Gunner
1756724
258 H.A.A. Bty., Royal Artillery
who died on
Saturday, 26th February 1944. Age 37.
Additional Information: Son of William and Dinah Garbett; husband of Ethel Grace Garbett, of Clive Vale, Hastings, Sussex.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery: KHAYAT BEACH WAR CEMETERY, Israel
Grave Reference/
Panel Number: D. E. 9.
Location: The Cemetery lies 5 kilometres south-west of Haifa on the main road to Tel Aviv. From the Tel Aviv main highway No. 2 join road No. 4 north. After 500m the cemetery is on the right side.
Historical Information: Haifa, possessing a deep water harbour, an airport and being the terminus of the railway line from Egypt and of the Kirkuk-Haifa oil pipeline, was of great strategic importance during the 1939-1945 War. It became one of the main supply bases and arms depots serving the Middle East Forces. A large Naval depot was established at Haifa Bay. The cemetery was prepared in 1941 for the burial of service war dead in Northern Palestine. There are now over 700, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified. The graves from 3 other cemeteries were brought in during the war: from Haifa (Sharon) British Civil Cemetery, from Mafrog Cemetery in the former Trans-jordan and from Dafna Cemetery in Syria. Among the Merchant Navy seamen buried in the cemetery are those who lost their lives when the S.S. "Zealand" was torpedoed off the coast of Palestine on 28th June, 1942. There are also graves of men of the Merchant Navy who died during the war, but whose deaths were not due to war service. The majority of the non-war graves are of soldiers who died during disturbances preceding the end of the British Mandate in Palestine in May 1948. Two of the civilians buried in the cemetery were employed by the Admiralty. All the non-war graves are marked with Commission headstones of a special pattern.
Private
95477
1st/7th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
who died on
Friday, 3rd May 1918. Age 19.
Additional Information: Son of John Thomas and Eliza Garbett, of 6, Meadow Rd., Dawley, Salop.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery: HOUCHIN BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France
Grave Reference/
Panel Number: I. D. 9.
Location: Houchin is a village situated between Barlin and Bethune, about 5 kilometres south of Bethune. Houchin British Cemetery is on the south-west side of Houchin village. There are CWGC signposts to be found in the village of Houchin and on the main D72 road.
Historical Information: In March, 1918, the 6th Casualty Clearing Station to Houchin, and the British Cemetery were opened. From April to September the German advance made Houchin unsafe for hospitals, and the Cemetery was used by the 55th (West Lancashire) Division; 432 British and Dominion burials in the Cemetery belong to that Division, and recall the part it played in the Battles of the Lys. In September, 1918, the 6th Casualty Clearing Station returned to Houchin, and in October it was joined by the 15th. There are now over 700, 1914-18 and a small number of 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. The Cemetery covers an area of 2,407 square metres and is enclosed by a curb.
Private
37049
7th Bn., South Staffordshire Regiment
who died on
Friday, 27th July 1917.
Additional Information: Husband of Mrs. K. Garbett, of 27, Riddin's St., Old Hill, Staffs.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery: LA BELLE ALLIANCE CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Grave Reference/
Panel Number: C. 1.
Location: Boezinge is a village in the commune of Ieper, in the Province of West Flanders. La Belle Alliance Cemetery is 3.5 kilometres south of Boezinge and the same distance north-east of Ieper. It stands on the Zwaanhofweg, and is best approached via the N908 Ieper by-pass turning off north at the junction with Briekestraat-Zwaanhofweg is then the first road on the left.
Historical Information: La Belle Alliance Cemetery was made in February and March, 1916, by the 10th and 11th King's Royal Rifle Corps, and used again in July and August, 1917. It was originally named from a farmhouse which stood close by during the 1914-18 War. By 1918 this farmhouse had been destroyed. There are now 60, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 10 are unidentified. The cemetery covers an area of 349 square metres and is enclosed by a red brick wall.