BERTEAUCOURT-LES-DAMES CHURCHYARD
Somme
France
Location Information
Berteaucourt-les-Dames is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme, some 24 kilometres north-north-west of Amiens. It lies in the valley between St. Léger-lès-Domart in the west and Pernois in the east. The Churchyard, on the northern side of the village on the Rue Jean Vasseur, contains three soldiers of the Great War.
Burial Details
81688 Pioneer Edward Furness, 30th Division, Signal Company, Royal Engineers, died 31st December 1915.
M2/031553 Private Joseph Rae, F. A. Workshop 55th Division, Army Service Corps, died 3rd February 1916, aged 27.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. David Rae, of Dun, by Montrose, Scotland.
9129 Private Charles Arthur Bates Swingler, 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish), died 23rd October 1916, aged 21.
Son of William Henry and Blache Emily Swingler, of 130 Market Street, Brantford, Ontario, Canada.
Pictures © Barry Cuttell
Berteaucourt-les-Dames is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme, some 24 kilometres north-north-west of Amiens. It lies in the valley between St. Léger-lès-Domart in the west and Pernois in the east. The Churchyard, on the northern side of the village on the Rue Jean Vasseur, contains three soldiers of the Great War.
Burial Details
81688 Pioneer Edward Furness, 30th Division, Signal Company, Royal Engineers, died 31st December 1915.
M2/031553 Private Joseph Rae, F. A. Workshop 55th Division, Army Service Corps, died 3rd February 1916, aged 27.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. David Rae, of Dun, by Montrose, Scotland.
9129 Private Charles Arthur Bates Swingler, 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish), died 23rd October 1916, aged 21.
Son of William Henry and Blache Emily Swingler, of 130 Market Street, Brantford, Ontario, Canada.
Pictures © Barry Cuttell
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INSCRIPTION.
FOR ENGLAND'S HONOUR SADLY MOURNED BY MOTHER, FATHER SISTERS & BROTHER.
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