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WAVRANS-SUR-L'AA CHURCHYARD
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Pas De Calais

​France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.68451, Longitude: 2.13894

Location Information

Wavrans sur l'Aa is a small village in the Department of Pas de Calais some 20 kilometres south-west of St Omer and some 3.5 kilometres south-south-east of Lumbres on the D192.

The cemetery is in the centre of the village, and the Commonwealth war grave is in the south-east part of the churchyard on the right hand of the main entrance.


​Historical Information


Wavrans-sur-l'Aa Churchyard contains one Commonwealth burial of the First World War.


Burial Details


TS/394 Farrier Lewis Walter Bridger, 5th Reserve Park,  Army Service Corps, died 25th December 1914, aged 37. Husband of E. O. Bridger, 8 Castle Street, Southborough, Kent. His headstone bears the inscription "Until The Day Breaks And The Shadows Flee Away"
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Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Wavrans-sur-l'Aa Churchyard
Wavrans-sur-l'Aa Churchyard
Wavrans-sur-l'Aa Churchyard
Wavrans-sur-l'Aa Churchyard
Wavrans-sur-l'Aa Churchyard
Wavrans-sur-l'Aa Churchyard

NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS

REMILLY-WIRQUIN CHURCHYARD
LUMBRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
BAYENGHEM-LÈS-SENINGHEM CHURCHYARD


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The casualty numbers for each cemetery and G. P. S. Coordinates are taken from the C. W. G. C. site. We are aware that there can be discrepancies in the burial numbers quoted due to rededication burials.

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