British Cemetery, near Amiens, France |
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| Location: Puchevillers, Department of the Somme, France. | |
| Visited: See Note below | "Cheltonians" buried in this Cemetery: 3 |
| CWGC Cemetery Information can be viewed here | |
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"Cheltonians" buried in this Cemetery |
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Private William Ernest DREW, 10th
Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, is buried in Plot I, Row E, Grave
10.
He was killed in action in France on 18th July 1916 in the Bazentin area during the Battle of the Somme. He was 33. He is commemorated on the Cheltenham War Memorial and the St Pauls Church War Memorial. Pte Drew was born in Brislington, Somerset, in 1883 and enlisted into the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1915 when residing in Stroud. His connection with Cheltenham is not yet known.
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Thomas LITTLE, 9th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, is buried in Plot V,
Row E, Grave 27. He was wounded in action on 26th October
1916 probably by shell-fire during fighting at the Ancre heights during
the Battle of the Somme. He died of these wounds on 30th
October 1916. He was 26.
He is commemorated on the Cheltenham War Memorial. LCpl Little was born in Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, in 1890 and enlisted at Cheltenham in August 1914 into the Gloucestershire Regiment whilst residing at Upton on Severn. He later transferred to the 9th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusilier. |
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LCpl Alfred PERRY, 1st Battalion South
Wales Borderers, is buried in Plot II, Row B, Grave 17. He was
wounded in action near to Becourt Wood during the Battle of the Somme and
died of these wounds on 25th July 1916. He was 30.
He is commemorated on the Cheltenham War Memorial and on the St Mark's Church Roll of Honour. His parents, William and Agnes Perry resided at 9 Pretoria Terrace, St Marks, Cheltenham and his brother, George was killed in action in France a few weeks later on 1st September 1916. |