CANAPLES CHURCHYARD
Somme
France
GPS coordinates: Latitude: 50.05482, Longitude: 2.22055
Location Information
Canaples is a village and commune 20 kilometres north-north-west of Amiens on the N.333 road to Bernaville. The two British graves are near the eastern boundary of the churchyard, about 27 metres north of the gate in the south-eastern corner.
Burial Details
6850247 Rifleman John Ernest Dodds, 12th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps attached to 2nd Bn. The Queen's Westminsters, died 1st September 1944, aged 24. Son of James and Florence Dodds; husband of Edith Dodds, of Walthamstow, Essex. His headstone bears the inscription My Beloved Husband Rest In Peace "May Your Sacrifice Be Not In Vain" Edith
13053539 Trooper Wilfred Henry Portner, 44th Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, died 2nd September 1944, aged 24. (served as Porter). Son of Konrad Portner, and of Lili Portner, of Ashstead, Surrey. His headstone bears the inscription "In Everlasting And Loving Memory. Mother, Brothers And Sisters"
Canaples is a village and commune 20 kilometres north-north-west of Amiens on the N.333 road to Bernaville. The two British graves are near the eastern boundary of the churchyard, about 27 metres north of the gate in the south-eastern corner.
Burial Details
6850247 Rifleman John Ernest Dodds, 12th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps attached to 2nd Bn. The Queen's Westminsters, died 1st September 1944, aged 24. Son of James and Florence Dodds; husband of Edith Dodds, of Walthamstow, Essex. His headstone bears the inscription My Beloved Husband Rest In Peace "May Your Sacrifice Be Not In Vain" Edith
13053539 Trooper Wilfred Henry Portner, 44th Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, died 2nd September 1944, aged 24. (served as Porter). Son of Konrad Portner, and of Lili Portner, of Ashstead, Surrey. His headstone bears the inscription "In Everlasting And Loving Memory. Mother, Brothers And Sisters"
