Dochy Farm New British Cemetery
History Information (Source: CWGC)
Dochy Farm, which had become a German strong point, was taken by the 4th New Zealand Brigade on 4 October 1917, in the Battle of Broodseinde. The cemetery was made after the Armistice when isolated graves were brought in from the battlefields of Boesinghe, St. Julien, Frezenberg and Passchendaele.
The cemetery now contains 1,439 burials and commemorations of the First World War. 958 of the burials are unidentified but special memorials commemorate two casualties believed to be buried among them. The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.
Served with
· United Kingdom (300)
· Australian (97)
· New Zealand (46)
· Canadian (35)
· South African (8)
Served in
· Army (480)
· Navy (6)
Serjeant James H. SPEIRS - S/18170 - MM
7th Bn. Cameron Highlanders
Born 22 March 1886 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died 20 August 1917 Age 31
Sergeant James H. Speirs was a Scottish footballer who scored the winning goal in the 1911 FA Cup Final.
He was killed in action during the Third Battle of Ypres on 20 August 1917 at the age of 31. He was also bearer of the Military Medal.
Roland Belfield Glanville, lieutenant in the Australian Infantry was awarded the Military Cross (MC).
Second Lieutenant G. Coombes received the DCM and MM.
Sergeants C. Peachy and R. Stokes, Corporals James Hook, T. Gregson, Daniel Crew and Walter Eric Dowden, and Soldiers Albert Ernest Johnson, Arthur Johnson and Alexander May were awarded the Military Medal (MM).
