OCHANCOURT CHURCHYARD
Somme
France
Location Information
Ochancourt is a village and commune about 17 kilometres west of Abbeville and some 3 kilometres north of Valines, a village on the N.25 road to Dieppe. In the south-western corner of the churchyard are the graves of three soldiers of the United Kingdom forces.
Burial Details
2983061 Private Alexander Buchanan, 7th Bn. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, died 5th June 1940, aged 19. Son of William Fleming and Susan Buchanan of Falkirk, Stirlingshire.
788755 Sergeant Richard Ernest Chinn, 17th Field Regt. Royal Artillery, died 5th June 1940, aged 32. Son of Nicholas and Eliza Chinn; husband of Bessie May Chinn of Reading, Berkshire.
784715 Lance Sergeant Wilfred John Fairbrother, died 17th Field Regt. Royal Artillery. 5th June 1940, aged 29.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
Ochancourt is a village and commune about 17 kilometres west of Abbeville and some 3 kilometres north of Valines, a village on the N.25 road to Dieppe. In the south-western corner of the churchyard are the graves of three soldiers of the United Kingdom forces.
Burial Details
2983061 Private Alexander Buchanan, 7th Bn. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, died 5th June 1940, aged 19. Son of William Fleming and Susan Buchanan of Falkirk, Stirlingshire.
788755 Sergeant Richard Ernest Chinn, 17th Field Regt. Royal Artillery, died 5th June 1940, aged 32. Son of Nicholas and Eliza Chinn; husband of Bessie May Chinn of Reading, Berkshire.
784715 Lance Sergeant Wilfred John Fairbrother, died 17th Field Regt. Royal Artillery. 5th June 1940, aged 29.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
