Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery

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Wormhout cemetery
Cimetière de Wormhout
Wormhoudt Communal Cem. 1.JPG
French civilian graves and two World War I British war graves
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Location
Country France
Coordinates50°53′21.649″N 2°27′55.782″E / 50.88934694°N 2.46549500°E / 50.88934694; 2.46549500Coordinates: 50°53′21.649″N 2°27′55.782″E / 50.88934694°N 2.46549500°E / 50.88934694; 2.46549500
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Wormhout cemetery (French: Cimetière de Wormhout; Dutch: Begraafplaats van Wormhout) is a communal cemetery of Wormhout in the French department Nord. The site is located 700 metres north of the centre (municipal hall) at the Cours N4 du Cimetière.

British war graves[]

Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Wormhoudt Communal Cem. 3.JPG
Cross of Sacrifice and graves of the Second World War
Used for those deceased
Location
Burials by nation
Burials by war
First World War and Second World War

A Commonwealth military burial site is located in the northeastern corner of the cemetery and includes 113 identified and 31 non-identified victims of the Second World War. These victims mainly died in May 1940 during the withdrawal of the British Expeditionary Force to Dunkirk. Moreover, the site includes the Cross of Sacrifice.

Four British casualties of the First World War are buried between civilians' graves.

The graves are administered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and are registered under Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery.

Graves[]

References[]

  1. ^ "MAJOR CYRIL HUGH JOSEPH CHICHESTER-CONSTABLE". www.cwgc.org. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. ^ "MAJOR JAMES EDWARD WEEKS RANCE". www.cwgc.org. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  3. ^ "SECOND LIEUTENANT MERVYN ASHLEY EDWARDS". www.cwgc.org. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Major CRICHTON, JOHN HENRY GEORGE". www.cwgc.org. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  5. ^ All executed Brits of the First World War were rehabilitated by Royal Decree on 8 November 2006 (article 359 of the Armed Forces Act 2006), except those who were convicted of murder or mutiny.
  6. ^ "PRIVATE W T H PHILLIPS". www.cwgc.org. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 3 January 2021.

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