VERGIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme
France
History Information
Vergies Communal Cemetery contains one Commonwealth burial of the First World War and the graves of three Second World War airmen.
World War One Burial
12484 Private Robert Marsden Rigby, 2nd Bn. Scots Guards, died 27th October 1916, aged 34. Son of Robert Marsden Rigby and Elizabeth Rigby, of Freckleton; husband of Bertha Rigby, of 73, Kirkham Road, Freckleton, KLirkham, Preston, Lancs.
World War Two Burials
751819 Sergeant Jack Frederick Atkins, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 7th June 1940, aged 20. Son of Frederick William and Ellen Edith Maud Atkins, of Reading, Berkshire.
533480 Sergeant George William Clawley, Observer in 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 7th June 1940.
36145 Flying Officer James Edward Vernon, D. F. C. Pilot in 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 7th June 1940, aged 24. Son of George Mathew and Margaret Jamima Vernon, of Glenorchy, Otago, New Zealand.
Pictures © Jean-Claude Graux
Vergies Communal Cemetery contains one Commonwealth burial of the First World War and the graves of three Second World War airmen.
World War One Burial
12484 Private Robert Marsden Rigby, 2nd Bn. Scots Guards, died 27th October 1916, aged 34. Son of Robert Marsden Rigby and Elizabeth Rigby, of Freckleton; husband of Bertha Rigby, of 73, Kirkham Road, Freckleton, KLirkham, Preston, Lancs.
World War Two Burials
751819 Sergeant Jack Frederick Atkins, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 7th June 1940, aged 20. Son of Frederick William and Ellen Edith Maud Atkins, of Reading, Berkshire.
533480 Sergeant George William Clawley, Observer in 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 7th June 1940.
36145 Flying Officer James Edward Vernon, D. F. C. Pilot in 150 Squadron, Royal Air Force, died 7th June 1940, aged 24. Son of George Mathew and Margaret Jamima Vernon, of Glenorchy, Otago, New Zealand.
Pictures © Jean-Claude Graux
