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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 Communal Cemetery
Beaurains Communal Cemetery
Beaurains Communal Cemetery

Individual Graves in the Main Plot

​Pictures © Jean-Claude Graux

Beaurains Communal Cemetery
Beaurains Communal Cemetery
Beaurains Communal Cemetery
Beaurains Communal Cemetery
Beaurains Communal Cemetery
Beaurains Communal Cemetery
Beaurains Communal Cemetery
Beaurains Communal Cemetery
Beaurains Communal Cemetery
Beaurains Communal Cemetery
Beaurains Communal Cemetery
Beaurains Communal Cemetery
Beaurains Communal Cemetery
Beaurains Communal Cemetery
Beaurains Communal Cemetery
Beaurains Communal Cemetery
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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"
 



Separate Grave of Flying Officer James Caterer

Beaurains Communal Cemetery
Beaurains Communal Cemetery
Beaurains Communal Cemetery
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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"






The Four Unknown Graves

Pictures © Jean-Claude Graux

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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.
(The G. P. S. Coordinates are also taken from the C. W. G. C. site)


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