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St. Sever Cemetery
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St. Sever Cemetery Extension
Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
St Sever Cemetery and St Sever Cemetery Extension are located within a large communal cemetery on the eastern edge of the southern Rouen suburbs of Le Grand Quevilly and Le Petit Quevilly.
During the First World War Commonwealth camps and hospitals were stationed on the southern outskirts of Rouen. A base supply depot and the 3rd Echelon of General Headquarters were also established in the city. Almost all of the hospitals at Rouen remained there for practically the whole of the war. They included eight general, five stationary, one British Red Cross, one labour hospital, and No. 2 Convalescent Depot. A number of the dead from these hospitals were buried in other cemeteries, but the great majority were taken to the city cemetery of St. Sever. In September 1916, it was found necessary to begin an extension.
During the Second World War, Rouen was again a hospital centre and the extension was used once more for the burial of Commonwealth servicemen, many of whom died as prisoners of war during the German occupation.
The cemetery extension contains 8,346 Commonwealth burials of the First World War (ten of them unidentified) and in Block "S" there are 328 from the Second World War (18 of them unidentified). There are also 8 Foreign National burials here.
The extension was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield
St. Sever Cemetery contains 3,082 Commonwealth burials of the First World War. There is also 1 French burial and 1 non war service burial here.
The Commonwealth plots were designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.
Casualty Details: UK 2689, Canada 137, Australia 112, New Zealand 51, South Africa 19, India 75, Total Burials: 3083
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Notable People
Victoria Cross Recipient
- The Rev. Theodore Bailey Hardy, VC. DSO. MC. Chaplain 4th Class, Army Chaplains' Dept. Attached 8th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment, Appointed Chaplain to His Majesty, 17th Sept., 1918. Died 18/10/1918. Plot S. V. J. 1. EXTENSION
Shot at Dawn:
- 52081 Gunner W. E. Lewis, 124th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, executed for mutiny 29/10/1916. Plot O. 1. M. 8.
- 24/1521 Private J. Braithwaite, 2nd Bn. Otago Regiment (N. Z. E. F.), executed for mutiny 29/10/1916. Plot O. 1. K. 10.
- 5884 Coolie F. Y. Wan, Chinese Labour Corps, executed for murder 15/02/1919. Plot S. 1. E. 97170
- Coolie C. M. Hei, Chinese Labour Corps, executed for murder 21/02/1920. Plot S. 1. F. 44340
- Coolie C. H. K'ung, Chinese Labour Corps, executed for murder 21/02/1920. Plot S. 1. F. 6.
References, Sources and Further Reading
- WW1 Cemeteries St. Sever Cemetery
- WW1 Cemeteries St. Sever Cemetery Extension
- CWGC St. Sever Cemetery
- CWGC St. Sever Cemetery Extension
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