In Memory of
M STARLING
Private 40403
1st/5th Bn., Lancashire Fusiliers
who died on
Friday, 23rd August 1918.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery:
BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT, Somme, France
Grave Reference/
Panel Number:
VI. A. 14.
Location:
Gezaincourt is a village in the Department of the Somme, situated 2 kilometres to the
south-west of the town of Doullens, and Bagneux British Cemetery lies to the south of the
village. There is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission signpost in Gezaincourt village
opposite the "Chateau" entrance.
Historical Information:
The Cemetery was begun in April, 1918 after the close of the German offensive in Picardy.
At the end of March, the 3rd, 29th and 56th Casualty Clearing Stations had come to
Gezaincourt; they were joined for a short time in April by the 45th, and they remained
until September. The 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital, in the Citadel at Doullens, also
buried in this Cemetery in May and June, 1918, and the 2nd Canadian Division in April and
May. There are now just under 1,400, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.
The bombing raid over Doullens on the 30th May, 1918 is recalled by the graves in Plot
III,
Row A, as well as by the memorials erected to two officers whose graves in the Cemetery
cannot now be found. The cemetery covers an area of 3,514 square metres.
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