War Cemetery Commonwealth Les Baraques

At the Military cemetery in Sangatte are seven Commonwealth War Graves from World War II.
These are the graves of tree unknown victims and of:

RAF - 27-05-1940
Pilot Officer Herbert Dixon Dixon, 40809, age unknown
Leading Aircraftman Daniël McLellan Nimmo, 536679, age 24

KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS - 23-05-1940
Rifleman Jack Freeman, 6845891, age 23

KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS - 22-05-1940
Rifleman William Samuel Long, 6845883, age 21.

There are also 1303 graves of World War l.

Perimeter IX contains 5 of the 10 Chinese workers executed during the conflict, all five were convicted of murder.
There are also 237 German casualties in 3 different areas,
as well as one Belgian and a rarity is the tombstone of a Japanese sailor in the shape of a pagoda.

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Source

• Text: Traces of war en Francky De Rous
• Photos: Francky De Rous