ISOB Kenneth Weeks -French Foreign Legion
Details:
In the communal cemetery, along the side where the trees are (the north end). Isolated Burial The isolated burial of Kenneth Weeks, an American who fought in the French Foreign Legion in WWI.
Monument Text:
Kenneth Weeks
Ecrivain (writer)
1er Reg. Etranger, 2eme Reg de Marche
Bataillon B, Compagnie C
Ne à Boston, Mass. USA (born in Boston, MA)
Le 30 décembre 1889 (on 30 Dec 1889)
Engage dans la Légion Etrangère (enlisted in the Foreign Legion)
Aout 1914 (August 1914)
Tue à Givenchy le 16 juin 1915 (killed in Givenchy on 16 June 1915)
Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends.
St John
Mère que me donnais ton enfant bien aime
Dont le cœur généreux me choisit pour Patrie
Je le berce in mes bras tendrement enfermes
Et je pleur sur lui mes rosées et mes pluies.
Ferrand Wescher