HONDSCHOOTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord
France
Location Information
Hondscoote (or Hondschoote) is a town in the Department of the Nord, approximately 15 kilometres south-east of Dunkerque. The Communal Cemetery is 200 metres north of the church on the D3, and the Commonwealth War Graves Plot is in the far left hand corner of the cemetery.
History Information
There was heavy fighting in the area of Hondschoote during the retreat to Dunkirk, and casualties in the battle were all buried in the communal cemetery. There are now over 50, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over a quarter are unidentifed and one grave which could not be precisely located, is commemorated by a special memorial inscribed "Buried near this spot".
Hondscoote (or Hondschoote) is a town in the Department of the Nord, approximately 15 kilometres south-east of Dunkerque. The Communal Cemetery is 200 metres north of the church on the D3, and the Commonwealth War Graves Plot is in the far left hand corner of the cemetery.
History Information
There was heavy fighting in the area of Hondschoote during the retreat to Dunkirk, and casualties in the battle were all buried in the communal cemetery. There are now over 50, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, over a quarter are unidentifed and one grave which could not be precisely located, is commemorated by a special memorial inscribed "Buried near this spot".
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7361957 Private
Sidney James Thomas
Royal Army Medical Corps
28th May 1940, aged 22.
Row C. Grave 18.
Son of Sidney James Thomas and Violet Thomas, of Gloucester.
Sidney James Thomas
Royal Army Medical Corps
28th May 1940, aged 22.
Row C. Grave 18.
Son of Sidney James Thomas and Violet Thomas, of Gloucester.
