esquelbecq military cemetery

Esquelbecq Military Cemetery
LOCATIONEsquelbecq, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Show Map
MEMORIALS638 added (99% photographed)
CEMETERY ID2217391
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.
  1. PHANTOM Webber, Leonard Frank

    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...
  2. PHANTOM Edgcumbe, Piers Richard

    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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