EAUCOURT-SUR-SOMME CHURCHYARD
Somme
France
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 21st May 1940. Husband of Rachel Mary (Peggy) Hall.
5674253 Private Thomas Francis Murphy, 2nd/5th Bn. The Queen's Royal (West Surrey) Regiment, died 21st May 1940, aged 21. Son of Thomas and Catherine Murphy of Liverpool.
5674033 Private Reginald George Thorne, 2nd/5th Bn. The Queen's Royal (West Surrey) Regiment, died 21st May 1940, aged 19. Son of Francis George and Lilian Mable Thorne of Church Town, Luxborough, Somerset.
Pictures © Barry Cuttell
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 21st May 1940. Husband of Rachel Mary (Peggy) Hall.
5674253 Private Thomas Francis Murphy, 2nd/5th Bn. The Queen's Royal (West Surrey) Regiment, died 21st May 1940, aged 21. Son of Thomas and Catherine Murphy of Liverpool.
5674033 Private Reginald George Thorne, 2nd/5th Bn. The Queen's Royal (West Surrey) Regiment, died 21st May 1940, aged 19. Son of Francis George and Lilian Mable Thorne of Church Town, Luxborough, Somerset.
Pictures © Barry Cuttell
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