DANNES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
Location Information
Dannes is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais 18 kilometres south of Boulogne-sur-Mer, on the road to Etaples.
From the church head east on the main road out of the village. The communal cemetery is 500 metres on the left. There is a car park just after the cemetery. The Commonwealth burials are at the rear of the communal cemetery.
Historical Information
There are 11, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 7 are unidentified.
Burial Details:
CH/X106929 Marine Harold Bennison, 1 Armed, Special Group, Royal Marines, died 6th June 1944.06/06/1944. Son of Ethel May Bennison, and stepson of Alfred Bradley, of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.
173328 Pilot Officer Derrick John Gigger, Pilot in 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Rererve, died 16th March 1944, aged 21. Son of John Henry and Elsie Winifred Gigger, of Eynsford, Kent.
PO/X119536 Lance Corporal Thomas Langan, Royal Marines, died 21st July 1944.
LT/JX212575 Petty Officer Edward Pearce, H. M. S. Jubilee, Royal Naval Patrol Service, died 19th August 1942, aged 31. Son of Edward and Agnes Pearce, of Oldham, Lancashire; husband of Lilian Pearce, of Chadderton, Oldham.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
Dannes is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais 18 kilometres south of Boulogne-sur-Mer, on the road to Etaples.
From the church head east on the main road out of the village. The communal cemetery is 500 metres on the left. There is a car park just after the cemetery. The Commonwealth burials are at the rear of the communal cemetery.
Historical Information
There are 11, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 7 are unidentified.
Burial Details:
CH/X106929 Marine Harold Bennison, 1 Armed, Special Group, Royal Marines, died 6th June 1944.06/06/1944. Son of Ethel May Bennison, and stepson of Alfred Bradley, of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.
173328 Pilot Officer Derrick John Gigger, Pilot in 625 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Rererve, died 16th March 1944, aged 21. Son of John Henry and Elsie Winifred Gigger, of Eynsford, Kent.
PO/X119536 Lance Corporal Thomas Langan, Royal Marines, died 21st July 1944.
LT/JX212575 Petty Officer Edward Pearce, H. M. S. Jubilee, Royal Naval Patrol Service, died 19th August 1942, aged 31. Son of Edward and Agnes Pearce, of Oldham, Lancashire; husband of Lilian Pearce, of Chadderton, Oldham.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
