VILLERS-LÈS-CAGNICOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
Location Information
Villers-lès-Cagnicourt is a village and commune between Arras and Cambrai, about 18 kilometres from each and less than 1 kilometre from the main road (D.939) between the two. The communal cemetery is 274 metres from the main road, in the D.13 road leading off it to the village. In its south-western part, near the crossing of its main paths, are the graves of 2 soldiers who belonged to the United Kingdom forces.
Burial Details
5566679 Private George Joseph Allen, 2nd Bn. Wiltshire Regiment, died 24th May 1940, aged 32.
529726 Warrant Officer Class II (S.S.M.) Horace William Gilbert Parker, 2nd Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade, Royal Armoured Corps, died 24th May 1940, aged 35. Son of Horace and Martha Parker; husband of Rene Parker, of Sherwood, Nottingham.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
Villers-lès-Cagnicourt is a village and commune between Arras and Cambrai, about 18 kilometres from each and less than 1 kilometre from the main road (D.939) between the two. The communal cemetery is 274 metres from the main road, in the D.13 road leading off it to the village. In its south-western part, near the crossing of its main paths, are the graves of 2 soldiers who belonged to the United Kingdom forces.
Burial Details
5566679 Private George Joseph Allen, 2nd Bn. Wiltshire Regiment, died 24th May 1940, aged 32.
529726 Warrant Officer Class II (S.S.M.) Horace William Gilbert Parker, 2nd Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade, Royal Armoured Corps, died 24th May 1940, aged 35. Son of Horace and Martha Parker; husband of Rene Parker, of Sherwood, Nottingham.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
