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CANDAS COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Somme

​France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.11271, Longitude: 2.25431

Location Information

Candas is a village nearly 25 kilometres north of Amiens and about 9 kilometres south-west of Doullens. The village is on the road from Doullens to Picquigny. The Communal Cemetery is on the north-western side of the village and in the western half of the Cemetery, north-west of the main path are the graves of four British soldiers, one of whom is not identified.


World War One Burial


121198 Air Mechanic 3rd Class, H. Brooks. No. 2 Aircraft Depot. Royal Flying Corps, formerly 13th Bn. Essex Regiment, died 29th Jan. 1918. 


World War Two Burials


T/35081 Driver David Evans Dennis, Royal Army Service Corps, died 20th May 1940, aged 40. Son of John and Mary Ann Dennis; husband of Olive May Dennis, of Hawley, Hampshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"

T/123436 Driver Emrys Jones, Royal Army Service Corps, died 20th May 1940, aged 22. Son of Llewelyn and Margaret Jones, of Llanrwst, Denbighshire; husband of Jennie Margaretta Jones, of Llanrwst. His headstone bears the inscription "Beloved Husband Of "Janey" Tai, Candryll, Llanrwst, North Wales"

S/152635 Private Alfred William Williams, Royal Army Service Corps, died 20th May 1940, aged 24. Son of Albert Daniel and Lydia Mabel Williams, of Portsmouth. His headstone bears the inscription "To The Memory Of Our Beloved Son. He Died For His Country And For Freedom"

Entrance & World War One Burial

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Candas Communal Cemetery
Candas Communal Cemetery
Candas Communal Cemetery

World War Two Burials

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Candas Communal Cemetery
Candas Communal Cemetery
Candas Communal Cemetery
Candas Communal Cemetery
Candas Communal Cemetery
Candas Communal Cemetery

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