BILLY-BERCLAU (BERCLAU) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.51974, Longitude: 2.86874
Image above © Johan Pauwels
Location Information
Billy and Berclau are separate localities about 1.5 kilometres apart, some 27 kilometres north-north-east of Arras, and about 5 kilometres south-east of La Bassee, a small town on the Bethune-Lille road. There are two communal cemeteries, one in each locality. The British 1939-1945 War Graves are in the Cemetery at Berclau, which adjoins the church at the east. East of the main gate and by the northern wall are buried seven soldiers from the United Kingdom one of whom is not identified.
296781 Lieutenant
Michael Charles Anderson
8th (2nd Bn. The London Rifle Brigade) Bn. Rifle Brigade
3rd September 1944, aged 19.
Son of Charles Spencer Anderson and Zita Norah Anderson. of Ealing, Middlesex.
His headstone bears the inscription "I Have Fought The Good Fight"
Michael Charles Anderson
8th (2nd Bn. The London Rifle Brigade) Bn. Rifle Brigade
3rd September 1944, aged 19.
Son of Charles Spencer Anderson and Zita Norah Anderson. of Ealing, Middlesex.
His headstone bears the inscription "I Have Fought The Good Fight"
Other Burial Details
2049349 Private Ronald Sydney Askins, 2/5th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment, died 26th May 1940, aged 19. Son of George Henry and Ann Askins, of Leicester. His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace After Duty's Call"
4859580 Corporal Dennis William Brown, 2nd/5th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment, died between 27th May 1940 and 4th June 1940, aged 22.
4860950 Private James William Hubbard, 2/5th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment, died between 27th May 1940 and 4th June 1940, aged 20. Son of John W. Hubbard and Annie Hubbard, of Huncote, Leicestershire. His headstone bears the inscription "Now The Soldiers's Task Is O'er. God's Will Be Done"
5255823 Sergeant James MacAulay, Mentioned in Despatches, 8th (2nd Bn. The London Rifle Brigade) Bn. Rifle Brigade, died 3rd September 1944, aged 29. Son of John and Mary Macaulay; husband of Marion Macaulay, of Kidderminster, Worcestershire. His headstone bears the inscription "To All The World, A Soldier; To Us, Just All The World"
4856827 Private William Smith, 2/5th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment, died between 26th May 1940 and 4th June 1940, aged 26. Son of William and Sarah Jane Smith, of Loughborough, Leicestershire. His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of Our Dear Son William. Mam, Dad And Family"
2049349 Private Ronald Sydney Askins, 2/5th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment, died 26th May 1940, aged 19. Son of George Henry and Ann Askins, of Leicester. His headstone bears the inscription "Rest In Peace After Duty's Call"
4859580 Corporal Dennis William Brown, 2nd/5th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment, died between 27th May 1940 and 4th June 1940, aged 22.
4860950 Private James William Hubbard, 2/5th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment, died between 27th May 1940 and 4th June 1940, aged 20. Son of John W. Hubbard and Annie Hubbard, of Huncote, Leicestershire. His headstone bears the inscription "Now The Soldiers's Task Is O'er. God's Will Be Done"
5255823 Sergeant James MacAulay, Mentioned in Despatches, 8th (2nd Bn. The London Rifle Brigade) Bn. Rifle Brigade, died 3rd September 1944, aged 29. Son of John and Mary Macaulay; husband of Marion Macaulay, of Kidderminster, Worcestershire. His headstone bears the inscription "To All The World, A Soldier; To Us, Just All The World"
4856827 Private William Smith, 2/5th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment, died between 26th May 1940 and 4th June 1940, aged 26. Son of William and Sarah Jane Smith, of Loughborough, Leicestershire. His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of Our Dear Son William. Mam, Dad And Family"
