WANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.24858, Longitude: 2.85799
Location Information
Wancourt is a village and commune in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 8 kilometres south-east of Arras and 2 kilometres south of the main road (N.39) to Cambrai. The communal cemetery is about 1 kilometre west of the church, on the D.34 road to the neighbouring village of Neuville-Vitasse.
Near the western boundary and south of the entrance are the graves of 5 WW2 soldiers of the United Kingdom forces, 3 of whom are not identified, and an airman of the Royal Air Force.
Wancourt is a village and commune in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 8 kilometres south-east of Arras and 2 kilometres south of the main road (N.39) to Cambrai. The communal cemetery is about 1 kilometre west of the church, on the D.34 road to the neighbouring village of Neuville-Vitasse.
Near the western boundary and south of the entrance are the graves of 5 WW2 soldiers of the United Kingdom forces, 3 of whom are not identified, and an airman of the Royal Air Force.
39381 Flying Officer
John William Graafstra
Pilot in 242 Squadron, Royal Air Force
23rd May 1940, aged 27.
Son of Thomas and Sarah Bingham Graafstra of Souris, Manitoba, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Till We Meet Again"
John William Graafstra
Pilot in 242 Squadron, Royal Air Force
23rd May 1940, aged 27.
Son of Thomas and Sarah Bingham Graafstra of Souris, Manitoba, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Till We Meet Again"
Other Burial Details
4459488 Private Alfred McConochie, 10th Bn. Durham Light Infantry, 20th May 1940, aged 23. Son of Hugh and Ethel McConochie of Sunderland, Co. Durham. His headstone bears the inscription "There Is Consolation In Sweet Memories"
4457098 Private James William Rigby, 11th Bn. Durham Light Infantry, 20th May 1940, aged 21. Son of John Thomas and Florence Rigby of Sunderland, Co. Durham; husband of Mildred Rigby of Sunderland. His headstone bears the inscription "God's Greatest Gift, Remembrance"
4459488 Private Alfred McConochie, 10th Bn. Durham Light Infantry, 20th May 1940, aged 23. Son of Hugh and Ethel McConochie of Sunderland, Co. Durham. His headstone bears the inscription "There Is Consolation In Sweet Memories"
4457098 Private James William Rigby, 11th Bn. Durham Light Infantry, 20th May 1940, aged 21. Son of John Thomas and Florence Rigby of Sunderland, Co. Durham; husband of Mildred Rigby of Sunderland. His headstone bears the inscription "God's Greatest Gift, Remembrance"
