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LESQUIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord
France

Location Information

Lesquin is a town and commune 6 kilometres south-east of Lille in the Department of the Nord. From the church, head north-west on the Rue Vottaire (D145), signposted Ronchin. The cemetery is 600 metres on the left hand side of the road. Use the second entrance into the Communal Cemetery and the War Graves will be found on the far side of the cemetery almost directly opposite the entrance.

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Entrance and World War Two Graves

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R/85522 Warrant Officer
John Randall Chapman, D. F. C.
Air Gunner in 97 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
10th May 1944, aged 22.



Son of John and Vera Chapman; husband of Margaret Winifred Chapman, of St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada.

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174353 Pilot Officer
Donald Edmund Dunning Harvey, D. F. M.
Wireless Operator in 97 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
10th May 1944, aged 21.



Son of Donald and Madeleine Maud Harvey, of Wetherby, Yorkshire.

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138589 Flight Lieutenant
Leonard Cyril Jones, D. F. C.
Air Bomber in 97 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
10th May 1944, aged 35.


Son of Albert Edward and Gertrude Lily Jones; husband of Jessie Margaret Jones, of Leytonstone, Essex.

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532444 Flight Sergeant
George Arthur Leek
Pilot in 264 Squadron, Royal Air Force
13th April 1945, aged 27.


Son of Joseph Edward and Leah Leek; husband of Hilda Leek, of Harrogate, Yorkshire.

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414691 Flight Lieutenant
John Baird Smith, D. F. C.
Pilot in 97 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force
10th May 1944, aged 27


Son of Thomas Smith, and of Martha Smith (nee Baird), of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

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134059 Flight Lieutenant
Arthur William Weston
Navigator in 97 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
10th May 1944, aged 34.

Son of Alfred Robert and May Weston; husband of Margaret Weston, of Southwick, Sunderland, Co. Durham.

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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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  • France
    • CEMETERIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
    • AISNE
    • ARDENNES
    • CALVADOS
    • EURE AND EURE-ET-LOIR
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    • MARNE
    • NORD
    • OISE
    • PAS DE CALAIS
    • SEINE-MARITIME
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