VOUZIERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Ardennes

​France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.40076, Longitude: 4.70196

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Location Information

Vouziers is a town in the Ardennes region of France. The Communal Cemetery is located on the Rue de Condé (D983).

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History Information

Vouziers Communal Cemetery contains one Commonwealth burial of the First World War. The grave is located in the South East corner of the cemetery.

Burial Details

203961 Private E. Woodley, 2nd Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment, died 9th August 1918.

Ernest Woodley died as a Prisoner of War of wounds received in action, on the 9th.August 1918 when serving in the 2nd.Battalion, The Royal Berkshire Regiment,

Son of Job & Mary Elizabeth (nee Sumner) Woodley

Ernest's brother 17842 Lance Corporal Walter Woodley, M. M., serving in the 8th.Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment was killed in action on the 23rd.March 1918 during the German Spring Offensive in France. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial in France. 

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French Military Plot
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The Tomb of Roland Garros

Eugène Adrien Roland Georges Garros ( 6 October 1888 – 5 October 1918) was a French aviation pioneer and fighter pilot. Garros began a career in aviation in 1909 and performed many early feats such as the first-ever airplane crossing of the Mediterranean Sea in 1913. He joined the French army and became one of the earliest fighter pilots during World War I. Garros was shot down and died on 5 October 1918. In 1928, the Roland Garros tennis stadium was named in his memory; the French Open tennis tournament officially takes the name of Roland Garros, which is held in this stadium.

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