NEUF-BRISACH COMMUNAL CEMETERY & EXTENSION
Haut-Rhin
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.02037, Longitude: 7.52106
Location Information
The communal cemetery is situated 64 kilometres south of Strasbourg in the Department of Haut-Rhin in Eastern France. The Extension is north-west of the Neuf-Brisach civil cemetery.
Historical Information
The extension contains the graves of 35 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War, all of whom died in 1918 as prisoners of war. One of the graves was brought in from Lutterbach German Cemetery.
Total World War One United Kingdom Burials: 35.
Other Nationalities: Russia 3, France 2, Romania 2. Total 7.
The communal cemetery is situated 64 kilometres south of Strasbourg in the Department of Haut-Rhin in Eastern France. The Extension is north-west of the Neuf-Brisach civil cemetery.
Historical Information
The extension contains the graves of 35 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War, all of whom died in 1918 as prisoners of war. One of the graves was brought in from Lutterbach German Cemetery.
Total World War One United Kingdom Burials: 35.
Other Nationalities: Russia 3, France 2, Romania 2. Total 7.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
Second Lieutenant
Ronald Baines Brookes
55th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps
13th March 1918, aged 22.
V. 12.
Son of John Brookes, of The Square, Ingleton, Carnforth
His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Remembrance"
Killed flying DH4 A7489 with Sergeant Herbert Gosling (Below)
Ronald Baines Brookes
55th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps
13th March 1918, aged 22.
V. 12.
Son of John Brookes, of The Square, Ingleton, Carnforth
His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Remembrance"
Killed flying DH4 A7489 with Sergeant Herbert Gosling (Below)
121856 Sergeant
Herbert Gostling
55th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps
13th March 1918, aged 26.
VII. 10.
Son of John Jasper and Mary Anne Gostling.
His headstone bears the inscription "Gone But Not Forgotten He Was Ready At The Call"
Shot down flying DH4 A7489 with Second Lieutenant Ronald Baines Brookes (Above)
Herbert Gostling
55th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps
13th March 1918, aged 26.
VII. 10.
Son of John Jasper and Mary Anne Gostling.
His headstone bears the inscription "Gone But Not Forgotten He Was Ready At The Call"
Shot down flying DH4 A7489 with Second Lieutenant Ronald Baines Brookes (Above)
