EAUCOURT-SUR-SOMME CHURCHYARD
Somme
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.06166, Longitude: 1.89019
Location Information
Eaucourt-sur-Somme is a village in the Department of the Somme, on the north bank of the river Somme, 7.5 kilometres south-east of Abbeville and just south of the D901 road to Pont Rémy. The church with its churchyard is 273 metres south-east of that part of the village which is on the N.1 road. It is in the fields 91 metres south of this main road. A few metres north of the church are the graves of three WW2 British soldiers from the 2nd/5th Bn. The Queen's Royal (West Surrey) Regiment who died on the 21st May 1940:
Burial Details
6081278 Sergeant Geoffrey Marcus Hall, 2nd/5th Bn. The Queen's Royal (West Surrey) Regiment, died 20th May 1940. Husband of Rachel Mary (Peggy) Hall. His headstone bears the inscription "Always In My Thoughts Though We Are Temporarily Parted. Your Wife Peggy"
5674253 Private Thomas Francis Murphy, 2nd/5th Bn. The Queen's Royal (West Surrey) Regiment, died 20th May 1940, aged 21. Son of Thomas and Catherine Murphy of Liverpool. His Headstone bears the inscription "Jesus, Have Mercy On Him. Our Lady Of Lourdes And St. Joan Of Arc, Pray For Him"
5674033 Private Reginald George Thorne, 2nd/5th Bn. The Queen's Royal (West Surrey) Regiment, died 20thMay 1940, aged 19. Son of Francis George and Lilian Mable Thorne of Church Town, Luxborough, Somerset.
Eaucourt-sur-Somme is a village in the Department of the Somme, on the north bank of the river Somme, 7.5 kilometres south-east of Abbeville and just south of the D901 road to Pont Rémy. The church with its churchyard is 273 metres south-east of that part of the village which is on the N.1 road. It is in the fields 91 metres south of this main road. A few metres north of the church are the graves of three WW2 British soldiers from the 2nd/5th Bn. The Queen's Royal (West Surrey) Regiment who died on the 21st May 1940:
Burial Details
6081278 Sergeant Geoffrey Marcus Hall, 2nd/5th Bn. The Queen's Royal (West Surrey) Regiment, died 20th May 1940. Husband of Rachel Mary (Peggy) Hall. His headstone bears the inscription "Always In My Thoughts Though We Are Temporarily Parted. Your Wife Peggy"
5674253 Private Thomas Francis Murphy, 2nd/5th Bn. The Queen's Royal (West Surrey) Regiment, died 20th May 1940, aged 21. Son of Thomas and Catherine Murphy of Liverpool. His Headstone bears the inscription "Jesus, Have Mercy On Him. Our Lady Of Lourdes And St. Joan Of Arc, Pray For Him"
5674033 Private Reginald George Thorne, 2nd/5th Bn. The Queen's Royal (West Surrey) Regiment, died 20thMay 1940, aged 19. Son of Francis George and Lilian Mable Thorne of Church Town, Luxborough, Somerset.
