Oost-Cappel is a village on the Franco-Belgian border in the Department of the Nord, situated some 20 kilometres south-east of Dunkirk . In the churchyard cemetery are nearly 20 burials of the Second World War. Of these, a small number are unidentified.

Pte. Kenneth ASHWORTH, East Lancashire Regt. 29th May 1940, aged 21. Son of Alfred and Clara Ashworth of Barrowford Road, Nelson, Lancashire; husband of Hilda Ashworth.

Pte. Ellis CUNNINGHAM. East Lancashire Regt. 29th May 1940, aged 20. Son of William Cunningham, and stepson of Edna Cunningham of Blackpool, Lancashire

Cpl. Alexander ELLIOTT. Highland Light Inf. 29th May 1940, aged 31. Son of James and Henrietta Elliott; husband of Annie Milne Elliott of Sandyhills, Glasgow

Pte. Peter GILIOTTI. Highland Light Inf. 29th May 1940, aged 34

L/Bmdr. Reginald Alfred HAWKINS, Royal Artillery. 31st May 1940, aged 20

Pte. Fred HOWORTH. East Lancashire Regt. 23rd May 1940, aged 19. Son of Ellen Howorth; nephew and ward of Emma Sharples of Clitheroe, Lancashire

Gunner Edmund LORD. Royal Artillery. 31st May 1940, aged 24

Pte. George McGILVRAY. Highland Light Inf. 29th May 1940, aged 32

Pte. Edwin PREECE, East Lancashire Regt. 29th May 1940, aged 21. Son of Henry Edwin George and Margaret Ann Preece of Colne, Lancashire

Pte. Leslie SPINK, Highland Light Inf. 27th May 1940, aged 22. Son of John William and Alice Spink of Southall, Middlesex

Sgt. William Charles WALKER, Gloucestershire Regt. 28th May 1940. Son of Ernest and Emily Walker; husband of Nellie E. Walker of Nailsworth, Gloucestershire

Pte. David WILSON. Highland Light Inf. 28th May 1940, aged 21. Son of David and Elizabeth Wilson of Springburn, Glasgow

Pte. John WILSON, Highland Light Inf. 29th May 1940, aged 21