The War Grave of Cyril Charles Brew

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The War Grave of Lance Corporal 3593109 Cyril Charles Brew of the 4th Battalion Border Regiment, who died on Monday, 10 June 1940, aged 34, is located in Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France (Grave 64.6F.7). He was the husband of Harriet Brew of Carlisle, England. His epitaph reads, "Loving thoughts of one so dear often bring a silent tear. Harriet and June".

Le Havre, on the French coast, was one of the evacuation ports used by the British Expeditionary Force in 1940 as they fled advancing German forces, and was used again by Allied forces after mid-1944 as a reinforcement and supply base. 

Ste. Marie is one of the town's civil cemeteries, but a number of plots have been set aside for the war graves of both French and British servicemen. It is located in the commune of Graville-St. Honorine, high above Le Havre on the main road (N182) running along the ridge above the town.

There are some 1,689 Commonwealth burials in the cemetery from the First World War, at which time Le Havre was used as a disembarkation port and hospital base. There are also an additional 364 burials from the Second World War, 59 of which are unidentified. 

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1 Cyril Charles Brew's gravestone  2 Cyril Charles Brew's gravestone  3 Cyril Charles Brew's gravestone  4 Cyril Charles Brew's gravestone  5 Inscription upon the grave of Cyril Charles Brew  6 Inscription upon the grave of Cyril Charles Brew  

7 Epitaph upon the grave of Cyril Charles Brew, "Loving thoughts of one so dear often bring a silent tear. Harriet and June"  8 Grave of Cyril Charles Brew rear centre  9 Grave of Cyril Charles Brew, third from left in the back row  10  Grave of Cyril Charles Brew, seventh from left in the back row  11 Ste. Marie Cemetery, in Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France. Cyril Charles Brew's grave is the third from the left

© Photographs taken by Steve Brew on 28 September 2002