ECQUES CHURCHYARD
Pas De Calais
France
Location Information
Ecques is a village and commune 30 miles (48 kilometres) east of Boulogne and about 5 miles (9 kilometres) south of St. Omer. This town is at the junction of the N.42 (Boulogne-Lille) and N.43 (Calais-Douai) roads, and has good road and rail communications with the coast and other towns in northern France. Its railway station is the nearest station to the village. In the churchyard, near the south-western corner, are the graves of one soldier and two airmen from the United Kingdom.
Cemetery pictures © Jean-Claude Graux
Ecques is a village and commune 30 miles (48 kilometres) east of Boulogne and about 5 miles (9 kilometres) south of St. Omer. This town is at the junction of the N.42 (Boulogne-Lille) and N.43 (Calais-Douai) roads, and has good road and rail communications with the coast and other towns in northern France. Its railway station is the nearest station to the village. In the churchyard, near the south-western corner, are the graves of one soldier and two airmen from the United Kingdom.
Cemetery pictures © Jean-Claude Graux
552584 Sergeant
Holman Thomas Denison
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force
30th June 1940.
Holman Thomas Denison
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force
30th June 1940.
29178 Squadron Leader
Herbert Pilling A. F. C.
Pilot in 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force
30th June 1940, aged 33.
Son of George Herbert and Alice Pilling; husband of Vera Pilling, of Lancaster.
Other Burial
6400442 Private James Albert Marsh, 4th Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment, 8th June 1940. Son of Mrs. E. Marsh, of Broadwater, Worthing, Sussex.
Herbert Pilling A. F. C.
Pilot in 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force
30th June 1940, aged 33.
Son of George Herbert and Alice Pilling; husband of Vera Pilling, of Lancaster.
Other Burial
6400442 Private James Albert Marsh, 4th Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment, 8th June 1940. Son of Mrs. E. Marsh, of Broadwater, Worthing, Sussex.
