- Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
In Memory of
WILLIAM GEORGE GUSH
Captain
Royal Fusilliers
who died on
Monday, 23rd April 1917. Age 23.
Additional Son of George and Emily Hannah Gush, of 2, LaburnumPlace,
Information: Seaton, Devon, England.
Commemorative Information.
Cemetery: ORCHARD DUMP CEMETARY, ARLEUX-EN-GOHELLE, Pas de
Calais, France.
Grave Reference VI.J.10.
Panel Number; Arleux-en-Gohelle is a village on the main Arras toHenin-
Location: Lietard road, the D919. The cemetery lies on theleft side of this road approximately 1kilometer from the village of Bailleul-Sire-Berthoult.
Historical Information: The cemetery was begun in April, 1917, on the newfront
resulting from the Battle of Arras, and itwas used by the units holding that front until the followingNovember. These original burials are in Plot V, Row K, and Plot A toF. The cemetery was greatly enlarged after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from the neighbouringbattlefields and from other burial
grounds. During the 1939-45 War, No.2Casualty Clearing Station was at Rouvroy, three kilometersnorth-east of Arleux, and the cemetery was used again. There are over 3,000, 1914-18 and 20, 1939-45 war casualtiescommemorated in this site. Of these, more than four-fifths fromthe 1914-18 War, are unidentified and special memorials are erected to ten soldiers from the United Kingdom and four from Canada known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of 38 Canadian soldiers and six from the United Kingdom, buried in other cemeteries,whose graves were destroyed by shell fire.Certain graves in Plots V11, V111 and 1X, identified collectively but not individually, are marked by headstones bearing the additional words "Buried near this spot . '' The cemetery covers an area of 9,402 square meters
and is enclosed by rubble walls on threesides. A tablet in the cemetery records the fact that the site was given by the widow of a Captain in the French 72nd Infantry Regiment, killed in action in August 1914. The following were among the burial grounds from which British graves were removed toOrchard Dump
Cemetery: FRESNES-LES-MONTAUBAN COMMUNIALCEMETERY, in which five soldiers from the UnitedKingdom were buried by the 26th FieldAmbulance in October, 1918.
FRESNOY CHURCHYARD, between Lens and Arras,where an
R.A.F. officer was buried by the enemy inMarch,1917. FUSILIERS CEMETERY,BAILLEUL-SIRE-BERTHOULT, 800 meters South-West of the village beside the railway line, where eleven men of the Northumberland Fusiliers and one Royal Marine were buried by the 63rd Division inApril and May, 1917
OUSE ALLEY CEMETERY, BAILLEUL-SIRE-BERTHOULT,about 1 kilometre North-East of the village, where38 officers and men from the United Kingdomwere buried by their comrades in June, 1917-February,1918. QUIERY-LA-MOTTE CEMETERY,800 meters North-West of La Motte, where 27soldiers from the United Kingdom were buriedby the 2nd East Lancs and other units in October, 1918. 2ND CANADIAN DIVISIONCEMETERY, WILLERVAL, midway between Vimyand Acheville, where 16 Canadian soldiers were buried by the 2nd Canadian Division in May,1917. WILLERVAL CANADIAN CEMETERY ( or VANCOUVER ROAD CEMETERY ) made by the 2nd Canadian Division in May 1917, and containing the graves of 34 Canadian soldiers. It stood about midway between Vimy and Fresnoy.WILLERVAL
CHURCHYARD ,where four men of the 3rd Canadian Battalion were buried in April and May, 1917.
Display Record of Commemoration.
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