ADINKERKE CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
West-Vlaanderen
Belgium
GPS Coordinates Latitude: 51.07561 Longitude: 2.60161
Picture © Werner Van Caneghem
Location Information
The village of Adinkerke is located west of the town of Veurne on the N39. From the roundabout at the junction of the N39 and N34 follow the N34 in the direction of De Panne along Stationstraat. Follow Stationstraat past the church and turn first left into Helderweg. The Cemetery is at the end of this road behind the church.
Historical Information
From June to November 1917, XV Corps held the front from the Belgian coast to St. Georges. The 24th and 39th Casualty Clearing Stations were posted at Oosthoek (between Adinkerke and Furnes) from July to November, and the 1st Canadian Casualty Clearing Station was at Adinkerke for a short time in June.
Adinkerke Churchyard Extension is a Belgian Military Cemetery on the west side of the Churchyard. The Commonwealth graves are in two small plots and are numbered consecutively with the other graves.
The extension contains 67 Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Casualty Details: United Kingdom 67.
Images in gallery below © Werner Van Caneghem
193790 Private
Charles Bates
243rd Div. Employment Coy. Labour Corps
25th July 1917.
Grave Ref: 809.
Charles Bates
243rd Div. Employment Coy. Labour Corps
25th July 1917.
Grave Ref: 809.
Flight Sub-Lieutenant
Eric William Busby
4th Sqdn. Royal Naval Air Service
10th July 1917, aged 19.
Grave Ref: 834.
Son of George Edmund and Kate Busby, of "Fairfield,'' Serpentine Rd., Selly Park, Birmingham.
Eric William Busby
4th Sqdn. Royal Naval Air Service
10th July 1917, aged 19.
Grave Ref: 834.
Son of George Edmund and Kate Busby, of "Fairfield,'' Serpentine Rd., Selly Park, Birmingham.
L/15775 Driver
Ernest Filby
"A" Bty. 161st Bde. Royal Field Artillery
13th July 1917.
Grave Ref: 813.
Ernest Filby
"A" Bty. 161st Bde. Royal Field Artillery
13th July 1917.
Grave Ref: 813.
203168 Private
Louis Harrison
1st/4th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
24th July 1917.
Grave Ref: 807.
Louis Harrison
1st/4th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
24th July 1917.
Grave Ref: 807.
Lieutenant
Stanley Charles Knight
Anti-Aircraft Bde. Royal Marine Artillery
12th July 1915, aged 22.
Grave Ref: 798 BIS.
Son of Mr. C. S. Knight, of 68/70, Fenchurch St., London.
His headstone bears the inscription: "For Country And Home."
Stanley Charles Knight
Anti-Aircraft Bde. Royal Marine Artillery
12th July 1915, aged 22.
Grave Ref: 798 BIS.
Son of Mr. C. S. Knight, of 68/70, Fenchurch St., London.
His headstone bears the inscription: "For Country And Home."
Images in this gallery © Geerhard Joos
16852 Private
John Dunlop McInnes
15th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
24th June 1917, aged 27.
Grave 1711.
Born in Lanarkshire, youngest son of Hugh McInnes and Jane Dick of Ayrshire. Worked as a miner. Husband of Katy Stewart and father of Hugh (born 1912) and Margaret (born 1915)
Remembered by his family and descendants.
Picture courtesy of Dorothy Quail
John Dunlop McInnes
15th Bn. Highland Light Infantry
24th June 1917, aged 27.
Grave 1711.
Born in Lanarkshire, youngest son of Hugh McInnes and Jane Dick of Ayrshire. Worked as a miner. Husband of Katy Stewart and father of Hugh (born 1912) and Margaret (born 1915)
Remembered by his family and descendants.
Picture courtesy of Dorothy Quail
Flight Sub-Lieutenant
Thomas Ralph Shearer
9th Sqdn. Royal Naval Air Service
13th June 1917, aged 23.
Grave Ref: 1713.
Son of the Rev. William Shearer and his wife Isabella Reid Russell, of Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada.
Thomas Ralph Shearer
9th Sqdn. Royal Naval Air Service
13th June 1917, aged 23.
Grave Ref: 1713.
Son of the Rev. William Shearer and his wife Isabella Reid Russell, of Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada.
203255 Private
George Clement Sutcliffe
1st/4th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
23rd July 1917, aged 33.
Grave Ref: 841.
Husband of Amy Sutcliffe, of 751, Huddersfield Rd., Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Worthy Of Everlasting Love; Beloved Husband Of Amy Sutcliffe."
George Clement Sutcliffe
1st/4th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
23rd July 1917, aged 33.
Grave Ref: 841.
Husband of Amy Sutcliffe, of 751, Huddersfield Rd., Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Worthy Of Everlasting Love; Beloved Husband Of Amy Sutcliffe."
202820 Private
Harry Tunnacliffe
1st/4th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
25th July 1917, aged 33.
Grave Ref: 848.
Husband of Janet Tunnacliffe, of Tandem, Kirkheaton, Huddersfield.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Loved, Honoured, Mourned."
Harry Tunnacliffe
1st/4th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
25th July 1917, aged 33.
Grave Ref: 848.
Husband of Janet Tunnacliffe, of Tandem, Kirkheaton, Huddersfield.
His headstone bears the inscription: "Loved, Honoured, Mourned."
Pictures in this gallery © Johan Pauwels
British soldier holding a baby outside a cottage in Adinkerke, 6th August 1917. © IWM (Q 2689)
British soldier minding the baby outside his billet in Adinkerke, near Dunkerque, 6th August 1917. © IWM (Q 2688)
Picture © Werner Van Caneghem
