Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme

For much of the War Abbeville was HQ to the Commonwealth lines of communication and three large hospitals were stationed there. The cemetery contains the graves of some 2529 men. It is a very large cemetery with the extension set on two levels at the back of a massive Communal Cemetery.
Designer - Sir Reginald Blomfield

Cemetery pictures courtesy of Mike & Rosemarie Thomas

 

Private Thomas Walter Norman
1st Battalion, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry
08/03/1918

Husband of Ada Norman, of Les Jenemies, St. Saviour's, Guernsey

Born at Jersey. Enlisted at Guernsey.

Died of Wounds

Commemorated on:
Island (Bailiwick) Memorial, St Peter Port, Guernsey
St Saviour's Parish Memorial, Guernsey
St Peter Port Parish Memorial, Guernsey

 

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Record

 

Picture courtesy of Steven Le Tissier