BOLLEZEELE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord
France
Location Information
Bollezeele is a village and a commune 20 kilometres south-south-west of Dunkirk and 14 kilometres south-west of Berques, a town on the N16 road from Dunkirk to Hazebrouk. The Communal Cemetery is at the edge of the village on the road to Watten.
Historical Information
There are now 6, 1914-18 and 4, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site.
Pictures © Jean-Claude Graux
Bollezeele is a village and a commune 20 kilometres south-south-west of Dunkirk and 14 kilometres south-west of Berques, a town on the N16 road from Dunkirk to Hazebrouk. The Communal Cemetery is at the edge of the village on the road to Watten.
Historical Information
There are now 6, 1914-18 and 4, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site.
Pictures © Jean-Claude Graux
World War One Burials
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World War Two Burials
World War Two Burials
FX/76361 Leading Airman Leonard Percy Gardner, H. M. S. Kestrel, Royal Navy, died 29th May 1940, aged 26.
1620610 Sergeant John Kenneth Norgate, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 550 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 28th August 1944, aged 20. Son of Frederick and Doris Norgate, of Heywood, Lancashire. INSCRIPTION. TREASURED MEMORIES, NOT JUST TODAY BUT EVERY DAY. GOD KEEP YOU IN HIS CARE.
1801735 Sergeant Horace Sydney Picton, Air Gunner in 550 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 28th August 1944, aged 22. Son of Sydney and Nellie Florence Picton, of Ponders End, Enfield, Middlesex. His brother Walter Charles also died on service and is buried in Enfield (Hertford Road) Cemetery. INSCRIPTION. ETERNAL REST GIVE TO HIM, O LORD; AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM.
1851762 Sergeant James Arthur Trayhorn, Air Gunner in 550 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 28th August 1944.
FX/76361 Leading Airman Leonard Percy Gardner, H. M. S. Kestrel, Royal Navy, died 29th May 1940, aged 26.
1620610 Sergeant John Kenneth Norgate, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 550 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 28th August 1944, aged 20. Son of Frederick and Doris Norgate, of Heywood, Lancashire. INSCRIPTION. TREASURED MEMORIES, NOT JUST TODAY BUT EVERY DAY. GOD KEEP YOU IN HIS CARE.
1801735 Sergeant Horace Sydney Picton, Air Gunner in 550 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 28th August 1944, aged 22. Son of Sydney and Nellie Florence Picton, of Ponders End, Enfield, Middlesex. His brother Walter Charles also died on service and is buried in Enfield (Hertford Road) Cemetery. INSCRIPTION. ETERNAL REST GIVE TO HIM, O LORD; AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM.
1851762 Sergeant James Arthur Trayhorn, Air Gunner in 550 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 28th August 1944.