Thistle Dump Cemetery, High Wood , Longueval. 2miles N of Montauban, on NW of village, S of High Wood. Records 107 UK., 37 NZ., 36 Aust., 12 unknown and 4 special memorials.

Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes, Nord.  Tannay is a hamlet of the village of Thiennes about 8 kilometres east of Aire-sur-la-Lys and on the road from Thiennes to Haverskerque.  The Cemetery is on the right of the road down a track which passes in front of a farmhouse.  The cemetery was made by units of the 5th Division during the German offensive of April 1918.  Records 362 U.K. and 1 Can. burials.

Grave in Tannay British Cemetery of No. 20465 Private John Jordan Derry, 16th   Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment killed in action 15th June 1918 aged 33 years.  Headstone bears inscription “Peace after Storm.”

Son of John Jordan Derry and Lucy Derry of Coventry.
 Private Derry is also commemorated on the Village War Memorial at Brinklow, near Rugby, Warwickshire.

For circumstances see  entry under Brinklow Village Memorial

Grave in Tannay British Cemetery of No.35714 Private Douglas J Hamilton “C” Company 16th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment killed in action 15th June 1918 aged 18 years. Formerly 3889 Fife and Forfar Yeomanry. Headstone bears inscription “Thy purpose Lord is hard to see But all is well when done by Thee.”

Born Edinburgh, son of Mr and Mrs. Douglas Hamilton of Edinburgh, enlisted Edinburgh.

For circumstances see entry for Private Derry above.

Grave in Tannay British Cemetery of 2nd Lieutenant Edward Owens D.C.M., “B” Company, 10th Battalion Cheshire Regiment killed in action 27th June 1918.

Edward Owens award of the Distinguished Conduct Medal was when he was serving as No. 7788 Company Sergeant Major with the 1st Battalion of the Regiment in 1914, the citation in the London Gazette of 30th June 1915 recording “For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty throughout the campaign, notably at Ypres on the 16th November 1914, when he brought back under heavy fire from the enemy only 80 yards away, an abandoned machine gun which had been left in a trench.”

 Ten Tree Alley Cemetery, Pusieux, Pas de Calais.  9 miles N of Albert, 6 miles from Beaucourt Hamel, S of Serre.  Burials from Fourth Army (V Corps) who fell in fighting prior and subsequent to German retirement March 1917.  Records 67 UK buria

For background see entry France Cemeteries "N" New Munich Trench

Toronto Cemetery, Demuin, Somme.  4 miles South East of Villers-Bretonneux, 1 mile North of the village of Demuin and up a track off the D23 Demuin - Villers-Bretonneux road.  Made by 3rd Canadian Battalion (Toronto Regiment) after the village of Demuin was captured by the 58th Canadian Battalion on the 8th August 1918.  Records 40 Can. and 2 U.K. burials, most burials being Canadians from the August attack but some later burials were from the March 1918 retreat, Demuin being lost to the Germans on the 31st March 1918.

  Grave in Toronto Cemetery of No. 1045639 Corporal Robert Lee Giles 15th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)(who served as Doyle).  Died 8th August 1918 aged 23 years.  Son of Charles C and Edna R Giles of Umatilla, Lake Co., Florida. U.S.A.  Headstone bears inscription “A devoted son and brave soldier lies here.”

Grave in Toronto Cemetery of No. 16578 Private WiIliam Charles Collins 1st/5th Battalion Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry who was killed in action 31st March 1918.  Born Tuckingmill, Cornwall, enlisted Camborne,Cornwall.
 

 Tincourt New British Cemetery, Somme.  Tincourt is a village just over 4 miles east of Peronne.  The Cemetery is on the west side of the village, north west of the churchyard.  The villages of Tincourt and Boucly were occupied by British troops in March 1917 during the German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line.  From May 1917 to March 1918 Tincourt became a centre for Casualty Clearing Stations.  On the 23rd March 1918 the villages were evacuated and were recovered in a ruined condition about the 6th September 198.  From then until December 1918 Casualty Clearing Stations were again posted to Tincourt.  The cemetery was begun in June 1917 and used until September 1919.  The 152 German burials were made during their occupation of the village.  After the Armistice it was used for the reburial of soldiers found on the battlefield or brought in from small French or German cemeteries in the surrounding areas.  Records 1,563 U.K., 226 Aust., 45 Can., 39 S.A., 15 Ind., 6 Guernsey, 2 Newfld., 58 Chin, 152 German burials and 33 special memorials.  Over 250 of these are unidentified.  Special Memorials record 25 Commonwealth soldiers buried in other cemeteries whose graves were destroyed by shell fire.

 Grave in Tincourt New British Cemetery of No. 17124 Private G A Haycock 13th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment died 20th July 1918.  Commemorated on the Withybrook War Memorial.

