WICRES CHURCHYARD
Nord
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.57077, Longitude: 2.86794
Image above © Werner Van Caneghem
Location Information
Wicres is a small village in the Department of the Nord, some 8 kilometres north-north-east of La-Bassée, on the Bethune-Lille road (N41).
The Commonwealth war graves are in two plots of 4 either side of the church. There are 8 casualties from World War One buried here, 2 are unidentified.
Images in gallery below © Werner Van Caneghem
Captain
Hugh Powell Williams
14th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
5th June 1916, aged 33.
Son of Griffith Powell and Elizabeth E. Williams of Criccieth, Carnarvonshire; husband of the late Fanny L. Williams.
His headstone bears the inscription "Milwr Da I Iesu Christ"
Hugh Powell Williams
14th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
5th June 1916, aged 33.
Son of Griffith Powell and Elizabeth E. Williams of Criccieth, Carnarvonshire; husband of the late Fanny L. Williams.
His headstone bears the inscription "Milwr Da I Iesu Christ"
Other Burial details
21256 Private J. Cottrell, 14th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, died 5th June 1916.
242141 Private J. B. Fox 2/6th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers, 13th June 1917, aged 19. Son of James and Sarah Fox of 15 Pennsylvania Road, Club Moor, Liverpool. His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of The Beloved Son Of James And Sarah Fox, Liverpool"
20783 Private A. Hayward, 14th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, died 5th June 1916, aged 19. Son of William John and Ethel Mary Hayward of 33 Llantevel Road, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done"
202553 Private Walter Jenkins, 1/7th Bn. Middlesex Regiment, died 26th February 1917, aged 27. Son of Frederick and Susan Jenkins of Rushton, Taunton, Somerset.
Second Lieutenant R. G. Pringle, 8th Bn. Highland Light Infantry, died 23rd April 1917.
21256 Private J. Cottrell, 14th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, died 5th June 1916.
242141 Private J. B. Fox 2/6th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers, 13th June 1917, aged 19. Son of James and Sarah Fox of 15 Pennsylvania Road, Club Moor, Liverpool. His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of The Beloved Son Of James And Sarah Fox, Liverpool"
20783 Private A. Hayward, 14th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, died 5th June 1916, aged 19. Son of William John and Ethel Mary Hayward of 33 Llantevel Road, Pontypridd, Glamorgan. His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done"
202553 Private Walter Jenkins, 1/7th Bn. Middlesex Regiment, died 26th February 1917, aged 27. Son of Frederick and Susan Jenkins of Rushton, Taunton, Somerset.
Second Lieutenant R. G. Pringle, 8th Bn. Highland Light Infantry, died 23rd April 1917.
