ANNEQUIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.5025, Longitude: 2.72657
Location Information
Annequin is a village in the Department of Pas de Calais, some 6 kilometres east of Bethune on the N41.
Historical Information
The Communal Cemetery contains on the left or South-West side of the central path the graves of eight soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in 1915 and 1916 and one soldier of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders who fell in 1940.
Total Burials: 9.
World War One Casualties: United Kingdom 8.
World War Two Casualty: United Kingdom 1.
Annequin is a village in the Department of Pas de Calais, some 6 kilometres east of Bethune on the N41.
Historical Information
The Communal Cemetery contains on the left or South-West side of the central path the graves of eight soldiers from the United Kingdom who fell in 1915 and 1916 and one soldier of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders who fell in 1940.
Total Burials: 9.
World War One Casualties: United Kingdom 8.
World War Two Casualty: United Kingdom 1.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
765 Lance Corporal
Gerald Alfred George Pepperday
"B" Company, 19th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
28th January 1916, aged 20.
Son of John Hinds Pepperday and Eliza Mary Pepperday, of 24, High St., Rugby.
Gerald Alfred George Pepperday
"B" Company, 19th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
28th January 1916, aged 20.
Son of John Hinds Pepperday and Eliza Mary Pepperday, of 24, High St., Rugby.
Other World War One Burials
99855 Gunner George Birkinshaw, 47th Battery, 44th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, died 16th October 1915.
989 Private J. Davis, 1st Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment, died 17th July 1915.
64805 Gunner William Charles Long, 47th Battery, 44th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, died 16th October 1915.
32190 Gunner Joseph Frederick Monday, 9th Battery, 41st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, died 6th July 1915.
59390 Gunner Albert Osborne, 9th Battery, 41st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, died 6th July 1915, aged 22. Son of Mrs. C. M. Osborne, of 4, Northampton Terrace, Heriots Lane, Wellingborough, Northants. His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace"
10134 Private Michael O'Shea, 2nd Bn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, died 26th May 1915, aged 21. Son of John O'shea, of Bathmore, Co. Kerry.
45170 Sergeant Eugene Joseph Reilly, 115th Battery, 25th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, died 24th July 1915, aged 33.
Born in Ireland. Son of Owen Reilly; husband of Mrs. M. A. T. Reilly, of 25, Upper Harden St., Woolwich, London. His headstone bears the inscription "He Answered His Country's Call Thy Will Be Done From His Wife & Children"
World War Two Burial
2927569 Private George Shaw, 1st Bn. Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, died 28th May 1940, aged 30. Son of Samuel and Susan Shaw, of Wishaw, Lanarkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Ever Remembered"
99855 Gunner George Birkinshaw, 47th Battery, 44th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, died 16th October 1915.
989 Private J. Davis, 1st Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment, died 17th July 1915.
64805 Gunner William Charles Long, 47th Battery, 44th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, died 16th October 1915.
32190 Gunner Joseph Frederick Monday, 9th Battery, 41st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, died 6th July 1915.
59390 Gunner Albert Osborne, 9th Battery, 41st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, died 6th July 1915, aged 22. Son of Mrs. C. M. Osborne, of 4, Northampton Terrace, Heriots Lane, Wellingborough, Northants. His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace"
10134 Private Michael O'Shea, 2nd Bn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, died 26th May 1915, aged 21. Son of John O'shea, of Bathmore, Co. Kerry.
45170 Sergeant Eugene Joseph Reilly, 115th Battery, 25th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, died 24th July 1915, aged 33.
Born in Ireland. Son of Owen Reilly; husband of Mrs. M. A. T. Reilly, of 25, Upper Harden St., Woolwich, London. His headstone bears the inscription "He Answered His Country's Call Thy Will Be Done From His Wife & Children"
World War Two Burial
2927569 Private George Shaw, 1st Bn. Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, died 28th May 1940, aged 30. Son of Samuel and Susan Shaw, of Wishaw, Lanarkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Ever Remembered"
