Bethune Town Cemetery would increase its grave count by 33 as a result of the actions of 10th May 1915 and the days immediately preceding it. The following men are all buried there; 33 men out of a total 701 British Army officers and men who lost their lives one hundred years ago today on the 10th May 1915.
S/7354 Private John Abercrombie 2nd Bn, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
5/1887 Serjeant John Henry Barrett 5th Bn, Royal Sussex Regiment
18472 Private J P Boote 1st Bn, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
1366 Serjeant Arthur Henry Brabrook 3rd Bn, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
16515 Private W Brand 2nd Bn, Highland Light Infantry
L/10159 Private George Thomas Brazil 2nd Bn, Royal Sussex Regiment
13770 Private W T Brewis 1st Bn, South Wales Borderers
9142 Rifleman James Castledine 2nd Bn, King's Royal Rifle Corps
5137 Corporal J Cremen 2nd Bn, Royal Munster Fusiliers
11435 Private Herbert Dearden 3rd Bn, Coldstream Guards
Captain John Eric Evans 4th Bn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
2855 Private A Forse 24th Bn, London Regiment
9677 Private W French 2nd Bn, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
Lieutenant Thomas Martin Garrod 3rd Bn, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
26177 Gunner Charles Groves 7th Mountain Bty, Royal Garrison Artillery
12947 Private Bert Hodson 1st Bn, Northamptonshire Regiment
Second Lieutenant Frederick Holmes Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
L/SR/2249 Private W Hopper 2nd Bn, Royal Sussex Regiment
3/2069 Lance Corporal William Kerr 1st Bn, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
12661 Private Robert Charles Kidman 1st Bn, Northamptonshire Regiment
9864 Private P J Liddington 1st Bn, Northamptonshire Regiment
13849 Private W J Lloyd 1st Bn, South Wales Borderers
14073 Private S H Matthews 1st Bn, South Wales Borderers
L/10330 Private Walter Message "C" Coy, 2nd Bn, Royal Sussex Regiment
S/3014 Lance Corporal Joseph Milton 1st Bn, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
9842 Corporal Hugh Morton 1st Bn, Cameron Highlanders
9865 Lance Corporal William Mckay "D" Coy, 1st Bn, Cameron Highlanders
4611 Lance Corporal John Nagle 3rd Bn, Royal Munster Fusiliers
10134 Private Bertram Nind 1st Bn, Gloucestershire Regiment
10183 Private Michael O'Donnell 2nd Bn Royal Munster Fusiliers
3/6300 Private D Prentice 1st Bn, Cameron Highlanders
1029 Private A Rattray 1st Bn, Seaforth Highlanders
32831 Private David Rees Williams 1st Bn, Welsh Regiment
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14073 Private S H Matthews 1st Bn, South Wales Borderers he was my Great Grandfather.
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