Wormhout cemetery (; ) is a communal

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of Wormhout in the French department Nord. The site is located 700 metres north of the centre (municipal hall) at the Cours N4 du Cimetière.

British war graves

A Commonwealth military burial site is located in the northeastern corner of the cemetery and includes 113 identified and 31 non-identified victims of the

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. These victims mainly died in May 1940 during the withdrawal of the British Expeditionary Force to

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. Moreover, the site includes the

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. Four British casualties of the

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are buried between civilians' graves. The graves are administered by the

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and are registered under ''Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery''.

Graves

*''Cyril Hugh Joseph Chichester-Constable '' and ''James Edward Weeks Rance'', both majors at the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and ''Mervyn Ashley Edwards'', second lieutenant at the

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, all decorated with the Military Cross (MC). *'' John Crichton, 5th Earl Erne'' of the Royal Horse Guards (attd. 12th Royal Lancers, Royal Armoured Corps) and North Irish Horse who was killed in action on 23 May 1940. *''W. T. H. Phillips'', soldier at the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, executed for desertion.

References

External links

The War Graves Photographic ProjectWormhoudt Communal Cemetery
on the website of the CWGC. {{Commons category, Wormhoudt Communal Cemetery Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in France Cemeteries in Nord (French department) World War II cemeteries in France British military memorials and cemeteries World War I cemeteries in France Monuments and memorials in France