In Memory of
Lance Corporal
ERNEST GAGG
2nd Bn.,
West Yorkshire Regt. (Prince of Wales's Own)
who died aged
25 on Saturday, 6th June 1942.
Lance
Corporal GAGG was the son of Charles Henry and Charlotte
Ann Gagg, of
Ardsley, Barnsley, Yorkshire.
Remembered with
honour
TOBRUK WAR
CEMETERY, Libya.
In Memory of
L G J GAGG
Driver
388513
511th Field
Coy., Royal Engineers
who died on
Friday, 31st
May 1918.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery:
PERNOIS BRITISH CEMETERY, HALLOY-LES-PERNOIS, Somme, France
Grave Reference/
Panel Number: II. A. 4.
Location:
Pernois and Halloy are villages on either side of the
secondary road
about
16 kilometres south-west of Doullens. The British Cemetery
is
just
south of this road.
Historical Information:
Towards the end of April, 1918, during the German advance,
the
British Cemetery was opened to deal with deaths in No. 4
Casualty
Clearing Station. It was closed in August. There are now
over 400,
1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. The great
majority are those of men who died in the 4th and 41st
Clearing
Stations. The Cemetery covers an area of 1,580 square metres
and
is
enclosed by a stone wall.
In
Memory of
LESLIE MARK GAGG
Leading Aircraftman 1089400
Royal
Air Force Volunteer Reserve
who
died on
Tuesday, 22nd June 1943. Age 34.
Additional Information:
Son
of George Allen Gagg and Elizabeth Anne Gagg; husband of Ada
St.
Clair Gagg, of Galmpton. N.E. of Church.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery:
BRIXHAM (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, Devon, United Kingdom
Location:
Brixham is a seaport and a coastguard and lifeboat station
24 miles
south
of Torquay. The churchyard is in the centre of the town, a
short
way from the railway station and harbour.
Historical Information:
During the first world war the Brixham smacks did
distinguished
service in the Auxiliary Patrol. Brixham was a Naval station
during the
second world war. The Belgium and French fishing fleets were
based
there
from 1940 until early August 1945.
In
Memory of
R
C GAGG
Lance
Corporal 55089
1st/1st, Lincolnshire Yeomanry
who
died on
Sunday, 18th November 1917.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery:
DEIR
EL BELAH WAR CEMETERY, Israel
Grave
Reference/Panel Number: B. 149.
Location:
Deir
El Belah is in Palestine about 16 kilometres east of the
Egyptian
border. It is 20 kilometres South-West of Gaza. To reach the
cemetery, travel along main road number 4 and the entrance
is to be
found
down a sand track just before a junction. Look out for a
sign
over
the road on the right of the junction.
Historical Information:
On
the 28th February, 1917, the cavalry of the Egyptian
Expeditionary Force entered Khan Yunus, midway between the
Egyptian border and Deir el Belah, and the Turkish line was
withdrawn to Gaza and Beersheba. The railway was pushed
forward
to
Deir el Belah, which became the railhead in April, 1917, and
an
aerodrome and camps were established there. The cemetery was
begun
towards the end of March; it remained in use until the
capture
of
Gaza on the 7th November, and to a less extent until March,
1919.
The graves are for the most part those of men who died in
Field
Ambulances from March to June, 1917, and in the 53rd, 54th,
66th,
and 74th Casualty Clearing Stations and the 69th General
Hospital, from April, 1917, until the Armistice with Turkey.
A number
of
graves, the majority of which were originally at Khan Yunus,
were
brought into the Cemetery after the Armistice. There are now
over
700,
1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these,
a
small
number are unidentified. The Cemetery covers an area of
15,841 square metres. The Indian section is on the North
side of the
War
Cemetery.
In Memory of
T H GAGG
Private
PLY/2003(S)
1st R.M. Bn.
R.N. Div, Royal Marine Light Infantry
who died
on
Friday, 27th September 1918.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery:
SUCRERIE BRITISH CEMETERY, GRAINCOURT-LES-HAVRINCOURT, Pas
de
Calais, France
Grave
Reference/Panel Number: A. 5.
Location:
Graincourt-le-Havrincourt is a village just south of the
main Cambrai
to
Bapaume road (N30), about 10 kilometres from Cambrai.
Sucrerie
British Cemetery is on a minor road that leads directly from
Graincourt-les-Havrincourt, crosses the main road and then
leads
towards Moeuvres. The Cemetery is at the end of a long
access
path
which starts about 0.5 kilometres from the main road.
Historical Information:
Graincourt-les-Havrincourt was captured by the 62nd (West
Riding)
Division on the 20th November, 1917, and again, after a hard
struggle, by the 63rd (Royal Naval) Division on the 27th
September,
1918.
The cemetery was made by the 63rd Division on the 6th
October, 1918. There are now nearly 60, 1914-18 war
casualties
commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are
unidentified
and
one grave, which cannot now be found, is represented by a
special memorial. The graves are in one long trench, almost
all of
whom
belonged to the 63rd Division and fell in the capture of
Graincourt. The cemetery covers an area of 202 square
metres,
without the approach road and is enclosed by a low rubble
wall.
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