ROUVROY SOUTH COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
Location Information
The village and commune of Rouvroy is 16 kilometres north-east of Arras and exactly half that distance south-east of Lens, a town on the N.25 road from Arras to Lille. The cemetery is on the eastern side of the village, on the road (V.O.) to the neighbouring village of Drocourt.
History Information
It was used in May 1940 by No. 8 Casualty Clearing Station (1st Corps), and there are 2 British graves in the eastern part of the cemetery. They are on the eastern side of a large circular mound at the end of the main path from the entrance, around which are the graves of members of the French Resistance Movement.
Burial Details
512921888 Private Thomas McFadden, Royal Army Service Corps, died 14th May 1940.
2047093 Private Joseph Charles Alexander Reid, 7th Bn. King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster), died 14th May 1940.
Pictures in gallery below © Jean-Claude Graux
The village and commune of Rouvroy is 16 kilometres north-east of Arras and exactly half that distance south-east of Lens, a town on the N.25 road from Arras to Lille. The cemetery is on the eastern side of the village, on the road (V.O.) to the neighbouring village of Drocourt.
History Information
It was used in May 1940 by No. 8 Casualty Clearing Station (1st Corps), and there are 2 British graves in the eastern part of the cemetery. They are on the eastern side of a large circular mound at the end of the main path from the entrance, around which are the graves of members of the French Resistance Movement.
Burial Details
512921888 Private Thomas McFadden, Royal Army Service Corps, died 14th May 1940.
2047093 Private Joseph Charles Alexander Reid, 7th Bn. King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster), died 14th May 1940.
Pictures in gallery below © Jean-Claude Graux
Pictures in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
