HINGES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.56132, Longitude: 2.6206
Location Information
Hinges is a village and commune in the Pas-de-Calais some 5 kilometres north-west of Bethune. The Communal Cemetery is on the southern side of the village adjoining the Hinges Military Cemetery, a British 1914-1918 War Cemetery. From the church in Hinges head south west on the Rue de Bethune. The Military Cemetery is 400 metres from the church on the left hand side. The communal burials are behind the Military Cemetery.
Historical Information
Hinges, used as a Divisional Headquarters and for rest billets during the 1914-1918 War, was the scene of a stiff local action in May 1940, when the British Expeditionary Force were fighting their way to Dunkirk.
There are now 2, 1914-18 and 40, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. The two unidentified soldiers from the 1914-18 War, are buried in a joint grave and found a few years ago by a workman excavating the nearby canal.
World War One Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 2.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 31.
World War Two Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 9.
Hinges is a village and commune in the Pas-de-Calais some 5 kilometres north-west of Bethune. The Communal Cemetery is on the southern side of the village adjoining the Hinges Military Cemetery, a British 1914-1918 War Cemetery. From the church in Hinges head south west on the Rue de Bethune. The Military Cemetery is 400 metres from the church on the left hand side. The communal burials are behind the Military Cemetery.
Historical Information
Hinges, used as a Divisional Headquarters and for rest billets during the 1914-1918 War, was the scene of a stiff local action in May 1940, when the British Expeditionary Force were fighting their way to Dunkirk.
There are now 2, 1914-18 and 40, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. The two unidentified soldiers from the 1914-18 War, are buried in a joint grave and found a few years ago by a workman excavating the nearby canal.
World War One Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 2.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 31.
World War Two Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 9.
5770306 Private
Joseph George Ernest English (seated)
2nd Bn. Royal Norfolk Regiment
Died between 27th May 1940 and 1st June 1940, aged 31.
Son of Joe and Maud English; husband of Clara English, of Higham's Park, Essex.
His headstone bears the inscription "Sleep, My Darling Husband, God Knows You Did Your Best"
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Joseph George Ernest English (seated)
2nd Bn. Royal Norfolk Regiment
Died between 27th May 1940 and 1st June 1940, aged 31.
Son of Joe and Maud English; husband of Clara English, of Higham's Park, Essex.
His headstone bears the inscription "Sleep, My Darling Husband, God Knows You Did Your Best"
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