Bulgaria

List updated Nov. 17, 2006

Country Total = 8

8 graves in 2 cemeteries

Completed = 0 (or 0.0%)

PLOVDIV CENTRAL CEMETERY

Plovdiv Central Cemetery - Photo © Ralph McLean (photo taken before Ralph started SAWGP thus the reason we do not have the headstone in the archive)

Plovdiv is a city on the main road from Sofia to Istanbul. Plovdiv Central Cemetery is about 1 kilometre from the city centre, within the city limits, and on the same road to Istanbul (the Liljana Dimitrova Road). The Commonwealth servicemen buried at Plovdiv Central Cemetery died either as prisoners of war or while serving with the occupying forces following the Bulgarian capitulation in September 1918. The Commonwealth plot was formed when graves were brought in from other cemeteries. The cemetery now contains 55 Commonwealth burials of the First World War.

REID, Rifleman, CHARLES DOUGLAS, S/32249. 4th Bn. Rifle Brigade. Died of malaria while a Prisoner of War 3rd August 1918. Age 19. Adopted son of Mrs. Rebecca Reid, of 60, Campbell St., Port Elizabeth, Cape Province South Africa. B. 4

SOFIA WAR CEMETERY

Sofia War Cemetery - Photo © Ralph McLean (photo taken before Ralph started SAWGP thus the reason we do not have the headstones in the archive). The SA graves are the ones in the two groups (on the left) closest to the Cross of Sacrifice.

Sofia War Cemetery is part of Sofia Protestant Cemetery, which is a section of the main town cemetery. It is located 2 kilometres north of the railway station. The Project Director was there in 2003 photographing other graves. He suggests checking in at the south-eastern gate and asking for assistance. The CWGC plot is alongside the German plot in the North-eastern part of the cemetery.

BARRETT, Warrant Officer Class II (W.Op./Air Gnr.), W S, 206221V. 31 Sqdn. South African Air Force. 29th June 1944. Age 21. Son of Percy and Rieta M. Barrett, of Naboomspruit, Transvaal, South Africa Sp. Mem. 2. C. 4

BUNCE, Lieutenant (Air Gnr.), H H, 73490V. 31 Sqdn. South African Air Force. 29th June 1944. Age 31. Son of Ernest and Frances J. Bunce 2. A. 9

FLYNN, Warrant Officer Class II (Sig./Air Gnr.), D T, 581315V. 31 Sqdn. South African Air Force. 29th June 1944. Age 21. Son of Martin T. Flynn and Alicia H. Flynn, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa Sp. Mem. 2. C. 5

HAGGIE, Lieutenant (Pilot), D J S, 207165V. 31 Sqdn. South African Air Force. 29th June 1944. Age 21. Son of Maj. Gordon S. Haggie and Dorothy Haggie, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa Sp. Mem 2. C. 1

LINDLEY, Lieutenant (Obs.), D, 543056V. 31 Sqdn. South African Air Force. 29th June 1944. Age 35. Son of Arthur and Sarah Lindley, of Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire, England Sp. Mem. 2. C. 2

MOUTON, Major (Pilot), JACOBUS ANDREAS, D F C, 103342V. 31 Sqdn. South African Air Force. 29th June 1944. Age 26. Son of Colonel W. J. Mouton, D.S.O., D.T.D., E.D. and Mrs. Mouton 2. A. 10

SOUTHEY, Lieutenant (Pilot), R G, 542595V. 31 Sqdn. South African Air Force. 29th June 1944. Age 21. Son of Wilfrid and Blanche Southey, of Cedarville, Cape Province, South Africa Sp. Mem. 2. C. 3

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