winnezeele

graves

IN MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden

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

WINNEZEELE Churchyard (Nord France)

WW II row

WW I row

Photos Courtesy Jean-Claude Graux (Fr)

Pte Arthur Parkes 29/12/1917 aged 26
Arthur was the son of Joseph and Catherine Parkes of 21, Bloxwich Road, Leamore and was employed by Nathan and Hayes, silversmiths of Birmingham.
Enlisting in the Army at Birmingham in 09/1914, Arthur served in the Trench Mortar Bn of the rgt and was drafted to France on Saturday 18/12/1915.
He was accidentally killed.
for Graeme Clarke and the people of Walsall

20 casualties

ANDERSON FRANK DONALD
United Kingdom Driver Royal Engineers 100 Army Field Coy. Age: 26 Date of Death: 30/05/1940 Service No: 1870452 B.26.

BARNES THOMAS WILLIAM
United Kingdom Gunner Royal Artillery 211 Bty. 53 (The Worcestershire Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regt. Age: 22 Date of Death: between 10/05/1940 and 04/06/1940 Service No: 1491317 B.6.

BELL A
United Kingdom Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 1st Bn. Date of Death: 29/12/1917 Service No: 27022 A.4.

CROWLEY FREDERICK DAVID
United Kingdom Private Gloucestershire Regiment 5th Bn. Age: 24 Date of Death: between 10/05/1940 and 06/02/1941 Service No: 5184929 B.5.

DAVIES STANLEY EDWARD
United Kingdom Sapper Royal Engineers 100 Army Field Coy. Age: 29 Date of Death: 27/05/1940 Service No: 1982217 B.25.

EDWARDS FRANK
United Kingdom Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 16th Bn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 29/12/1917 Service No: C/4303 A.3.

EDWARDS LESLIE
United Kingdom Serjeant Gloucestershire Regiment 2nd Bn. Age: 25 Date of Death: between 10/05/1940 and 23/06/1940 Service No: 5182093 B.22.

EVANS JOHN
United Kingdom Private Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Bn. Age: 28 Date of Death: 29/12/1917 Service No: 12309 A.2.

FARMAR-COTGRAVE CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL
United Kingdom Captain Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Bn. Secondary attd. 100th T.M. Bty. Date of Death: 29/12/1917 A.5.

HARMER FREDERICK JOHN
United Kingdom Gunner Royal Artillery 211 Bty. 53 (The Worcestershire Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regt. Age: 22 Date of Death: 28/05/1940 Service No: 1465395 B.11.

LAWFORD ALBERT ALEXANDER
United Kingdom Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 4th Bn. Date of Death: 10/05/1940 Service No: 5387084 B.4.

LIPSCOMBE FREDERICK REGINALD
United Kingdom Lance Corporal Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 4th Bn. Age: 35 Date of Death: between 10/05/1940 and 05/01/1941 Service No: 2810361 B.3.

PARK HERBERT
United Kingdom Private Grenadier Guards 1st Bn. Age: 34 Date of Death: 17/06/1917 Service No: 26714 A.7.

PARKES ARTHUR
United Kingdom Private Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Bn. Age: 26 Date of Death: 29/12/1917 Service No: 22346 A.1.

PARSONS JOHN SAMUEL
United Kingdom Sapper Royal Engineers 100 Army Field Coy. Age: 23 Date of Death: 19/05/1940 Service No: 1985405 B.24.

SIMPSON GLADSTONE
United Kingdom Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1st Bn. Age: 16 Date of Death: 10/06/1915 Service No: 22109 A.8.

SINCLAIR DAVID HAROLD
United Kingdom Driver Royal Army Service Corps Age: 32 Date of Death: 27/05/1940 Service No: T/63159 B.39.

STEAD WALTER ALAN
United Kingdom Trooper Royal Armoured Corps 1st East Riding Yeomanry. Age: 20 Date of Death: 29/05/1940 Service No: 7887783 B.2.

TAYLOR LEONARD
United Kingdom Private Cameron Highlanders 6th Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 11/08/1917 Service No: 220025 A.6.

TIMBRELL ARTHUR HENRY LESLIE
United Kingdom Private Gloucestershire Regiment 2nd Bn. Age: 28 Date of Death: between 10/05/1940 and 06/02/1941 Service No: 5179784

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