ALLOUAGNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.52971, Longitude: 2.51269
Image above © Thierry Grier
Location Information
Allouagne is a village in the department of Pas-de-Calais on the D183 some 10 kilometres west of Béthune. When in the village, take the main road through the village and turn right approximately 300 metres past the church (Rue du cimetiere). The war graves will be found to the right of the cemetery entrance.
Historical Information
The four war graves are to be found in the North-East corner, near the entrance, behind the French War Memorial Vault.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
951120 Sergeant
Joseph Arthur Donovan
Obs. in 110 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
21st May 1941, aged 20.
Son of Ernest and Amy Donovan, of Handbridge, Chester.
His headstone bears the inscription "Lest We Forget. For Freedom And France He Died"
Joseph Arthur Donovan
Obs. in 110 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
21st May 1941, aged 20.
Son of Ernest and Amy Donovan, of Handbridge, Chester.
His headstone bears the inscription "Lest We Forget. For Freedom And France He Died"
Other World War Two Burials
974076 Sergeant Tudor Beattie, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 110 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 21st May 1941, aged 27. Son of the Revd. James Moore Allen Beattie, and of Margaret Jane Beattie, of Portrush, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. Fifth Year Medical Student. His headstone bears the inscription "Son Of The Late Rev. J. M. A. Beattie, Convoy, Eire. Fifth Year Medical Student"
745522 Sergeant Maurice George Jackson, Pilot in 110 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 21st May 1941, aged 20. Son of Walter George and Nora Mary Jackson, of Barton under Needwood, Staffordshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
World War One Burial
2394 Private Albert Thomas Joynes, 1st/4th Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, died 12th July 1915, aged 23. Son of Albert Joseph and Mary Annie Joynes, of Mickleton, Campden, Glos.
974076 Sergeant Tudor Beattie, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 110 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 21st May 1941, aged 27. Son of the Revd. James Moore Allen Beattie, and of Margaret Jane Beattie, of Portrush, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. Fifth Year Medical Student. His headstone bears the inscription "Son Of The Late Rev. J. M. A. Beattie, Convoy, Eire. Fifth Year Medical Student"
745522 Sergeant Maurice George Jackson, Pilot in 110 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 21st May 1941, aged 20. Son of Walter George and Nora Mary Jackson, of Barton under Needwood, Staffordshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
World War One Burial
2394 Private Albert Thomas Joynes, 1st/4th Bn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, died 12th July 1915, aged 23. Son of Albert Joseph and Mary Annie Joynes, of Mickleton, Campden, Glos.
