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AVELIN (ENNETIÈRES) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord
France

Location Information

Ennetières is a hamlet in the Commune of Avelin some 3 kilometres north of the village of Avelin. The Communal Cemetery is at the northern edge of Ennetieres on the road from Lille to Douai.


Historical Information

The four British graves are near the southern boundary, about 12 yards from the south-western corner of the burial ground.
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Burial Details

747949 Sergeant Horace Charles Jack Brewer, Obs. in 23 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 10th April 1941.

141474 Pilot Officer Alfred Edward Brown, Pilot in 137 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 23rd January 1943, aged 27. Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Brown, of Dagenham, Essex; husband of Audrey Brown.

532244 Sergeant Thomas George Frank Nicholls, Air Gunner in 23 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 10th April 1941, aged 26. Son of Thomas and Lilian Nicholls, of Thornton Heath, Surrey; husband of Pearl Rosa Nicholls, of Upper Tooting, London.
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85244 Pilot Officer George Arthur Simpson, Pilot in 23 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 10th April 1941, aged 23. Son of Frank Simpson, and of Elsie Amelia Simpson, of Brighton, Sussex.
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The casualty numbers for each cemetery are taken from the C. W. G. C. site. We are aware that there can be discrepancies in the numbers quoted.
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