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.
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
14382647 Trooper
David Whyte Climie
Inns of Court Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps
21st August 1944, aged 20.
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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
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