chercq

graves

IN MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden

The visit of Commonwealth graves in Communals Cemeteries & Churchyards in Belgium & France

CHERCQ Churchyard (Hainaut Belgium)

WW1 Plot

WW2 Plot


2nd/Lt Leonard John Anstey 23/05/1940 aged 21 Leonard was born at Sparkford near Yeovil in June 1918, eldest son of Ernest William and Gladys Maud Anstey. He won a United Dairies Scholarship in 1936 gaining entrance to Reading University where in 1939 he was awarded a BSc in Agriculture. He won a further scholarship enabling him to extend his studies for a further year but the war intervened and he was drafted into the British Expeditionary Force. Leonard was with his Company sheltering under a bridge when they came under heavy German artillery fire. Unfortunately, the Company received a direct hit with a shell, and Leonard was fatally wounded.
On September 22 - 2007, Leonard’s grave was visited by his younger brother Edward Anstey (86 years old) and his wife Moiron for the first time. This was arranged by his nephew David and Paula Kelly and family.

Cpl John Mather Carnochan 21/05/1940 aged 27
for his Sister Anne Carnochan-Jamieson and Nephew James P. Jamieson (Rochester U.S.A.)


Pte Dennis Ronald Sexton 20/05/1940 aged 20 for Brian Sexton and Family (U.K.)


Pte Robert Daniel Crawford Richardson 09/11/1918 aged 23 He was the eldest son of Oscar and Sarah Richardson of Dean Bank, Ferryhill, Co. Durham. Robert was born in Crook, Co. Durham and was a coal miner. Before he enlisted, he was a member of the St. John's Ambulance Brigade. He is commemorated on Ferryhill War Memorial, Co. Durham. for his great nephew Graydon Crawford Parkin (grandson of Daniel Crawford, brother of Sarah Ann Richardson)

28 casualties

ACTON JAMES
United Kingdom Lance Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers 1/8th Bn. Age: 19 Date of Death: 25/05/1940 Service No: 3448462 (10)

ANSTEY LEONARD JOHN
United Kingdom Second Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 23/05/1940 Service No: 121404 (1)

CARNOCHAN JOHN MATHER
United Kingdom Corporal Royal Scots 1st Bn. Age: 27 Date of Death: 21/05/1940 Service No: 3052008 (22)

CHAMBERLAIN JOHN
United Kingdom Lance Corporal Royal Norfolk Regiment 2nd Bn. Age: 25 Date of Death: between 15/05/1940 and 25/05/1940 Service No: 5771839 (19)

CLIFFORD WILLLAM PERCIVAL
United Kingdom Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Bn. Age: 29 Date of Death: 27/05/1940 Service No: 5333739 (2)

DE VIELL W J
United Kingdom Driver Army Service Corps Horse Transport Secondary Royal Army Medical Corps Secondary attd. 2nd/1st (Wessex) Field Amb. Age: 20 Date of Death: 09/11/1918 Service No: T4/250441 (A.2.)

DOOLEY PATRICK FRANCIS
United Kingdom Fusilier Lancashire Fusiliers 1/8th Bn. Age: 37 Date of Death: 25/05/1940 Service No: 3519826 (11)

GARNHAM GEORGE ALBERT
United Kingdom Private Royal Norfolk Regiment 2nd Bn. Age: 26 Date of Death: 21/05/1940 Service No: 5771079 (8)

HOARE JOHN HENRY
United Kingdom Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 8th Bn. Age: 26 Date of Death: 21/05/1940 Service No: 5107077 (7)

JOHNSON WILLIE ARTHUR
United Kingdom Lance Corporal South Lancashire Regiment 1st/5th Bn. Age: 28 Date of Death: 08/11/1918 Service No: 242094 (A.5.)

JONES WILLIAM FLETCHER
United Kingdom Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 55th Div. Signal Coy. Age: 21 Date of Death: 09/11/1918 Service No: 431755 (A.1.)

KELLETT HARRY
United Kingdom Fusilier Lancashire Fusiliers 1 18th Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 25/05/1940 Service No: 3448447 (14)

LATHAM EDGAR HENRY
United Kingdom Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 8th Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 21/05/1940 Service No: 5114305 (4)

LAWRENCE ANDREW GEORGE
United Kingdom Fusilier Lancashire Fusiliers 1/8th Bn; Age: 21 Date of Death: 27/05/1940 Service No: 3655581 (3)

LEWIS KENETH WEST
United Kingdom Fusilier Lancashire Fusiliers 1/8th Bn. Age: 37 Date of Death: 25/05/1940 Service No: 3449645 (15)

LOWCOCK JOHN
United Kingdom Serjeant South Lancashire Regiment 1st/5th Bn. Age: 41 Date of Death: 08/11/1918 Service No: 240192 (A.4.)

LOWE RALPH MASON
United Kingdom Major Royal Warwickshire Regiment 8th Bn. Age: 33 Date of Death: 21/05/1940 Service No: 37152 (23)

MAGILL CLARENCE ROBERT
United Kingdom Fusilier Lancashire Fusiliers 1/8th Bn. Age: 26 Date of Death: 25/05/1940 Service No: 3448382 (12)

MANN LEONARD GEORGE LESLIE
United Kingdom Corporal Royal Norfolk Regiment 2nd Bn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 21/05/1940 Service No: 2056833 (18)

PEARCE F E
United Kingdom Sapper Royal Engineers 422nd Field Coy. Age: 28 Date of Death: 08/11/1918 Service No: 490321 (A.6.)

POYNTON BENJAMIN
United Kingdom Fusilier Lancashire Fusiliers 1/8th Bn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 27/05/1940 Service No: 3655636 (24)

PYE HERBERT WINSTON SIDNEY
United Kingdom Corporal Royal Norfolk Regiment 2nd Bn. Age: 28 Date of Death: 21/05/1940 Service No: 5770874 (17)

RICHARDSON ROBERT DANIEL CRAWFORD
United Kingdom Private Royal Army Medical Corps 2nd/1st Wessex Field Amb. Age: 23 Date of Death: 09/11/1918 Service No: 8064 (A.3.)

RUSTED JOHN ROBERT
United Kingdom Private Royal Norfolk Regiment 2nd Bn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 21/05/1940 Service No: 5772783 (9)

SEXTON DENNIS RONALD
United Kingdom Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 7th Bn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 20/05/1940 Service No: 5111423 (21)

SKEET WILLIAM GEORGE EDWARD
United Kingdom Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 8th Bn. Age: 26 Date of Death: 21/05/1940 Service No: 5380925 (5)

THORNTON LEONARD ROBERT
United Kingdom Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 8th Bn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 21/05/1940 Service No: 5383747 (6)

WATKINS WILLIAM HENRY
United Kingdom Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 7th Bn. Age: 28 Date of Death: 20/05/1940 Service No: 5107668 (20)

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