Private
305026
1st/8th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)
who died on
Monday, 23rd April 1917. Age 23.
Additional Information: Son of George and Mary Ellen Garbett, of 50, Edward St., East Kirkby, Notts.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery: CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ, Pas de Calais, France
Grave Reference/
Panel Number: VIII. H. 29.
Location: Souchez is a village 3.5 kilometres north of Arras on the main road to Bethune. The cemetery is about 1.5 kilometres south of the village on the west side of the D937 Arras-Bethune Road.
Historical Information: Souchez was sacked more than once in the Middle Ages, and raided by the Germans in December, 1870. It was captured by the French on the 26th September, 1915, and the area was taken over by British troops in the following March. The village was completely destroyed. The "Cabaret Rouge" was a house on the main road about 1 kilometre south of the village, at a place called Le Corroy, near the British cemetery. On the East side, opposite the cemetery, were dugouts used as Battalion Headquarters in 1916. The communication trenches ended here, including a very long one named from the Cabaret. The cemetery was begun by British troops in March, 1916, and used until August, 1917 (largely by the 47th (London) Division and the Canadian Corps) and - at intervals - until September, 1918. (These original burials are in Plots I to V inclusive). It was greatly enlarged after the Armistice by the concentration of over 7,000 graves, partly from the battlefields of Arras, and partly from 103 other burial grounds in the Nord and the Pas-de-Calais. There are now nearly 8,000, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site and 1 from the 1939-45 War. The cemetery covers an area of 24,772 square metres and is enclosed by a low rubble wall. On 25th May 2000 the remains of an unidentified Canadian soldier were entrusted to Canada at a ceremony held at the Vimy Memorial, France. The remains had been exhumed by France Area staff of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission from Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, Plot 8, Row E, Grave 7. The remains were laid to rest within the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in a sarcophagus placed at the foot of the National War Memorial, Confederation Square, Ottawa, Canada.
Gunner
1594231
402 (5th Bn. The Royal Warwickshire Regt.) Bty., 122 Anti-Tank Regt., Royal Artillery
who died on
Tuesday, 9th January 1945. Age 30.
Additional Information: Son of Arthur Henry and Sarah Garbett, of Coalbrookdale, Shropshire.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery: TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY, Myanmar
Grave Reference/
Panel Number: 7. A. 18.
Location: Taukkyan War Cemetery is outside Yangon (formerly Rangoon), near the airport and immediately adjoining the village of Taukkyan. It is on PY1 road (formerly Prome Road), about 35 kilometres north of the city from which it is easily accessible. In the centre of the Cemetery stands the Rangoon Memorial, surrounded by the graves of more than 6,000 men who fought and died with those whom it commemorates, whose remains were brought from the battlefield cemeteries at Akyab, Mandalay, Meiktila and Sahmaw, and from scattered jungle and roadside graves all over Burma. The Taukkyan Cremation Memorial, situated at the far end of the Taukkyan War Cemetery, commemorates over 900 men of the forces of undivided India and 80 members of the army of Burma who died during the 1939-1945 World War and whose remains were accorded the last rite required by their religion - committal to fire.
Historical Information: Burma (now Myanmar), was formerly part of British India. It became a separate state in April, 1937. During the Japanese occupation the civil Government functioned in India from December 1941, returning to Burma in October 1945. After the war Burma broke away from British rule and became a soverign independent republic called the Independent Union of Burma, consisting of Burma proper, the Shan States and Karen States. Taukkyan War Cemetery is the largest of the three war cemeteries in Burma. It was commenced in 1951 for the reception of graves from four battlefield cemeteries which were difficult to access and could not be maintained; Akyab, Mandalay, Meiktila and Sahmaw Cemeteries. The last was an original "Chindit" cemetery containing many of the casualties from the battle for Myitkyina. The individuality of these battlefield cemeteries has been carefully preserved by grouping together in this new cemetery the graves from each. Graves were also transferred from civil and cantonment cemeteries, and a number of jungle and roadside graves were brought in. Owing to prolonged post-war unrest, considerable delay occured before the Army Graves Service were able to complete their work, and in the meantime many such graves had disappeared. However, when the task was resumed, several hundred more graves were retrieved from scattered positions throughout the country and brought together here. In addition, the graves of 52 Commonwealth servicemen who died during the years 1914-1918 have also been moved into this cemetery from Henzada Cemetery (1), Meiktila Cantonment Cemetery (8), Thayetmyo New Cemetery (5), Thamakan Cemetery (4), Mandalay Military Cemetery (12) and Maymyo Cantonment Cemetery (22), where permanent maintenance was not possible. There are now 52 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 5,922 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-45 war commemorated in this site (excluding the memorials). 867 of the 1939-45 casualties are unidentified. There are also 2 non world war burials here.