LENS EASTERN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.42516, Longitude: 2.84287
Location Information
Lens is a large town about 20 kilometres north-north-east of Arras. From Lens, take the N43 towards Douai. The cemetery is on the left side of the road, just after the bridge, coming into Sallaumines.
Historical Information
Lens was very severely damaged in the war, particularly in the summer of 1917, and it has now been largely rebuilt. The Communal Cemetery was used and extended by German troops.
There are 28, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these,10 are unidentified. All died in September, 1915, and October, 1916. There are also 2, 1939-1945 war casualties also in this cemetery.
Total Burials: 30.
World War One Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 18.
World War One Unidentified Casualties: 10.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 2.
Lens is a large town about 20 kilometres north-north-east of Arras. From Lens, take the N43 towards Douai. The cemetery is on the left side of the road, just after the bridge, coming into Sallaumines.
Historical Information
Lens was very severely damaged in the war, particularly in the summer of 1917, and it has now been largely rebuilt. The Communal Cemetery was used and extended by German troops.
There are 28, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these,10 are unidentified. All died in September, 1915, and October, 1916. There are also 2, 1939-1945 war casualties also in this cemetery.
Total Burials: 30.
World War One Unidentified Casualties: United Kingdom 18.
World War One Unidentified Casualties: 10.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 2.
Images in gallery below © Werner Van Caneghem
World War One Individual Headstones
Images in gallery below © Jean-Claude Graux
Second Lieutenant
Cecil Arthur Bedells
11th Bn. Essex Regiment
26th September 1915, aged 20.
Son of Charles Herbert and Jane Marion Bedells, of 145, Hornsey Lane, London. Educated at Worcester College, Oxford.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Spe In Fide Pace"
Cecil Arthur Bedells
11th Bn. Essex Regiment
26th September 1915, aged 20.
Son of Charles Herbert and Jane Marion Bedells, of 145, Hornsey Lane, London. Educated at Worcester College, Oxford.
His headstone bears the inscription "In Spe In Fide Pace"
9668 Private
Owen Richards
2nd Bn. Welsh Regiment
28th September 1915, aged 28.
Son of David Richards, of 62, Priory St., Carmarthen.
His headstone bears the inscription "In The Midst Of Life We Are In Death"
Owen Richards
2nd Bn. Welsh Regiment
28th September 1915, aged 28.
Son of David Richards, of 62, Priory St., Carmarthen.
His headstone bears the inscription "In The Midst Of Life We Are In Death"
