In Memory of

PITTAM SINGH

Gunner
12865
4th Div. Ammunition Col., Royal Horse & Field Artillery, Indian Army
who died on
Wednesday, 3rd April 1918.

Additional Information:

Son of Tej Singh, of Pempor, Tappal, Aligarh, Khair.

Commemorative Information

Cemetery:

QUATRE-VENTS MILITARY CEMETERY, ESTREE-CAUCHY, Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference/
Panel Number:

II. C. 1.

Location:

Estree-Cauchy is a village 16 kilometres north-west of Arras on the main road from Arras to Boulogne. Les Quatre-Vents is a hamlet about 2 kilometres south-east of Estree-Cauchy. The cemetery is found just north of the junction of the main road (D341) and the road from Aubingy-en-Artois to Servins (D57).

Historical Information:

The area was used by Dressing Stations during the greater part of the War, and the cemetery was begun by French troops in June, 1915, and carried on by British Field Ambulances from March, 1916, to April, 1918. The 335 French and 19 German graves were removed after the Armistice to other cemeteries. There are now over 100, 1914-18 casualties and one 1939-45 war casualty commemorated in this site. The cemetery covers an area of 1,428 square metres and is enclosed by a rubble wall.