essars

graves

IN MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden

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

ESSARS Communal Cemetery (Pas de Calais France)

Left row, back to front: Unknown - J. W. Curtis - Unknown - Unknown - Unknown - Unknown - H. Lilliman - A. Gerrard - F. T. Gilbert - R. A. Brown - A. Boag - F. G. Askew - W. A. Jackson - J. Bromley - J. Darcy - N. Gill
Right row, back to front: S. C. Cross - E. S. Smithson


Pte Felix Thomas Gilbert 10/05/1940 aged 21 Felix is commemerated on a war memorial at the church in Trimley St Martin, Suffolk where he lived with his mother and father and two brothers. For his nephew Brian Gilbert

13 casualties

ASKEW FREDERICK GEORGE
United Kingdom Private Royal Norfolk Regiment 2nd Bn. Age: 29 Date of Death: between 10/05/1940 and 27/05/1940 Service No: 5769786 (B.12.)

BOAG ALEXANDER
United Kingdom Corporal Royal Armoured Corps 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards. Age: 29 Date of Death: 26/05/1940 Service No: 7883043 (B.11.)

BROMLEY JOSEPH
United Kingdom Fusilier Lancashire Fusiliers 1/8th Bn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 27/05/1940 Service No: 3448066 (B.14.)

BROWN ROBERT ALBERT
United Kingdom Lance Corporal Royal Norfolk Regiment 2nd Bn. Age: 20 Date of Death: between 10/05/1940 and 27/05/1940 Service No: 5773253 (B.10.)

CROSS STANLEY CYRIL
United Kingdom Trooper Royal Armoured Corps 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards. Age: 34 Date of Death: 26/05/1940 Service No: 6006601 (A.2.)

CURTIS JOHN WILLIAM
United Kingdom Fusilier Lancashire Fusiliers 1/8th Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 27/05/1940 Service No: 3655485 (B.2.)

DARCY JOHN
United Kingdom Fusilier Lancashire Fusiliers 1/8th Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 27/05/1940 Service No: 3655489 (B.15.)

GERRARD ARTHUR
United Kingdom Warrant Officer Class III (T.S.M.) Royal Armoured Corps 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards. Age: 32 Date of Death: 26/05/1940 Service No: 398962 (B.8.)

GILBERT FELIX THOMAS
United Kingdom Private Royal Norfolk Regiment 2nd Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: between 10/05/1940 and 27/05/1940 Service No: 5773179 (B.9.)

GILL NORMAN
United Kingdom Fusilier Lancashire Fusiliers 1/8th Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 21/05/1940 Service No: 3451442 (B.16.)

JACKSON WILLIAM AUBREY
United Kingdom Fusilier Royal Irish Fusiliers 1st Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 23/05/1940 Service No: 3774285 (B.13.)

LILLIMAN HARRY
United Kingdom Corporal Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 6th Bn. Date of Death: between 25/05/1940 and 27/05/1940 Service No: 4342007 (B.7.)

SMITHSON ERIC SINCLAIR
United Kingdom Gunner Royal Artillery Age: 22 Date of Death: 27/05/1940 Service No: 843333 (A.1.)

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