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ÉPERLECQUES CHURCHYARD
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Pas De Calais

​France


Location Information

Éperlecques is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, situated some 10 kilometres north-west of St. Omer.

At the west-end of the churchyard are the graves of one soldier of the Great War and one airman of the 1939-1945 War.
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World War One Burial

Driver Robert Dick, Army Service Corps. 18th Aug. 1917, aged 22. Youngest son of the late David and Jane Dick of Sterling.
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World War Two Burial

Flight Sgt. G. E. Lang, D. F. M. Royal Air Force. 28th May 1940, aged 28. Son of Albert Edward and Emily Lang of Torquay, Devon; husband of Georgina Maud Lang of Torquay.


Flight Details:

Base: Wattisham, Suffolk
107 Sqdn. Bomber Command
Aircraft: Blenheim Mk IV, serial L9391
Target: St. Omer, France
Incident: Crashed at Éperlecques 27th May 1940. Wing Commander B. E. Embry, D.S.O., A.F.C. and Pilot Officer T. A. Whiting were taken prisoner


(Flight  information provided by Barry Cuttell)

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      • SEINE-MARITIME
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      • OTHER FRENCH DEPARTMENTS
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