AVRANCHES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Manche
France
Location Information
The communal cemetery is north-east of the town, on Rue de la Liberte (just south of the N.175 bypass road). The entrance is about 180 metres east of the junction of Rue de la Liberte with the D973 road to Granville.
There are 5 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, in a military plot in the north eastern corner.
In June 1940 it was for a few days the Headquarters of "Norman-force" consisting of 3rd Armoured Brigade, 71st Field Regiment R.A., 157th Infantry Brigade and 52nd Divisional Troop Carrying Coy, R.A.S.C., prior to the departure of all British forces from the peninsula.
Visiting Information
Avranches is a town and sub-prefecture on the west coast of the Cherbourg peninsula.
Burial Details
1334545 Sergeant Robert George Frederick Bryant, Navigator/Bomber in 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 28th February 1943.
1395877 Sergeant Leonard Joseph Humphrey, Air Gunner in 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 28th February 1943, aged 26. Son of Joseph Victor and Emily Humphrey, of Erith, Kent; husband of Joan Dora Humphrey, of Erith.
126018 Flying Officer Edward (Teddy) Lear, Navigator in 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 28th February 1943, aged 22. Son of Thomas and Beatrice Lear; husband of Lilian Margaret Lear, of Stockwell, London.
1376950 Sergeant Ronald Vivian Steven Rooke, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 28th February 1943, aged 22. Son of Claude Stephen and Grace Lillian Rooke, of Hammersmith, London.
413499 Pilot Officer Vernon Enright Spain, Pilot in 90 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, died 28th February 1943, aged 29. Son of William Henry and Margaret Mary Spain; husband of Olga M. E. Spain, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
The communal cemetery is north-east of the town, on Rue de la Liberte (just south of the N.175 bypass road). The entrance is about 180 metres east of the junction of Rue de la Liberte with the D973 road to Granville.
There are 5 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, in a military plot in the north eastern corner.
In June 1940 it was for a few days the Headquarters of "Norman-force" consisting of 3rd Armoured Brigade, 71st Field Regiment R.A., 157th Infantry Brigade and 52nd Divisional Troop Carrying Coy, R.A.S.C., prior to the departure of all British forces from the peninsula.
Visiting Information
Avranches is a town and sub-prefecture on the west coast of the Cherbourg peninsula.
Burial Details
1334545 Sergeant Robert George Frederick Bryant, Navigator/Bomber in 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 28th February 1943.
1395877 Sergeant Leonard Joseph Humphrey, Air Gunner in 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 28th February 1943, aged 26. Son of Joseph Victor and Emily Humphrey, of Erith, Kent; husband of Joan Dora Humphrey, of Erith.
126018 Flying Officer Edward (Teddy) Lear, Navigator in 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 28th February 1943, aged 22. Son of Thomas and Beatrice Lear; husband of Lilian Margaret Lear, of Stockwell, London.
1376950 Sergeant Ronald Vivian Steven Rooke, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner in 90 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 28th February 1943, aged 22. Son of Claude Stephen and Grace Lillian Rooke, of Hammersmith, London.
413499 Pilot Officer Vernon Enright Spain, Pilot in 90 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, died 28th February 1943, aged 29. Son of William Henry and Margaret Mary Spain; husband of Olga M. E. Spain, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
