Granddad John Lemon
Liunberg
killed in action World
War 1
in Arras Northern France
The Battle of Arras took place from 9
April to 16th May 1917. It was fought by the British
(First Army under Allenby, Third Army under Horne, Fifth
Army under Gough) under the supreme command of General
Haig against the heavily fortified line held by German
Sixth and Second Armies. After a massive artillery
bombardment, British managed to advance in heavy fighting
for up to 4.5 miles in some places—one of the
largest gains since the start of the trench warfare. A
total of 200 Mark IV tanks were promised to have been
ready for this offensive, but as not a single one had in
fact been produced about 45 Mark II training tanks were
used, their boiler plate sponsons replaced by armoured
ones taken from Mark I wrecks.
Casualties surpassed 150,000 for the
British, 100,000 for the Germans. No strategic
breakthroughs were achieved.
"We can
truly say that the whole circuit of the earth is
girdled with the graves of our dead... and, in
the course of my pilgrimage, I have many times
asked myself whether there can be more potent
advocates of peace upon earth through the years
to come, than this massed multitude of silent
witnesses to the desolation of war."
King George V,
Flanders, 1922
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Casualty Details
| Name: |
LIUNBERG, JOHN |
| Initials: |
J |
| Nationality: |
United Kingdom |
| Rank: |
Private |
| Regiment: |
King's
Own Yorkshire Light Infantry |
| Unit
Text: |
"Z"
Coy. 6th Bn. |
Age
|
37
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| Date
of Death: |
10/04/1917 |
| Service
No: |
42294 |
| Additional
information: |
Son of Olof Peter
Ljungberg ; husband of Sarah J.
Liunberg, of 55, Grange Rd.,
Jarrow-on-Tyne. |
| Casualty
Type: |
Commonwealth War Dead |
| Grave/Memorial
Reference: |
Bay 7. |
| Cemetery: |
ARRAS
MEMORIAL France |
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| Cemetery: |
ARRAS MEMORIAL |
| Country: |
France |
| Locality: |
Pas de Calais |
| Visiting
Information: |
The Panel Numbers
quoted at the end of each entry relate to the
panels dedicated to the Regiment served with. In
some instances where a casualty is recorded as
attached to another Regiment, his name may
alternatively appear within their Regimental
Panels. Please refer to the on-site Memorial
Register Introduction to determine the
alternative panel numbers if you do not find the
name within the quoted Panels. Wheelchair access
to the cemetery is possible, but may be by
alternative entrance. For further information
regarding wheelchair access, please contact our
Enquiries Section on 01628 507200.
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| Location
Information: |
The Arras Memorial is
in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, which is in
the Boulevard du General de Gaulle in the western
part of the town of Arras. The cemetery is near
the Citadel, approximately 2 kilometres due west
of the railway station.
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| Historical Information: |
The French
handed over Arras to Commonwealth forces in the
spring of 1916 and the system of tunnels upon
which the town is built were used and developed
in preparation for the major offensive planned
for April 1917. The Commonwealth section of the
FAUBOURG D'AMIENS CEMETERY was begun in March
1916, behind the French military cemetery
established earlier. It continued to be used by
field ambulances and fighting units until
November 1918. The cemetery was enlarged after
the Armistice when graves were brought in from
the battlefields and from two smaller cemeteries
in the vicinity. The cemetery contains 2,651
Commonwealth burials of the First World War. In
addition, there are 30 war graves of other
nationalities, most of them German. During the
Second World War, Arras was occupied by United
Kingdom forces headquarters until the town was
evacuated on 23 May 1940. Arras then remained in
German hands until retaken by Commonwealth and
Free French forces on 1 September 1944. The
cemetery contains seven Commonwealth burials of
the Second World War. The graves in the French
military cemetery were removed after the First
World War to other burial grounds and the land
they had occupied was used for the construction
of the Arras Memorial and Arras Flying Services
Memorial. The ARRAS MEMORIAL commemorates almost
35,000 servicemen from the United Kingdom, South
Africa and New Zealand who died in the Arras
sector between the spring of 1916 and 7 August
1918, the eve of the Advance to Victory, and have
no known grave. The most conspicuous events of
this period were the Arras offensive of April-May
1917, and the German attack in the spring of
1918. Canadian and Australian servicemen killed
in these operations are commemorated by memorials
at Vimy and Villers-Bretonneux. A separate
memorial remembers those killed in the Battle of
Cambrai in 1917. The ARRAS FLYING SERVICES
MEMORIAL commemorates nearly 1,000 airmen of the
Royal Naval Air Service, the Royal Flying Corps,
and the Royal Air Force, either by attachment
from other arms of the forces of the Commonwealth
or by original enlistment, who were killed on the
whole Western Front and who have no known grave.
Both cemetery and memorial were designed by Sir
Edwin Lutyens, with sculpture by Sir William Reid
Dick. |
No. of Identified Casualties:
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34738
This figure
includes Foreign and Non-World War graves in CWGC
care
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John Lemon
Liunberg is listed on SDGW (Soldiers Died in
Great War) as:
John Luinberg (note spelling) Private 42294 6th
Battalion KOYLI (Kings Own Yorkshire Light
Infantry)
Killed in action 10.04.1917
Born North Shields
Enlisted Jarrow
Formerly Private 35963 in DLI (Durham Light
Infantry)
He is commemorated on the the left hand panel of
the Triptych in St. Pauls Church Jarrow
His name is recorded as Luinbery
He is commemorated as John Lemon Liunberg in
reference book in Jarrow Library containing all
WW1 and WW2 War Dead - He is also commemorated as
John Lemon Liunberg in Jarrow Town Hall in
Commemorative book containing all WW1 and WW2 War
Dead which is in a locked glass case
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