BLARINGHEM CHURCHYARD
Nord
France
Location Information
Blaringhem is a small village between St. Omer and Hazebrouck in the Nord Department. The Churchyard is located in the centre of the village.
Identified Casualties 3.
Shot at Dawn
11225 Private. Ernest Mackness, 1st Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), executed for desertion on 1st October 1917, aged 25. Son of Arthur and Louisa Mackness, of 3, Dundonald Rd., Leicester. Grave location North side. He was already under a suspended sentence of death for desertion when he repeated the offence during fighting at Nieuport. (Putkowski, p. 198)
Other Burials
L/4173 Private John Francis Henry Robb, 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers, B Squadron, died 15th September 1915, aged 22. Son of Francis Henry and Mary Jane Robb, of 69, St. Paul St., Hull. Grave located in South part.
125004 Corporal William Charles Wookey, 5th Bn., Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), died 10th August 1918. Grave located in South part.
Pictures © Jean-Claude Graux unless stated otherwise
Blaringhem is a small village between St. Omer and Hazebrouck in the Nord Department. The Churchyard is located in the centre of the village.
Identified Casualties 3.
Shot at Dawn
11225 Private. Ernest Mackness, 1st Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), executed for desertion on 1st October 1917, aged 25. Son of Arthur and Louisa Mackness, of 3, Dundonald Rd., Leicester. Grave location North side. He was already under a suspended sentence of death for desertion when he repeated the offence during fighting at Nieuport. (Putkowski, p. 198)
Other Burials
L/4173 Private John Francis Henry Robb, 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers, B Squadron, died 15th September 1915, aged 22. Son of Francis Henry and Mary Jane Robb, of 69, St. Paul St., Hull. Grave located in South part.
125004 Corporal William Charles Wookey, 5th Bn., Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), died 10th August 1918. Grave located in South part.
Pictures © Jean-Claude Graux unless stated otherwise
