Remembered today :
3rd March 1916At 2.30 am on the Morning of the 3rd March 1916, thirteen men of D Company, 16th Battalion, were sheltering in a dugout in North Street, a trench in the Suzanne/Maricourt defences. After hours of incessant rain, the roof of the dugout collapsed, trapping the men inside. The Men were rescued by their comrades-three of them dying from their injuries.
6219 Corporal William Isherwood Brown. The Son of James and Elizabeth Brown of 45, George Street, Altrincham, aged 24.
6563 Lance Corporal Edward Baldwin Thomas of 21, Carroll Street, Fallowfield aged 24
6977 Private Jonathan Cowell. The Son of William and Margaret Cowell of 3, Claran Street, Manchester aged 21.
The three Men were buried by Chaplain I. M Clarke in adjoining plots, in Suzanne Communal Extension Cemetery.
"Not Forgotten"