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AVERNES-SOUS-EXMES CHURCHYARD

Orne

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.79031, Longitude: 0.20916

Location Information

Avernes-sous-Exmes is a village and commune in the Department of the Orne, about 41 kilometres north-north-east of Alençon and some 17 kilometres east-north-east of Argentan.


Historical Information

There are 2 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, near the north-western corner of the church.


Images in this gallery © Johan Pauwels

Avernes-sous-Exmes Churchyard
Avernes-sous-Exmes Churchyard
Avernes-sous-Exmes Churchyard
Avernes-sous-Exmes Churchyard
Avernes-sous-Exmes Churchyard
Avernes-sous-Exmes Churchyard
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14382647 Trooper 
David Whyte Climie
 

Inns of Court Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps
21st August 1944, aged 20.

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295900 Lieutenant 
Robert Lloyd Richards
 
Inns of Court Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps
21st August 1944, aged 22.

​Son of the Revd. Daniel Richards, B.A., B.D., and Hilda Richards, of the Vicarage, Maesteg, Glamorgan.

His headstone bears the inscription "The Memory Of One So Lovable, Happy And Kind Is Truly Blessed" Gwyn Ei Fyd
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NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
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LE CHÂTEAU-D'ALMENÊCHES CHURCHYARD
Argentan Communal Cemetery
JUVIGNY-SUR-ORNE CHURCHYARD


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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.
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