ARS-EN-RÉ COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Ile-En-Ré
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 46.20702, Longitude: -1.5167
Ars-en-Ré is a small town near the western end of the Ile de Re, an island off the Biscay coast opposite La Rochelle, reached by a toll bridge.
From the main arterial road on the island (the D735) head towards the centre of Ars-en-Re (the square). The cemetery is on the left hand side opposite a bus stop and some 200 metres from the church.
There are 12 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here in the corner diagonally opposite from the gate, 3 of which are unidentified.
Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 8, United Kingdom 1. Total 9.
Unidentified Casualties: 3.
Images in this gallery © Jean-Claude Graux
975641 Sergeant
William Joseph Brazier
12 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
20th July 1942, aged 28.
Row 4. Grave 1.
Son of William Charles and Mary Brazier, husband of Ethel Brazier, of Brighton, Sussex.
His headstone bears the inscription "Beloved In Life Lamented In Death"
"Photograph supplied by Aircrew Remembered"
7611733 Lance Corporal
William James Douglas
Royal Army Ordnance Corps, attached to Royal Engineers
17th June 1940, aged 23.
Row 1. 3.
Son of John C. Douglas and Eva Douglas, of Waterside, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
His headstone bears the inscription "Blessed Are The Dead Which Die In The Lord"
100092 Pilot Officer
John Patrick Muirhead
Son of Brigadier John Spencer Muirhead. D.S.O., M.C., T.D., and of Geraldine Moore Muirhead (nee Hedderwick), of Stirling.
His headstone bears the inscription "Son Of John And Geraldine Muirhead. Stirling, Scotland"
402000 Flight Sergeant
Eric Waple
12 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force
Son of James Waple and of May Waple (nee Briggs), of New Barnet, Hertfordshire); husband of Celia Margaret Waple, of Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand.
Other Burial Details
2188599 Corporal Joe Derbyshire, Aux. Mil. Pioneer Corps, died 17th June 1940, aged 36. Row 3. 1.
T/45585 Driver Albert Henry Edwards, Royal Army Service Corps, died 17th June 1940, aged 29. Row 3. 2. Son of Henry and Evelyn F. Edwards; husband of Kathleen Beatrice Edwards, of Swindon, Wiltshire. His headstone bears the inscription "His Life, A Beautiful Memory His Absence, A Silent Grief"
118257 Lieutenant Alfred Douglas Lloyd, Royal Army Service Corps, died 17th June 1940, aged 44. Row 5. 2. Son of James and Elizabeth Lloyd; husband of Elie Lloyd, of Aldershot, Hampshire. His headstone bears the inscription "At The Going Down Of The Sun And In The Morning We Will Remember Them His Absence, A Silent Grief"
7593554 Private Geoffrey Bavin Taylor, 1 Base Ordnance Depot, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, died 17th June 1940, aged 29. Row 1. 2. Son of Frederick and M. A. Taylor, of Lincoln.
S/147099 Private Christopher Ernest Wheeler, E. F. I. Royal Army Service Corps, died between 28th May 1940 and 23rd June 1940, aged 25. Row 2. 3. Son of Harry James Wheeler, and of Minnie Emily Wheeler, of Islington, London. His headstone bears the inscription "Deep In Our Hearts His Memory Is Kept We Loved Him Too Dearly To Ever Forget"
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