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STRASBOURG WESTERN COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Bas Rhin

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.59332, Longitude: 7.72702

Location Information

Strasbourg Western Cemetery is on the N.4 road to Saverne, and is about 2 kilometres from the railway station, in the western suburb of Cronenbourg. On the opposite side of the road is Cronenbourg French National (Mixed) cemetery which also contains graves of Commonwealth 1939-1945 War casualties.

​The 4 Commonwealth burials in Strasbourg Western Communal Cemetery comprise 3 soldiers belonging to the United Kingdom army (in plot 10) and 1 soldier of the army of undivided India (in plot 2) who died while prisoners of war.
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Burial Details


1508706 Gunner Herbert Trevor Blagg, 6 Battery, 2 Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery, died 24th October 1940, aged 22. Son of Herbert and Dorothy Blagg, of Perry Common, Birmingham.

5253636 Private John William Griffiths, 7th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment, died 6th December 1940.

21564 Sapper Ramzan Beg, 31 Field Company, King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners, died 3rd July 1942, aged 24. Son of Jamal Khan, of Chandaur, Hazara, Pakistan; husband of Bibi Manzaria, of Chandaur.

T/129432 Driver Robert John (Boy) Singer, Royal Army Service Corps, died 3rd December 1940, aged 25. Son of Robert Allan Singer and Isabella Jane Singer, of Forres, Morayshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Death Divides But Cannot Take Love's Greatest Gift - Remembrance" 
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Images in the gallery below used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Strasbourg Western Communal Cemetery
Strasbourg Western Communal Cemetery
Strasbourg Western Communal Cemetery
Strasbourg Western Communal Cemetery
Strasbourg Western Communal Cemetery
Strasbourg Western Communal Cemetery

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STRASBOURG SOUTHERN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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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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