Many Commonwealth heroes are commemorated across the Côte d’Azur. RBL Provence-Monaco has compiled a list of names of those who are remembered in graves in the region which can be found below. If you have any more information, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with our chairman.
MASON Thomas Atkinson
181 Staff Sergeant
1st Coy
Australian Tunnelling Corps
Died 15 December 1918
25 years
Commemorated at Nice, France.
Caucade Cemetery Grave nr 4088. Inscription: Nearer My God to Thee
Son of William Henry and Emily Jane Mason, of ‘Vale View’, Everton, Victoria, Australia
………………………………………………………………
JEPHSON George Douglas
Commander
Royal Navy
HMS Dartmouth
Died 7 February 1916
40 years
Commemorated at Nice, France.
Caucade Cemetery Grave nr 83.
Served in the Persian Gulf (1912-14)
Son of Rev. Canon Henry Jephson (D: 29 Nov 1911) and Mrs J S Jephson, née Brown of
Ayot St Peter, Hertfordshire.
Next of Kin Miss Mary G Jephson, of The Malthouse, Crenshaw, Surrey, UK.
Listed on The Ayot St Peter war memorial and Frensham war memorial where his sister Mary is buried.
…………………………………………………………………
WILLIAMS C.
163948 Private
M T Coy
Canadian Army Service Corps
Died 1 April 1919
Commemorated at
Nice, France.
Caucade Cemetery Grave nr 5048
…………………………………………………………………
BOWLES Cedric
M/205212 Corporal
M.T. Coy
Army Service Corps
Died 4 May 1917
Commemorated at St Jean Cap Ferrat, France
Belgian Cemetery. Grave located in the South East corner of the first terrace in the old burial ground before it was extended to the South during WW1.
A memorial was erected at the rear of his CWGC grave by his parents and gives his rank as Sergeant.
…………………………………………………………………
JOHNSON Frederick
36259 Private
2nd Bn
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 4 May 1917
Commemorated at Nice, France
Caucade Cemetery. Grave located on the right hand side of the pathway.
SS Transylvania, was built for the Cunard line, launched in 1914 and taken over as a troop ship in May 1915. She was en route from Marseille to Alexandria when she was torpedoed at 10am on 4 May 1917. Struck in the port engine room by a torpedo from a German submarine the U-63 whilst on a zig-zag course at a speed of 14 knots. At the time she was South of Cape Vado in the Gulf of Genoa. Transylvania at once headed for the land only two miles distant.
………………………………………………………………………
COVENTRY – DAVIES Charles
Captain
General list and 11th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 7 August 1919
Commemorated at Nice, France
Caucade Cemetery. Grave located on the right hand side of the pathway
……………………………………………………………………….
DANVERS Herbert
Surgeon Lieutenant RN
Died 18 March 1920
Commemorated at Nice, France
Caucade Cemetery. Grave located on the right hand side of the pathway.
CHRZANOWSKI Gustaw
Starszy Seregowiec (Lance Corporal)
Polish Air Force in Exile / RAF
Died 15 June 1942
25 years
Commemorated at Nice, France
Caucade Cemetery. Grave location, Carré Somme
…………………………………………………………………….
HEY Thomas
6141556 Private
2/6th East Surrey Regiment
Died 3 July 1942
21 years
Commemorated at Nice, France
Caucade Cemetery. Grave location, Carré Somme. Inscription: In Memory of Thomas. He died for Freedom.
Son of Aaron and Alice Hey of Earby, Yorkshire
On a recent visit to Mazargues CWG Cemetery in Marseille, Membership Secretary, George Fortune and Chair, Elaine Baverstock met Assistant Chaplain Roxanna Teleman, who preaches at Marseille and the wider PACA region. The graves of the men we remember at Chateau Des Serres, Le Muy on 15th August were located on Row C. Very touching that they all lie together. A wreath was laid in their continued remembrance.
