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IN MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden

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

pierre.vandervelden@pi.be

LEERS Communal Cemetery (Nord France)

L. to R.: M. Hudson - L. Gamble - S. H. Quant - C. Horton - R. Hunter - R. Ceney
L. to R.: F. Portman - G. Wilson - W. Bagshaw - C. Rushforth
Photos Courtesy Jean-Claude Graux (Fr)
Sjt Fred Portman 24/10/1918
He left a wife, Annie and four boys
For his grand granddaughter Teresa Portman
Pte George Wilson 24/10/1918 aged 32
He was son of Martha Ann Wilson of 32 Forest Road, Bulwell, Notts; husband of Bertha Wilson (nee Smedley) of 5 Bastock Road, Owlerton, Sheffield.
Father to Annie, Bertha, Edna,George & Leslie.
for his granddaughter Elaine Pickard nee Wilson and family

10 casualties

BAGSHAW W
United Kingdom Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 31st Bn. Date of Death: 24/10/1918 Service No: 142719

CENEY RAYMOND
United Kingdom Guardsman Coldstream Guards 2nd Bn. Age: 30 Date of Death: between 23/05/1940 and 24/05/1940 Service No: 2654833 (6)

GAMBLE LEONARD
United Kingdom Lance Corporal Coldstream Guards 2nd Bn. Age: 25 Date of Death: between 23/05/1940 and 24/05/1940 Service No: 2656266 (2)

HORTON CLIFFORD
United Kingdom Guardsman Coldstream Guards 2nd Bn. Age: 20 Date of Death: between 23/05/1940 and 24/05/1940 Service No: 2658066 (4)

HUDSON MATHEW
United Kingdom Guardsman Coldstream Guards 2nd Bn. Age: 26 Date of Death: 24/05/1940 Service No: 2658670 (1)

HUNTER ROBERT
United Kingdom Lance Serjeant Coldstream Guards 2nd Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: between 23/05/1940 and 24/05/1940 Service No: 2657989 (5)

PORTMAN F
United Kingdom Serjeant York and Lancaster Regiment 13th Bn. Date of Death: 24/10/1918 Service No: 18820

QUANT STANLEY HERMON
United Kingdom Guardsman Coldstream Guards 2nd Bn. Age: 23 Date of Death: between 23/05/1940 and 24/05/1940 Service No: 2658853 (3)

RUSHFORTH C
United Kingdom Serjeant York and Lancaster Regiment 13th Bn. Date of Death: 24/10/1918 Service No: 14/1312

WILSON GEORGE
United Kingdom Private York and Lancaster Regiment 13th Bn. Age: 32 Date of Death: 24/10/1918 Service No: 42543

IF You have a casualty picture, please send me a copy, I'll be glad to show it on this page.

IF You want a king size copy of this picture (300/900 ko - 2592/1944 pixels) please e-mail me.

IF You want picture of a particular grave, in this cemetery, please e-mail me.

Casualties informations come usualy from Commonwealth War Graves Commission, see links for more informations

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