PARGNAN CHURCHYARD
Aisne
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.40053, Longitude: 3.69082
Location Information
The village of Pargnan is approximately 26 kilometres east of Soissons, just north of the river Aisne and the village of Oeuzuy. The churchyard is beside the church on a hill overlooking the village, and contains the Commonwealth war graves of 6 soldiers who fell in 1914, of which 2 are unidentified. The graves are located in the rear right hand side of the churchyard.
Burial Details
40343 Gunner Bernard Brandon, 26th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, died 25th September 1914, aged 17.
Son of Mrs. Jessie L. Brandon, of 64, Hollywell Rd., Watford. His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done"
57072 Driver James Lionel Edward Chamberlain, 118th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, died 6th October 1914, aged 22. Son of James Edward and Sarah Ellen Chamberlain, of St. Catherines Hill, Mortimer Common, Reading. His headstone bears the inscription "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out"
24229 Gunner John Ellison, 26th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, died 6th October 1914.
55465 Driver William James Smith, 118th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, died 25th September 1914.
The village of Pargnan is approximately 26 kilometres east of Soissons, just north of the river Aisne and the village of Oeuzuy. The churchyard is beside the church on a hill overlooking the village, and contains the Commonwealth war graves of 6 soldiers who fell in 1914, of which 2 are unidentified. The graves are located in the rear right hand side of the churchyard.
Burial Details
40343 Gunner Bernard Brandon, 26th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, died 25th September 1914, aged 17.
Son of Mrs. Jessie L. Brandon, of 64, Hollywell Rd., Watford. His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done"
57072 Driver James Lionel Edward Chamberlain, 118th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, died 6th October 1914, aged 22. Son of James Edward and Sarah Ellen Chamberlain, of St. Catherines Hill, Mortimer Common, Reading. His headstone bears the inscription "Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out"
24229 Gunner John Ellison, 26th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, died 6th October 1914.
55465 Driver William James Smith, 118th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, died 25th September 1914.
Pictures in gallery below used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Pictures below © Barry Cuttell
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