AUNEAU COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Eure-et-Loir
France
Location Information
Auneau is a large village and commune in the department of the Eure et Loir about 13.5 miles (21 kilometres) east of the town of Chartres.
Historical Information
The cemetery is on the north-western side of the village. North of, and near, the monument in the eastern part is the collective grave of an airman of the Royal Air Force and three airmen of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Burial Details
J/21336 Flying Officer Alexander Thomas Armstrong, Navigator in 405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 11th June 1944.
J/87660 Pilot Officer Joseph Jacques Guy Dagenais, Air Gunner in 405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 11th June 1944, aged 20. Son of Avila and Eva Dagenais, of St. Laurent, Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.
J/22230 Flying Officer John Lionel Emery, Navigator (Bomber) in 405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 11th June 1944.
1333987 Flight Sergeant Martin Arthur Thornhill, Wireless Operator in 405 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th June 1944, aged 22. Son of Arthur Barrick Thornhill and Alice Katherine Thornhill, of Strood, Rochester, Kent.
Auneau is a large village and commune in the department of the Eure et Loir about 13.5 miles (21 kilometres) east of the town of Chartres.
Historical Information
The cemetery is on the north-western side of the village. North of, and near, the monument in the eastern part is the collective grave of an airman of the Royal Air Force and three airmen of the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Burial Details
J/21336 Flying Officer Alexander Thomas Armstrong, Navigator in 405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 11th June 1944.
J/87660 Pilot Officer Joseph Jacques Guy Dagenais, Air Gunner in 405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 11th June 1944, aged 20. Son of Avila and Eva Dagenais, of St. Laurent, Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.
J/22230 Flying Officer John Lionel Emery, Navigator (Bomber) in 405 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, died 11th June 1944.
1333987 Flight Sergeant Martin Arthur Thornhill, Wireless Operator in 405 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 11th June 1944, aged 22. Son of Arthur Barrick Thornhill and Alice Katherine Thornhill, of Strood, Rochester, Kent.
Picture used with the permission of the CWGC
