ESQUELBECQ MILITARY CEMETERY
Esquelbecq
Nord
France
General Directions: Esquelbecq is a village near the Belgian frontier, 24 kilometres north of Hazebrouck and the same distance south of Dunkirk. The Military Cemetery is about one kilometre west of the village, 200 metres south of the road to Zeggers-Cappel.
The cemetery was opened in April 1918 during the early stages of the German offensive in Flanders, when the 2nd Canadian and 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Stations came to Esquelbecq. It was closed in September 1918.
Shot at Dawn: Private G Hunter, 2nd Bn. Durham Light Infantry, executed for desertion on 02/07/1916, plot 1. B. 1A.
Casualty Details: UK 569, Canada 1, Australia 2, New Zealand 4, South Africa 1, India 1, Germany 7, France 3, Total Burials: 587
245354 Private
Thomas Wilkinson Grey
2nd Bn. Durham Light Infantry.
Formerly 226024 East Yorkshire Regiment
30/05/1918, aged 22.
Son of Thomas Wilkinson Grey and Charlottie Grey, of 52, Ann St., Plumstead, London.
Plot I. E. 18.
Picture courtesy of Robert Grey
31387 Private
William Francis Pickering
2nd Bn. South Lancashire Regiment
30/04/1918, aged 23.
Son of Mrs. A. Pickering, of 31, Bloomsgrove Rd., Ilkeston, Derbyshire.
Plot I. B. 28.
Picture courtesy of Dr. Colin Pounder
John Pritchard pictured with his wife Mary
7308 Private
John Pritchard
1st Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry
01/07/1918, aged 38.
Son of Edward and Mary Pritchard, of Oswestry; husband of Mary E. Pritchard, of 19, Middleton Rd., Oswestry.
Plot III. A. 27.
Picture courtesy of Philip Allmark, grandson
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