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ALLAINVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Yvelines

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.46131, Longitude: 1.8966

Location Information

Allainville is a village and commune 44 kilometres south-south-west of Versailles, and 23 kilometres south-east of Rambouillet. 


Historical Information

The cemetery is on the northern side of the village, north of the main Rambouillet-Etampes road. The joint grave of 2 airmen, 1 belonging to the Royal Air Force and 1 to the Royal Canadian Air Force, is near the middle of the western boundary.



Burial Details

2206920 Sergeant William Arthur Steel, Flight Engineer in 427 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 5th July 1944, aged 26. Son of Samuel and Annie Elizabeth Steel, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire; husband of Dalphine Alberta Steel, of Scartho, Lincolnshire.

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J/28603 Flying Officer 
Claude Alexander (Bud) Moss
Pilot in 427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
5th July 1944, aged 21.

​Son of Bruce Alexander Moss, and of Gladys Maud Moss, of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

His headstone bears the inscription "He Asked Life Of Thee, And Thou Gavest It Him, Even Length Of Days For Ever And Ever"


Other Burial Details

2206920 Sergeant William Arthur Steel, Flight Engineer in 427 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 5th July 1944, aged 26. Son of Samuel and Annie Elizabeth Steel, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire; husband of Dalphine Alberta Steel, of Scartho, Lincolnshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Husband Of Dalphine And Son Of Samuel And Elizabeth Steel, Grimsby, England"

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The casualty numbers for each cemetery are taken from the C. W. G. C. site. We are aware that there can be discrepancies in the numbers quoted.
(The G. P. S. Coordinates are also taken from the C. W. G. C. site)


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