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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.



Images in gallery below © Werner Van Caneghem

Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery

World War One Individual Headstones

Images in gallery below © Jean-Claude Graux

Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
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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"



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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"



Some of the World War One Unidentified Headstones

Images in gallery below © Jean-Claude Graux

Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery

World War Two Individual Headstones

Images in gallery below © Jean-Claude Graux

Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery

Images in gallery below © Jean-Claude Graux

Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery
Lens Eastern Communal Cemetery

NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
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SALLAUMINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
FOUQUIÈRES-LÈS-LENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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Disclaimer


The casualty numbers for each cemetery are taken from the C. W. G. C. site. We are aware that there can be discrepancies in the numbers quoted.
(The G. P. S. Coordinates are also taken from the C. W. G. C. site)


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