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In Memory
of
CHARLES
REUBEN EURIDGE
Private
50296
2nd Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts
& Derby Regt.)
born
1887
who died on
Sunday, 4th March 1917 Age 29
Husband of Bertha
Twigg (formerly Euridge), of 9, Casey
Lane, Burton-on-Trent
Father of Wilfred
Charles, Kathleen & Nellie Euridge
Remembered with honour
VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de
Calais, France
Detailed Narrative of Charles Reuben
EURIDGE
Commemorative
Information:
Cemetery:
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VERMELLES
BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais,
France |
Grave Reference
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V.
B. 46. |
Location:
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Vermelles
is a village 10 kilometres north-west
of Lens. From Lens take the
N43, towards Bethune, to its
junction with the D75 in Mazingarbe.
Turn right at this junction
and continue for approximately
900 metres when Vermelles British
Cemetery will be found on the
left hand side of the road. |
Historical Information:
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Vermelles
was in German hands from the
middle of October to the beginning
of December, 1914, when it was
recaptured by the French. The
cemetery was begun in August,
1915 (though a few graves are
slightly earlier), and during
the Battle of Loos (when the
Chateau was used as a Dressing
Station) Plot I was completed.
It was laid out and fenced by
the Pioneers of the 1st Gloucesters,
and known for a long time as
"Gloucester Graveyard".
The remaining Plots were made
by the Divisions (from the Dismounted
Cavalry Division onwards) holding
the line 1.6 kilometres East
of the cemetery until April,
1917, and they incorporated
a few isolated French graves
of October, 1914. From April,
1917, to the Armistice, the
cemetery was closed; but after
the Armistice graves were brought
in (to Plots II, IV and VI)
from the battlefields to the
East. There are now over 2,000,
1914-18 war casualties commemorated
in this site. Of these, nearly
200 are unidentified and special
memorials are erected to six
soldiers from the United Kingdom,
known to be buried among them.
The cemetery covers an area
of 9,259 square metres and is
enclosed by low rubble walls. |
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