CAOURS CHURCHYARD
Somme
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.13007, Longitude: 1.88079
Location Information
Caours is a village and commune about 5 kilometres north-east of Abbeville, on the D.82 road. In the churchyard, about 14 metres north of the north-eastern corner of the church, are the graves of three soldiers belonging to the United Kingdom forces.
Burial Details
5623388 Private Edward Michael Victor Gee, 2/7th Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), died 20th May 1940, aged 20. Son of Frederick and Edith Alice Gee, of Torquay, Devon. His headstone bears the inscription "The Eternal God Is Thy Refuge, And Underneath Are The Everlasting Arms"
6090607 Lance Corporal Robert William McNeice, 2/7th Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), died 20th May 1940, aged 23. Son of Thomas and Florence McNeice, of Walworth, London. His headstone bears the inscription "At Rest. Although You Are Far Away, You Will Not Be Forgotten. Mother"
6094015 Private Stanley Allen Herbert Sheppard, 2/7th Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), died between 21st May 1940 and 4th June 1940, aged 23. Son of Frank and Nellie Sheppard, of Wisborough Green, Sussex.
Caours is a village and commune about 5 kilometres north-east of Abbeville, on the D.82 road. In the churchyard, about 14 metres north of the north-eastern corner of the church, are the graves of three soldiers belonging to the United Kingdom forces.
Burial Details
5623388 Private Edward Michael Victor Gee, 2/7th Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), died 20th May 1940, aged 20. Son of Frederick and Edith Alice Gee, of Torquay, Devon. His headstone bears the inscription "The Eternal God Is Thy Refuge, And Underneath Are The Everlasting Arms"
6090607 Lance Corporal Robert William McNeice, 2/7th Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), died 20th May 1940, aged 23. Son of Thomas and Florence McNeice, of Walworth, London. His headstone bears the inscription "At Rest. Although You Are Far Away, You Will Not Be Forgotten. Mother"
6094015 Private Stanley Allen Herbert Sheppard, 2/7th Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), died between 21st May 1940 and 4th June 1940, aged 23. Son of Frank and Nellie Sheppard, of Wisborough Green, Sussex.
