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AVION COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Pas De Calais

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.41259, Longitude: 2.84145

Location Information

Avion is a town 14 kilometres north-north-east of Arras on the road from Arras to Lens. From Arras take the N17 towards Lens. The town is part of the suburbs of Lens. The communal cemetery is on the north-eastern side of the town.
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Historical Information

There are  11, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, 7 are unidentified.

World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 7. 

World War Two Unidentified Casualties: 4.


Burial Details:


5570860 Private Walter Arnold Ballard, 2nd Bn. Wiltshire Regiment, died 22nd May 1940, aged 19. Son of Walter R. and Florence Ballard, of Redhill, Surrey.

4858181 Private Leslie Frederick Butler, 2nd Bn. 
Northamptonshire Regiment, died 23rd May 1940, aged 19. Son of Joseph and Martha Maria Butler, of Leicester.

5884916 Private David William Campbell, 2nd Bn. 
Northamptonshire Regiment, died 23rd May 1940.

9731 Major Hugh Francis Bradshaw Garrett, 7th Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C., died 23rd May 1940, aged 46. 
Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Galloway Garrett; husband of Catherine Lyon Garrett, of Studley, Warwickshire.

841409 Gunner Stanley Leo Hodgson, 9 Field Regiment, 
Royal Artillery, died 23rd May 1940, aged 20. Son of Alfred Hodgson and of M. Hodgson, of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.

5879884 Warrant Officer Class III Wilfred Lawson Mickley, 2nd Bn. 
Northamptonshire Regiment, died 23rd May 1940, aged 36. Son of Albert and Margaret Ellen Mickley; husband of Sarah Mickley, of Rostrevor, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.

1068519 Gunner Archibald John Peat, 2 Lt. A. A. Regiment, 
Royal Artillery, died 23rd May 1940, aged 30. Son of Arthur Benjamin and Mary Ann Peat; husband of Ruth Peat, of Bulwell, Nottingham.


Images in this gallery © Jean-Claude Graux

Avion Communal Cemetery
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Avion Communal Cemetery
Avion Communal Cemetery
Avion Communal Cemetery
Avion Communal Cemetery
Avion Communal Cemetery
Avion Communal Cemetery
Avion Communal Cemetery
Avion Communal Cemetery
Avion Communal Cemetery

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Disclaimer


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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