Cemetery:  CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme, France
Grave Reference/Panel Number:  Plot I. Row D. Grave 35.

Historical Information: Corbie was about 21 kilometres behind the front trenches when the British Third Army took over the line from Berles-au-Bois southward to the Somme, in July, 1915, and it became at once a medical centre. No. 5 Casualty Clearing Station was followed in August by No. 21, and they remained at La Neuville (the suburb across the Ancre) until October, 1916, and April, 1917, respectively. They were buried in the Communal Cemetery until May, 1916, when the British plot was filled and it became necessary to open the Extension. Plot I. and the greater part of Plot II. of the Extension contain the graves of officers and men who died of wounds in the Battles of the Somme, 1916. Between November, 1916, and the Spring of 1918 there is a gap in the records of burial; the front line had gone eastward.

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