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PARGNAN CHURCHYARD
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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.
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