GANDELU COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Aisne
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.09161, Longitude: 3.18363
Location Information
Gandelu is a commune in the department of Aisne, 60 kilometres south-west of Soissons and 20 kilometres west-north-west of Chateau-Thierry on the D9.
The cemetery is situated on the first road on the left after the church in the direction of Prement. The two war graves plots are at the rear right hand corner of the cemetery.
Historical Information
Gandelu Communal Cemetery contains five Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Pictures © Barry Cuttell
Gandelu is a commune in the department of Aisne, 60 kilometres south-west of Soissons and 20 kilometres west-north-west of Chateau-Thierry on the D9.
The cemetery is situated on the first road on the left after the church in the direction of Prement. The two war graves plots are at the rear right hand corner of the cemetery.
Historical Information
Gandelu Communal Cemetery contains five Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Pictures © Barry Cuttell
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Second Lieutenant
James Herbert Seabrook
Intelligence Corps and 5th Signal Troop, (attd. 5th Cavalry Bde.) Royal Engineers10th September 1914, aged 29.
Son of William and Elizabeth Seabrook of Boreham, Essex.
His headstone bears the inscription "Youngest Son Of William And Elizabeth Seabrook Of Boreham, Chelmsford, England"
James Herbert Seabrook
Intelligence Corps and 5th Signal Troop, (attd. 5th Cavalry Bde.) Royal Engineers10th September 1914, aged 29.
Son of William and Elizabeth Seabrook of Boreham, Essex.
His headstone bears the inscription "Youngest Son Of William And Elizabeth Seabrook Of Boreham, Chelmsford, England"
Lieutenant
James Hubert Sword
4th (Queen's Own) Hussars
10th September 1914, aged 22.
Son of Frederick Steuart and Catherine Brash Sword of "Teneriffe" Carlisle Road, Eastbourne.
James Hubert Sword
4th (Queen's Own) Hussars
10th September 1914, aged 22.
Son of Frederick Steuart and Catherine Brash Sword of "Teneriffe" Carlisle Road, Eastbourne.
Other Burial Details
5558 Corporal Thomas Adam, 2nd (Royal Scots Greys) Dragoon Guards, died 10th September 1914, aged 28. Son of George and Helen Philip Adam of Edinburgh.
1552 Private David Ferguson Esplin, 2nd (Royal Scots Greys) Dragoon Guards, died 10th September 1914, aged 24. Son of William Young and Elizabeth Esplin of Forfar.
4743 Private John Donaldson Scott, 2nd (Royal Scots Greys) Dragoon Guards. 10th September 1914, aged 23. Son of Isabella Scott, 98 Newhaven Road, Leith, Edinburgh and the late John Scott. Native of Eddleston, Peeblesshire.
5558 Corporal Thomas Adam, 2nd (Royal Scots Greys) Dragoon Guards, died 10th September 1914, aged 28. Son of George and Helen Philip Adam of Edinburgh.
1552 Private David Ferguson Esplin, 2nd (Royal Scots Greys) Dragoon Guards, died 10th September 1914, aged 24. Son of William Young and Elizabeth Esplin of Forfar.
4743 Private John Donaldson Scott, 2nd (Royal Scots Greys) Dragoon Guards. 10th September 1914, aged 23. Son of Isabella Scott, 98 Newhaven Road, Leith, Edinburgh and the late John Scott. Native of Eddleston, Peeblesshire.
