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CAMBLAIN-L'ABBÉ COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France

Location Information
 
Camblain-L'Abbé is a village and commune about 8 miles (13 kilometres) north-west of Arras, on the N.341 road to Boulogne. The nearest railway station is about 2 miles (3 kilometres) to the south-west, at Aubigny-en-Artois on the Arras-Boulogne line, where taxis are available. The Arras-Bruay bus route goes through the village. The communal cemetery is on the southern side of the village in a third class road leading to the neighbouring village of Capelle-Fermont. In the southern part, about 36 yards south-west of the Calvary, are the graves of three soldiers from the United Kingdom.


Burial Details


321513 Trooper Bernard Frank Hudson, 12th Royal Lancers, Royal Armoured Corps, died 22nd May 1940, aged 20. Son of Frank and Edith Hudson, of Stratford-on-Avon.

319328 Serjeant Ronald Edward Johnson, 12th Royal Lancers, Royal Armoured Corps, died 22nd May 1940, aged 25.

761153 Lance Corporal Harold Albert Smith, 12th Royal Lancers, Royal Armoured Corps, died 22nd May 1940, aged 31.


Pictures in gallery below © Jean-Claude Graux
Pictures in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

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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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