True and Fascinating Canadian History
Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension
Aubigny-en-Artois northwest of Arras.
Pas-de-Calais. France
In Memory of:
Alan Beacall. WWI. KIA
"Before March, 1916, Aubigny was in the area of the French Tenth Army, and 327 French soldiers were buried in the Extension to the West of what is now Plot IV. From March 1916 to the Armistice, Aubigny was held by Commonwealth troops and burials were made in the Extension until September 1918.
The 42nd Casualty Clearing Station buried in it during the whole period, the 30th in 1916 and 1917, the 24th and 1st Canadian in 1917 (during the capture of Vimy Ridge by the Canadian Corps) and the 57th in 1918.
The Extension now contains 2,771 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and seven from the Second World War.
There are also 227 French burials made prior to March 1916, and 64 German war graves. The Extension was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield."
The description above was quoted from the website
http://www.ww1cemeteries.com/ww1frenchcemeteries/aubignycommext.htm
"000060 Private (28th Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment) Alan Beacall (b.1892) of Regina died 1918,09,06 of wounds sustained on the Drocourt-Quéant line and is buried at Aubigny communal cemetery extension, Aubigny-en-Artois northwest of Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France.
He was the son of Thomas and Eleanor Beacall of Quedgeley, Gloucestershire, England, and later of Thornton Heath, Surrey.
Alan was a member of the RNWMP when he enlisted in the 95th Saskatchewan Rifles at Regina early in 1917."
Source of quote above was taken from website
http://svwm.ca/casualty-display/?ID=A000000335
Aubigny communal cemetery extension, Aubigny-en-Artois northwest of Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France : Notes Website Source & Appreciation.
http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/5300/AUBIGNY%20COMMUNAL%20CEMETERY%20EXTENSION
Commonwealth War Dead.
http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/5300/AUBIGNY%20COMMUNAL%20CEMETERY%20EXTENSIONAddress:
Aubigny communal cemetery extension, Aubigny-en-Artois northwest of Arras, Pas-de-Calais, FranceSource for notes about Constable Alan Beacall's participation in WWI.
The Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial.http://svwm.ca/casualty-display/?ID=A000000335
