ST. POL-SUR-MER COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord
France
Location Information
St. Pol-sur-Mer is a town adjoining Dunkirk, on the west. The Communal Cemetery is at the western end of St. Pol-sur-Mer on the road to Mardyck.
Historical Information
The five British graves are in the plot known locally as "des Enfants du Pays", which was specially created for the graves of servicemen belonging to local families, whose remains were brought from other burial places at the request of their relatives. Here lie three soldiers and two airmen from the United Kingdom killed during the 1939-1945 War. The soldiers are not identified.
Burial Details
133612 Flight Lieutenant Joseph Eric Bennett D. F. C., Pilot in 29 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 29th April 1945, aged 23. Son of Joseph John and Dorothy Bennett, of Swaythling, Southampton.
136919 Flight Lieutenant Cyril Walter Oxborrow, Navigator in 29 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 29th April 1945, aged 31. Son of William Albert Stanley and Violet Alice Oxborrow, of Watford, Hertfordshire; husband of Emily Margaret Oxborrow, of Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire.
Pictures © Jean-Claude Graux unless stated otherwise
St. Pol-sur-Mer is a town adjoining Dunkirk, on the west. The Communal Cemetery is at the western end of St. Pol-sur-Mer on the road to Mardyck.
Historical Information
The five British graves are in the plot known locally as "des Enfants du Pays", which was specially created for the graves of servicemen belonging to local families, whose remains were brought from other burial places at the request of their relatives. Here lie three soldiers and two airmen from the United Kingdom killed during the 1939-1945 War. The soldiers are not identified.
Burial Details
133612 Flight Lieutenant Joseph Eric Bennett D. F. C., Pilot in 29 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 29th April 1945, aged 23. Son of Joseph John and Dorothy Bennett, of Swaythling, Southampton.
136919 Flight Lieutenant Cyril Walter Oxborrow, Navigator in 29 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 29th April 1945, aged 31. Son of William Albert Stanley and Violet Alice Oxborrow, of Watford, Hertfordshire; husband of Emily Margaret Oxborrow, of Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire.
Pictures © Jean-Claude Graux unless stated otherwise
