BERGUETTE CHURCHYARD
Pas De Calais
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.6073, Longitude: 2.46849
Location Information
Berguette is a small village 8 kilometres south-east of Aire-sur-la-Lys in the Pas de Calais.
The Communal Cemetery surrounds the church which is in the centre of the village. The Commonwealth War Graves Plot, containing the majority of the war graves, will be found on the south side of the cemetery near the Cross of Sacrifice. The other burials are scattered within the cemetery.
Historical Information
There are 27, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. One of whom fell in 1915, and the others in 1918.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 25, Canada 2. Total 27.
Berguette is a small village 8 kilometres south-east of Aire-sur-la-Lys in the Pas de Calais.
The Communal Cemetery surrounds the church which is in the centre of the village. The Commonwealth War Graves Plot, containing the majority of the war graves, will be found on the south side of the cemetery near the Cross of Sacrifice. The other burials are scattered within the cemetery.
Historical Information
There are 27, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. One of whom fell in 1915, and the others in 1918.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 25, Canada 2. Total 27.
Images in this gallery © Jean-Claude Graux
Lieutenant Colonel
Hugh Leonard Acland Troyte
4th Bn. Devonshire Regiment attached to XI Corps H.Q.
17th April 1918, aged 48.
Row D. 2.
Husband of Helen Jessie Acland Troyte, of Little Court, Berrow, Somerset. Born at Huntsham Court, Bampton, Devon.
His headstone bears the inscription "A Deo In Deo"
Killed in action while evacuating a civil population of the village under fire.
Hugh Leonard Acland Troyte
4th Bn. Devonshire Regiment attached to XI Corps H.Q.
17th April 1918, aged 48.
Row D. 2.
Husband of Helen Jessie Acland Troyte, of Little Court, Berrow, Somerset. Born at Huntsham Court, Bampton, Devon.
His headstone bears the inscription "A Deo In Deo"
Killed in action while evacuating a civil population of the village under fire.
Images in this gallery © Johan Pauwels
Lieutenant
Allan Bertram Smith, M. B. E.
5th Bn. attached to 1st/8th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
27th May 1918, aged 26.
Row C. 4.
Son of Adam Paterson Smith and Margaret Smith, of 53, Brougham St., Greenock.
Allan Bertram Smith, M. B. E.
5th Bn. attached to 1st/8th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
27th May 1918, aged 26.
Row C. 4.
Son of Adam Paterson Smith and Margaret Smith, of 53, Brougham St., Greenock.