For circumstances see entry under Withybrook Village Memorial.

Grave in Tincourt New British Cemetery of No. 3215 Private George Mark 1st Battalion Welsh Guards died of wounds 4th January 1918 aged 20 years. Son of Frederick and Mary Jane Mark 170 Lodge Lane Liverpool.  Native of Lytham Lancashire.  Born and enlisted in Liverpool. 

Headstone bears inscription “Loved in Life, His death An unspeakable Sorrow..

Grave in Tincourt New British Cemetery of No. 15445 Company Quarter Master Sergeant Major John Pollard, D.C.M., 9th Battalion the King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), died of wounds 30th December 1917 aged 41 years.

Citation in the London Gazette dated the 6th February 1918 for the Distinguished Conduct Medal records “For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty.  During five nights he took up rations to the front line and showed unfailing resolution and devotion to duty in bringing his parties repeatedly through the zone of the enemy’s barrage.  His example was a fine incentive to his men.” 

Almost certainly during the course of the 3rd Battle of Ypres.

Husband of Mary Ethel Pollard, 11 French Street Harrogate Yorkshire.  Born Liverpool enlisted Dewsbury.

Headstone bears inscription “A splendid husband, father and soldier, always missed by his loving wife and family of four.”

 55.  Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery, Somme.  Templeux-le-Guerard is a village about 12 miles East of Peronne and the Cemetery is South East of the village and on the side of the road to Hargicourt.  The village was taken in April 1917 and the Cemetery was begun by the 59th (North Midland) Division and carried on by other units until August 1917.  The village was lost in the German advance on the 21st March 1918 but retaken by the 15th Suffolks of the 74th (Yeomanry) Division on the 18th September 1918 when there were further burials in September and October  with a large increase after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from the battlefields of April 1917, March and September 1918 surrounding the village and then in 1930 when the British graves from cemeteries at Gouy on the Aisne and Ste. Emilie British Cemetery, Villers-Faucon were brought in.  There are now over 750 1914 – 1918 war casualties commemorated in this site.  Of these nearly a quarter are unidentified and special memorials are erected to 16 soldiers from the United Kingdom known or believed to be buried among them.

Grave in Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery of No. 266712 Private A G Bunney 1st/7th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment died 21s April 1917.  Son of Mrs. C Clarke of 82 Princess Street, Foleshill, Coventry.  Commemorated on the Wolston Village War Memorial.

For circumstances see entry under Wolston Village Memorial.

Grave in Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery of Major Valentine Fleming, D.S.O., “C” Squadron the Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars killed in action 20th May 1917 aged 35 years.  Twice mentioned in despatches.

He was killed near Gillemont Farm which is between the villages of Vendhuille and Lempire about 15 miles South of Cambrai, just under 3 miles North East of Templeux-le-Guerard.

 Son of Robert Fleming.  Husband of Evelyn C Fleming of 118 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London.  M.P.  for South Oxfordshire and father of Ian Fleming, the creator of “James Bond, Secret Agent 007.”

Headstone bears inscription “The Heights hold Peace.”

Grave in Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery of No. 25687 Private John O’Shea, 7th (Royal Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment killed in action 12th December 1917 aged 18 years.  Son of Michael and Catherine O’Shea of Killorglin Co. Kerry, born Killorglin, enlisted in Tralee Co. Kerry. Served as No. 2478 in the South Irish Horse.

Grave in Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery of No. 25159 Private John Condon, 7th (Royal Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment killed in action 12th December 1917.  Son of David Condon of Ring, Ballymacoda Co. Cork, born Ballymacoda, enlisted in Cork.  Served as No. 1983 in the South Irish Horse.

Headstone bears inscription “God Have Mercy on Him.”

On the 12th December 1917 23 members of the Royal Irish Regiment were killed.  13 are buried together in  Row II H, Privates John Condon, Patrick Shea, Daniel  O’Dea, Andrew Conlon, John O’Shea, Michael Burke, Patrick Coleman, Martin Duggan, Samuel Bateman, James Colleary, Fred McCarthy and Joseph McDonald. In Row II G are another 8 buried together, Privates Richard Kelly, John Smith, Arthur Thomson, George Murray, Edward Farrell, John Jackson, Albert Swifte and Robert Gibson.  The remaining two, Privates Joseph Clynch and Thomas Coffey, are buried in Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery Extension.  At the outbreak of the War the South Irish Horse volunteered for service at the front and went to France as a Cavalry unit.  On the 1st September 1917 the regiment was formed into an infantry battalion under the command of Lieutenant Colonel C M Truman D.S.O.  On the 7th December 1917 the Battalion took over the left section of the line east of Ronnsoy (some 2 miles North of Templeux-le-Guerard) and were relieved on the night of 12th/13th December 1917.   The 23 casualties were killed on the day before the Battalion was relieved.