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In Memory
of Private John Benedict Scahill
Regimental Number: 4575
1st/9th Bn.,
The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
who died on Wednesday, 11th October 1916. Age 21.
Son of John
and Elizabeth Scahill, of 48, Aughton Street, Ormskirk,
Commonwealth
War Graves Commission Certificate
Commemorative
Information:
Grave Reference/
B. 14. 53.
Panel Number:
Location: St.
Sever Cemetery and Extension is situated about 3 kilometres south of
Rouen Cathedral and a short distance west of the road from Rouen to
Elbeuf.
Coming from
Elbeuf/Caen on the N.138 follow Avenue Des Canadiens right down to the
roundabout. Take fourth exit into Rue Stanislas De Jardin, and the cemetery
lies 150 metres on the left.
If coming from
station Rive Gauche, Gare St Sever, follow Quai D'Elbeuf, Quai Jean
Moulin, Quai Cavelier De La Salle into Avenue Jan Rondeaux, Av. De La
Liberation, Bd. Du 11 Novembre to the roundabout. Take first exit into
Rue Stanislas De Jardin, and the cemetery lies 150 metres on the left.
St. Sever is part of Le Petit Quevilly.
The first CWGC
signpost is just when you get to the entrance of the cemetery.
Historical
During the 1914-18 war British camps and hospitals were Information:
placed on the Southern outskirts of the city; a Base Supply Depot and
the 3rd Echelon of General Headquarters were established at Rouen.
The Hospitals
at Rouen remained there in almost all cases for practically the whole
of the war. They included eight General, five Stationary, one British
Red Cross and one Native Labour Hospitals and No. 2 Convalescent Depot.
A number of the dead from these Hospitals were buried in other cemeteries,
but the great majority were taken to St. Sever; and in September, 1916,
it was found necessary to begin an Extension.
There are now
over 3,000, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site.
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