World War Two Cemeteries - A photographic guide to the cemeteries and memorials of WW2
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Australia
  • Belgium
    • HAINAUT
    • OOST-VLAANDEREN
    • VLAAMS-BRABANT
    • WEST-VLAANDEREN
    • OTHER BELGIAN DEPARTMENTS
    • BELGIAN NON COMMONWEALTH CEMETERIES
  • France
    • CEMETERIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
    • AISNE
    • ARDENNES
    • CALVADOS
    • EURE AND EURE-ET-LOIR
    • FINISTÈRE
    • MARNE
    • NORD
    • OISE
    • PAS DE CALAIS
    • SEINE-MARITIME
    • SOMME
    • OTHER FRENCH DEPARTMENTS, A - L
    • OTHER FRENCH DEPARTMENTS, M - Z
    • FRENCH NON COMMONWEALTH CEMETERIES
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • United Kingdom
  • Other Countries
  • Miscellaneous
  • Victoria Cross

SENTELIE CHURCHYARD

Somme

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.72066, Longitude: 2.02944

Location Information

Sentelie is a village and commune about 27 kilometres south-west of Amiens and 6 kilometres south-east of Poix, a small town at the intersection of the N.29 (Amiens-Le Havre) and the N.1 (Paris-Boulogne) roads. The British grave in this churchyard adjoins the northern boundary to the east of the gate.


Burial Details


40539 Pilot Officer Richard Guy Hulse, Pilot in 501 Squadron, Royal Air Force, (R. A. F. O.), died 8th June 1940, aged 24.
Son of Richard Arthur and Maude Hulse; husband of Ruth Hulse, of Marlborough, Wiltshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For his Friends"


Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Sentelie Churchyard
Sentelie Churchyard
Sentelie Churchyard
Sentelie Churchyard
Sentelie Churchyard
Sentelie Churchyard

NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
​

EQUENNES CHURCHYARD
conty communal cemetery
POIX-DE-PICARDIE CHURCHYARD

World War One Cemeteries
​

Please ask permission if you wish to use any of our images by using the contact tab above
​
Picture
 Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Picture
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Picture
Australian War Memorial
Picture
New Zealand Online Cenotaph


​​© COPYRIGHT TERENCE HEARD AND BRENT WHITTAM
​
​ 2005-2023 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
.​

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)


  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Australia
  • Belgium
    • HAINAUT
    • OOST-VLAANDEREN
    • VLAAMS-BRABANT
    • WEST-VLAANDEREN
    • OTHER BELGIAN DEPARTMENTS
    • BELGIAN NON COMMONWEALTH CEMETERIES
  • France
    • CEMETERIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
    • AISNE
    • ARDENNES
    • CALVADOS
    • EURE AND EURE-ET-LOIR
    • FINISTÈRE
    • MARNE
    • NORD
    • OISE
    • PAS DE CALAIS
    • SEINE-MARITIME
    • SOMME
    • OTHER FRENCH DEPARTMENTS, A - L
    • OTHER FRENCH DEPARTMENTS, M - Z
    • FRENCH NON COMMONWEALTH CEMETERIES
  • Italy
  • Netherlands
  • United Kingdom
  • Other Countries
  • Miscellaneous
  • Victoria Cross