St. Jean-Cap-Ferrat Communal Cemetery

Alpes-Maritime

France

St Jean-Cap-Ferrat is a small coastal village on a peninsular on the eastern outskirts of Nice and due south of Villefranche-sur-Mer. Pass through Villefranche-sur-Mer which links up with St Jean-cap-Ferrat. Travel through the village to the Marina/Harbour then turn right at the T Junction at the Marina. Follow the road until it splits into three. Take the left turn to the cemetery. The war grave is located in the south-east corner of the old part of the cemetery against a wall.

The cemetery was extended to the South during the War. In the South-East corner of the old ground is buried:-

1201212 Corporal Cecil Henry BOWLES

906th M. T. Coy.

Army Service Corps

04/05/1917

Son of Edward and Edith Annie Bowles of Fakenham, Norfolk.

This soldier was drowned on H.M.S. Transylvania in 1917. His parents erected a memorial at the rear of his grave which gives his rank as Sergeant.

Pictures courtesy of Eric Mainardi of Laventie, France

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