BEAURAINS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.26557, Longitude: 2.79326
Location Information
Beaurains is a village on the southern outskirts of Arras on the N37 road to Bapaume, and only 3 kilometres from Arras Station. The Comunal Cemetery is on the north-eastern side of the village on the road (D60) which leads to Tilloy-les-Mofflaines and the main Arras-Cambrai road.
History Information
Most of the 21 Commonwealth burials in Beaurains Communal Cemetery date from May 1940, and the German advance through nothern France. Four of the burials are unidentified and one is commemorated by a special memorial inscribed " Believed to be".
Total Burials: 21.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 17.
Unidentified Casualties: 4.
Beaurains is a village on the southern outskirts of Arras on the N37 road to Bapaume, and only 3 kilometres from Arras Station. The Comunal Cemetery is on the north-eastern side of the village on the road (D60) which leads to Tilloy-les-Mofflaines and the main Arras-Cambrai road.
History Information
Most of the 21 Commonwealth burials in Beaurains Communal Cemetery date from May 1940, and the German advance through nothern France. Four of the burials are unidentified and one is commemorated by a special memorial inscribed " Believed to be".
Total Burials: 21.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 17.
Unidentified Casualties: 4.
Individual Graves in the Main Plot
Pictures © Jean-Claude Graux
9043 Major
Gerald Hedderwick, M. C.
7th Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.
21st May 1940, aged 47.
Special Memorial Row C. Grave 3.
Son of Edwin Charles and Mary Hedderwick; husband of Ruth Mary Hedderwick, of Edinburgh. B.A. (Cantab): Clare College. Vice President of Loretto School, Musselburgh, 1934-39.
His headstone bears the inscription "In The Sight Of The Unwise They Seemed To Die; But They Are In Peace"
Gerald Hedderwick, M. C.
7th Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.
21st May 1940, aged 47.
Special Memorial Row C. Grave 3.
Son of Edwin Charles and Mary Hedderwick; husband of Ruth Mary Hedderwick, of Edinburgh. B.A. (Cantab): Clare College. Vice President of Loretto School, Musselburgh, 1934-39.
His headstone bears the inscription "In The Sight Of The Unwise They Seemed To Die; But They Are In Peace"
Separate Grave of Flying Officer James Caterer
134311 Flying Officer
James Caterer
635 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
16th June 1944.
North East Portion
Son of Albert and Elizabeth Ellen Caterer, of Wealdstone, Middlesex.
His headstone bears the inscription "Deep In Our Hearts A Memory Is Kept Of One We Loved And Shall Never Forget"
James Caterer
635 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
16th June 1944.
North East Portion
Son of Albert and Elizabeth Ellen Caterer, of Wealdstone, Middlesex.
His headstone bears the inscription "Deep In Our Hearts A Memory Is Kept Of One We Loved And Shall Never Forget"
