WICRES CHURCHYARD
Nord
France
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.
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.
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.
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.
Captain Hugh Powell Williams, 14th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, died 5th June 1916, aged 33. Son of Griffith Powell and Elizabeth E. Williams of Criccieth, Carnarvonshire; husband of the late Fanny L. Williams.
Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
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.
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.
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.
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.
Captain Hugh Powell Williams, 14th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, died 5th June 1916, aged 33. Son of Griffith Powell and Elizabeth E. Williams of Criccieth, Carnarvonshire; husband of the late Fanny L. Williams.
Pictures © Werner Van Caneghem
