COMINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord
France
Location Information
Comines is a village and commune about 9 miles (15 kilometres) north-north-west of Lille and on the Franco Belgian frontier. In fact part is on the French and part on the Belgian side of the river Lys. It has a railway station on the line from Lille and Deulemont. The cemetery is at the northern end of the village on the N.345 road to the neighbouring village of Wervic. Near the south-eastern corner and the southern boundary wall are the graves of five soldiers from the United Kingdom, one of whom is not identified.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access possible via main entrance on the Rue des Arts.
Burial Details
6204520 Private Leonard Oscar Hall, 1/7th Bn. Middlesex Regiment, died 25th May 1940, aged 22. Son of Frederick G. Hall and Daisy E. Hall, of Enfield, Middlesex.
6460892 Fusilier Paul Scrutton, 2nd Bn. Royal Fusiliers (The City of London Regiment), died 1st June 1940, aged 20.
6204208 Private Leonard Symonds, 1/7th Bn. Middlesex Regiment, died 25th May 1940, aged 22. Son of Edwin David and Ellen Florence Symonds, of Edmonton, Middlesex.
6204371 Private Ronald Arthur Thomas, 1/7th Bn. Middlesex Regiment, died 25th May 1940, aged 20. Son of Frederick Charles and Ethel Jane Thomas, of Enfield, Middlesex.
Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
Comines is a village and commune about 9 miles (15 kilometres) north-north-west of Lille and on the Franco Belgian frontier. In fact part is on the French and part on the Belgian side of the river Lys. It has a railway station on the line from Lille and Deulemont. The cemetery is at the northern end of the village on the N.345 road to the neighbouring village of Wervic. Near the south-eastern corner and the southern boundary wall are the graves of five soldiers from the United Kingdom, one of whom is not identified.
Visiting Information
Wheelchair access possible via main entrance on the Rue des Arts.
Burial Details
6204520 Private Leonard Oscar Hall, 1/7th Bn. Middlesex Regiment, died 25th May 1940, aged 22. Son of Frederick G. Hall and Daisy E. Hall, of Enfield, Middlesex.
6460892 Fusilier Paul Scrutton, 2nd Bn. Royal Fusiliers (The City of London Regiment), died 1st June 1940, aged 20.
6204208 Private Leonard Symonds, 1/7th Bn. Middlesex Regiment, died 25th May 1940, aged 22. Son of Edwin David and Ellen Florence Symonds, of Edmonton, Middlesex.
6204371 Private Ronald Arthur Thomas, 1/7th Bn. Middlesex Regiment, died 25th May 1940, aged 20. Son of Frederick Charles and Ethel Jane Thomas, of Enfield, Middlesex.
Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
