Esquelbecq is a village near the Belgian frontier, 24 kilometres north of Hazebrouck and the same distance south of Dunkirk. The Military Cemetery is located on the Rue du Souvenir, about one kilometre west of the village, 200 metres south of the road to Zeggers-Cappel.
The cemetery was opened in April 1918 during the early stages of the German offensive in Flanders, when the 2nd Canadian and 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Stations came to Esquelbecq. It was closed in September 1918. The cemetery was used again during the Second World War, mainly for the burial of those killed during the German advance of May 1940 and the withdrawal of the British Expeditionary Force to Dunkirk.
Esquelbecq Military Cemetery contains 578 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 47 from the Second World War. There are also 11 French and German burials. The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
SURNAME
Webber
FORENAME
Leonard Frank
UNIT
No 11 Military Mission (Phantom)
RANK
Lance Corporal
NUMBER
6898432
DATE OF DEATH
27th May 1940
AGE
19
GRAVESITE
Esquelbecq Military Cemetery, France 2.H.27
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit 8 Bn K.R.R.C. (2 Bn Queen Victorias...
SURNAME
Edgcumbe
FORENAME
Piers Richard
UNIT
No 11 Military Mission (Phantom)
RANK
Second Lieutenant
NUMBER
87192
DATE OF DEATH
27th May 1940
AGE
25
GRAVESITE
Esquelbecq Military Cemetery, Esquelbecq, France. Plot 2.H.28
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit 12th Royal...
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