Cemetary Les Baraques, CWGC, Sangatte, Calais.

In April 1915, No.6 Base Supply Depot was started at Calais to help relieve the pressure on Boulogne and to provide a base nearer to the front than Havre or Rouen. The base remained open until the last Commonwealth forces left France in March 1921. The 30th, 35th and 38th General Hospitals, No.9 British Red Cross Hospital and No.10 Canadian Stationary Hospital were also stationed in the town providing about 2,500 beds. For three years, Commonwealth burials were made in Calais Southern Cemetery, but it later became necessary to start a new site and in September 1917, the first burials took place at Les Baraques. The cemetery continued in use until 1921. The cemetery now contains 1,303 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, together with more than 250 war graves of other nationalities, all but 2 of them German. The cemetery also contains seven Second World War burials. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker. (From CWGC website)

 

 

 

Designed by Sir Herbert Baker.

About 248 Germans are buried here as will. Second from the left is: - GEFR. Hermann Van Thiel, 5./IR67, +28:02:19 MUSK. Franz Risau, 1./IR66, +27:02:19.

D. Buchan, Deck Hand. RNR. 4701/DA, H.M. Drifter "Protect", 16th March 1917 Age 46. In loving memory of my dear husband,

L: P.O. H. D. Dixon, Pilot, RAF, 27th May 1940. One of the few we may owe so much. R: 536679 LDG. Aircraftman, D McL. Nimmo, Air Gunner, RAF 27th May 1940, Age 24, To live in hearts he left behind is not to die. Leading Aircraftman D McL Nimmo and Pilot Officer H D Dixon: report of deaths; Lysander L4782 crashed at Blériot Plage, Sangatte, France, 27 May 1940. Note: With identity discs (AIR81/597). He died on Monday, 27th May 1940, as a Pilot Officer in the RAF, 26 Squadron. On the previous night Calais had fallen into enemy hands; British forces had been besieged and had relied on air drops for re-supply. On the morning of 27 May the RAF sent aircraft to drop further supplies by air, not knowing the town had been overrun. Still unaware, more aircraft set out to drop ammunition and water into the Citadel on the western edge of Calais, in the belief that British troops were still there. Westland Lysanders from 26 Army Air Co-operation Squadron had set out across the English Channel from Lympne to conduct both reconnaissance and re-supply missions to the Citadel, but three of the squadron aircraft were shot don, With six crewmen being killed. One of the Lysanders lost was L4782 flown by Pilot Officer Herbert Dixon (pilot) and Leading Aircraftman Daniel Nimmo (air-gunner) who were conducting an armed reconnaissance. They crashed at 5:40 am near Sangatte. (From The Dover War Memorial Project)

Norfolk, The Kings, Sapper, RAOC, RAOC, Yorkshire, RA.

11031 Labourer, Hassan Moustafa, Egyptian Labour Corps, 11 September 1917.

Joseph Leng, Drowned at Audruiq, 2nd October 1919, Aged 7 years, Beloved son of Sapper & Mrs. J. Leng New Sheldon, England Suffer little children to come unto me.