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BAINCTHUN (LA CAPELLE) NEW CEMETERY

Pas De Calais

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.72432, Longitude: 1.70318

Baincthun (La Capelle) New Communal Cemetery
Image above © Jean-Claude Graux

​Location Information

Baincthun is a village and commune 6 kilometres east of Boulogne, on the N341 road to Desvres. La Capelle is a village in the commune, about 3 kilometres north on the old N42 road from Boulogne to St Omer.

The cemetery is south-west of La Capelle, on the D234 road to Baincthun. The single Commonwealth Second World War grave is located midway between the northern and eastern corners of the cemetery, near the boundary wall.



Burial Details

1875832 Sapper Edward Horwood Knight, 17 Field Company, Royal Engineers, died 24th May 1940, aged 19. Son of John and Harriet Knight, of Sandwich, Kent.

Baincthun (La Capelle) New Communal Cemetery
Baincthun (La Capelle) New Communal Cemetery
Baincthun (La Capelle) New Communal Cemetery
Baincthun (La Capelle) New Communal Cemetery
Baincthun (La Capelle) New Communal Cemetery
Baincthun (La Capelle) New Communal Cemetery

NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS

ST. MARTIN-BOULOGNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
MEERUT MILITARY CEMETERY


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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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