AUDRUICQ CHURCHYARD AND EXTENSION
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.87855, Longitude: 2.07578
Location Information
Audruicq is a village and commune about 19 kilometres south-east of Calais.
The churchyard extension is north-east of the church and near its western boundary are the graves of 7 soldiers from the United Kingdom from World War Two. There is also one World War One U. K. burial in the churchyard who is commemorated on a private memorial.
Total Commonwealth Burials: 8.
World War One Identified Casualty: United Kingdom 1.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 6.
World War Two Unidentified Casualty: United Kingdom 1.
Audruicq is a village and commune about 19 kilometres south-east of Calais.
The churchyard extension is north-east of the church and near its western boundary are the graves of 7 soldiers from the United Kingdom from World War Two. There is also one World War One U. K. burial in the churchyard who is commemorated on a private memorial.
Total Commonwealth Burials: 8.
World War One Identified Casualty: United Kingdom 1.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 6.
World War Two Unidentified Casualty: United Kingdom 1.
World War One Burial
Chaplain 4th Class The Reverend Timothy S. J. Carey, Royal Army Chaplain's Department, died 27th February 1919, aged 41. Son of Patrick and Mary Carey, of Co. Limerick.
(Inscription reads "Of your charity pray for the repose of the soul of Rev. Fr. Timothy Carey S. J. C. F., who died at Calais on the 27th February 1919, aged 41. This monument erected by British soldiers and parishioners of Audruicq is a token of love and esteem for one who served with conspicuous zeal for 2 years at Audruicq as their beloved chaplain and priest).
(Inscription reads "Of your charity pray for the repose of the soul of Rev. Fr. Timothy Carey S. J. C. F., who died at Calais on the 27th February 1919, aged 41. This monument erected by British soldiers and parishioners of Audruicq is a token of love and esteem for one who served with conspicuous zeal for 2 years at Audruicq as their beloved chaplain and priest).
World War Two Burials
Images © Johan Pauwels
100563 Lieutenant Frank Hubert Austin,14 Army Field Workshop, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, died 23rd May 1940, aged 53. Son of George Henry and Sarah Jane Austin; husband of Constance Rosa Austin, of Reading, Berkshire.
7588442 Private Ronald Edward Hutton,14 Army Field Workshop, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, died 23rd May 1940, aged 19. Son of Andrew James Hutton and of Dorothy Knowle Hutton, of Bexleyheath, Kent. His brother, Douglas Alexander Hutton, also died on service. His headstone bears the inscription "Deep In Our Hearts A Memory Is Kept, Loved So Dearly We Will Never Forget"
1865176 Serjeant Edward John Pothecary, 14 Army Field Workshop, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, died 23rd May 1940, aged 33.Husband of Dorothy Lucy Pothecary, of Aldershot, Hampshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Until The Day Break, And The Shadows Flee Away Song Of Solomon II. 17"
99906 Lieutenant Colonel Walter Hadley Prestage, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, died 23rd May 1940, aged 39. Son of Walter Hadley Prestage and Fanny Eleanor Prestage; husband of Edith Irene Prestage. His headstone bears the inscription "Thou Wilt Keep Him In Perfect Peace"
7590397 Staff Serjeant Wilfred Charles Tonkin, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, died 23rd May 1940.
7607637 Private Andrew Weir, 14 Army Field Workshop, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, died 23rd May 1940, aged 21. Son of Andrew Weir and of Mary Weir (nee MacDonald), of Glasgow; husband of Winifred Helen Weir, of Fareham, Hampshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Hearts That Loved You Never Forget In Memory You Are With Us Yet"
