CREVECOEUR-SUR-L'ESCAUT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord
France
Location Information
Crevecoeur-sur-l'Escaut is a village and commune 8 kilometres south of Cambrai.
The cemetery is 1 kilometre north of the village on the D.76 road to Cambrai. Near the middle of the southern boundary fence are the graves of three airmen of the Royal Air Force.
Burial Details
563613 Sergeant David Borthwick, Observer in 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 16th May 1940, aged 26. Son of John M. Borthwick and Elizabeth Borthwick, of Berwick-on-Tweed.
614259 Leading Aircraftman Horace Gwyn James, Air Gunner in 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 16th May 1940.
70654 Flying Officer Arnold James Stuart, Pilot in 18 Squadron, Royal Air force, died 16th May 1940, aged 29. Son of Dr. Arnold Jacob C. Stuart and of Sophie Christine Alide Stewart (nee Engelbrecht), of Hampstead, London. M.A.(Cantab.).
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
Crevecoeur-sur-l'Escaut is a village and commune 8 kilometres south of Cambrai.
The cemetery is 1 kilometre north of the village on the D.76 road to Cambrai. Near the middle of the southern boundary fence are the graves of three airmen of the Royal Air Force.
Burial Details
563613 Sergeant David Borthwick, Observer in 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 16th May 1940, aged 26. Son of John M. Borthwick and Elizabeth Borthwick, of Berwick-on-Tweed.
614259 Leading Aircraftman Horace Gwyn James, Air Gunner in 18 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 16th May 1940.
70654 Flying Officer Arnold James Stuart, Pilot in 18 Squadron, Royal Air force, died 16th May 1940, aged 29. Son of Dr. Arnold Jacob C. Stuart and of Sophie Christine Alide Stewart (nee Engelbrecht), of Hampstead, London. M.A.(Cantab.).
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
