In Memory of
J STARLING
Private 20835
5th Bn., King's Shropshire Light Infantry
who died on
Monday, 9th April 1917.
Additional Information:
Husband of Mrs. E. Starling, of Lily Cottage, King's Head Hill, Chingford, Essex.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery:
BEAURAINS ROAD CEMETERY, BEAURAINS, Pas de Calais, France
Grave Reference/
Panel Number:
B. 12.
Location:
Beaurains is a village on the southern outskirts of Arras, and Beaurains Road Cemetery is
just north of the village on the road from Arras (N37).
Historical Information:
Beaurains was captured, after slight resistance, on the 18th March, 1917, and the
cemetery was begun a few days earlier. It was a month before the Battles of Arras
began, and the enemy were still in Tilloy-les-Mofflaines. The cemetery was used
(sometimes under the name of Ronville Forward Cemetery) until the beginning of June; the
burials were carried out by fighting units and by the 14th (Light) Division Burial
Officer. It
was used again for a short time in August and September 1918, in the Second Battles of
Arras. The cemetery was then enlarged by the concentration of graves from Ronville
British and French Cemeteries and from the battlefields. There are now over 300, 1914-18
war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over 20 are unidentified and 14
special memorials bear the names of soldiers from the United Kingdom, buried in Ronville
British Cemetery, whose graves were found to have been destroyed by shell fire. The
cemetery covers an area of 1,229 square metres and is enclosed by a low rubble wall.
RONVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY was among the houses in the Faubourg St. Sauveur, a little
South of the Bapaume road. It was used from April to July 1917 (when most of the burials
were made by the 20th King's Royal Rifle Corps), and by the 141st Field Ambulance in
August and September 1918. It contained the graves of 167 soldiers from the United
Kingdom and twelve from Canada, and nine German prisoners. RONVILLE FRENCH
CEMETERY adjoined the British Cemetery. It was used by British troops from February to
April 1917 and again in August 1918; and it contained the graves of 26 soldiers from the
United Kingdom.
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