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BIACHE-ST. VAAST COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France

Location Information

Biache-St. Vaast is a village and commune on the River Scarfe, some 13 kilometres east of Arras, and about 3 kilometres south of the N50 road from Arras to Donai. The Communal Cemetery is on the northern side of the village on the D43 road to the neighbouring village of Fresnes les Montauban and the N50 road.


History Information

North of the memorial standing in the main path west of the entrance are the graves of an unidentified soldier and an airman from the United Kingdom, and an airman of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.


Burial Details


404889 Warrant Officer Dennis Cecil Burman, Royal New Zealand Air Force, died 16th August 1944, aged 23. Son of Cecil Richard and Nellie Burman, of Invercargill, New Zealand.

33289 Flight Lieutenant Ian Scovil Soden, D. S. O. Pilot in 56 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 18th May 1940, aged 23. Son of Wilfred Scovil Soden and Dorothy Maud Soden, of Combe Down, Bath, Somerset.


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