HODENG-AU-BOSC COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Seine-Maritime
France
Location Information
Hodeng-au-Bosc is a village and commune 29 miles (46 kilometres) east-south-east of Dieppe, and 7.50 miles (12 kilometres) south-east of Blangy-sur-Bresle, which is at the junction of the N.14 bis (Le Treport-Aumale-Paris) and the N.28 (Rouen-Abbeville) roads. The village is on the departmental road (D.49) from Blangysur-Bresle to Aumale, and is on the west side of the River Bresle. The nearest railway station is 2.50 miles (4 kilometres) away at Vieux Rouen on the Le Treport-Paris main line. The communal cemetery is on the south-west side of the village, about 600 yards from the church. The 2 British graves are south of the crucifix in the centre of the cemetery.
Burial Details
69084 Lieutenant Ian Kay Muir, 10th Royal Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps, died 27th May 1940, aged 23. Son of Mathew William and Clara Gardner Muir. (The grave indicates date of death as 26th May 1940).
117589 Second Lieutenant John Sydenham Rowell, 10th Royal Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps, die 27th May 1940, aged 27. Son of Richard Rouse Sydenham Rowell and Margaret Fletcher Rowell, of Appleton, Berkshire. B.A. (Cantab.).
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
Hodeng-au-Bosc is a village and commune 29 miles (46 kilometres) east-south-east of Dieppe, and 7.50 miles (12 kilometres) south-east of Blangy-sur-Bresle, which is at the junction of the N.14 bis (Le Treport-Aumale-Paris) and the N.28 (Rouen-Abbeville) roads. The village is on the departmental road (D.49) from Blangysur-Bresle to Aumale, and is on the west side of the River Bresle. The nearest railway station is 2.50 miles (4 kilometres) away at Vieux Rouen on the Le Treport-Paris main line. The communal cemetery is on the south-west side of the village, about 600 yards from the church. The 2 British graves are south of the crucifix in the centre of the cemetery.
Burial Details
69084 Lieutenant Ian Kay Muir, 10th Royal Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps, died 27th May 1940, aged 23. Son of Mathew William and Clara Gardner Muir. (The grave indicates date of death as 26th May 1940).
117589 Second Lieutenant John Sydenham Rowell, 10th Royal Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps, die 27th May 1940, aged 27. Son of Richard Rouse Sydenham Rowell and Margaret Fletcher Rowell, of Appleton, Berkshire. B.A. (Cantab.).
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
