Historical Info (Source: CWGC)

One Commonwealth grave of the Second World War located to the right of the church.

Brigadier Claude NICHOLSON - 16th/5th Lancers Royal Armoured Corps - and Commands and Staff General Staff

Died 26 June 1943 - Awards: Companion of the Bath

Nicholson was captured by the Germans and he was sent to POW camps in Salzburg, Hesse, and Rotenburg an der Fulda.  Nicholson died in captivity in 1943, in the German city of Rotenburg an der Fulda where he was kept as a POW. According to his death certificate, he threw himself out of a window after suffering from depression, suffering a skull fracture. He was taken to the city hospital, where he died in the early morning hours of 26 June and was buried at Rotenburg Civil Cemetery

1940-05-26–1943-06-26:  Prisoner of War

1943-06-26: Died in prisoner of war camp