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WARHEM COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord
France

Location Information

The village of Warhem is 12 kilometres south-east of Dunkirk and about 5 kilometres east of Bergues. 

The Cemetery is about 200 metres west of the Church on a narrow road leading towards Bergues. The Commonwealth plot is near the north western corner.


Historical Information

There are 87, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 38 are unidentified.


Cemetery Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
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417818 Flight Lieutenant
Clifford Harris Drewer
Royal Australian Air Force
24th June 1944, aged 34.
 
Son of Hubert Harris Drewer and Minna Little Drewer; husband of Rita Kathleen Drewer, of Millswood Estate, South Australia.

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3384830 Private
Harry Martin
1st Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
31st May 1940, aged 26.
Row A. Grave 16.


Son of Richard John and Elizabeth Martin, of Burnley, Lancashire.

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26757 Lieutenant Colonel
Ronald Graham Sharp
Cdg. 1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps
29th May 1940, aged 39.
Row A. Grave 45.


Son of John and Eleanor Sharp.

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Some of the Individual Headstones in the 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.
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