Pollinkhove Churchyard
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Pictures courtesy of Barry Cuttell

Pollinkove is a Belgian village located 20 kilometres north of the town of Ieper (formerly Ypres) The church is on the Vaartstraat and at the left rear of the churchyard are the graves of eight servicemen who died in May 1940

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Pte. Frederick BROWN, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt. 28th May 1940


2nd Lt. Kenneth Dening DUDLEY. Royal Engineers. 24th May 1940, aged 27. Son of
Walter John and Edith Julia Dudley of Westbourne, Bournemouth, Dorset. B.Sc., A.M.I.C.E., A.M.I. Struct. E., Diploma City & Guilds, London.


Pte. Thomas FOSTER. Wiltshire Regt. 29th May 1940, aged 24. Son of Alfred and Lily Foster of Arnold, Nottinghamshire
Fusilier Henry William GAVIN. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 28th May 1940, aged 37. Son of Henry and Frances Gavin; husband of Violet Gavin of Elvington, Kent


Sapper Herbert KNEALE. Royal Engineers. 24th May 1940, aged 22. Son of James and Lydia Isabella Kneale of Ballasalla, Isle of Man


Fusilier Samuel MOORE. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 29th May 1940, aged 27. Son of Thomas & Rebecca Moore


Pte. Stephen SMITH. Royal Army Medical Corps. 28th May 1940, aged 21. Son of Walter and Violet Mary Smith of Northfield, Birmingham.


Fusilier Joseph TRACEY. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. 27th May 1940, aged 19

     

 

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