AYTRÉ COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Charente-Maritime
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 46.13669, Longitude: -1.10954
Location Information
Aytré is a village and commune about 5 kilometres south-west of La Rochelle. The communal cemetery is in the Rue de la Gare, 200 yards from the church.
Historical Information
There are 2 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, close to the right-hand end of the rear wall of the cemetery.
Burial Details
52872 Corporal Daniel Augustus Burke, Royal Army Service Corps, died 17th June 1940, aged 32. Son of Matthew and A. M. Burke; husband of Rebecca Burke, of Ballycarry, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. His headstone bears the inscription "Too Good In Life to Be Forgotten"
7624270 Private Edward William Kent, Royal Army Service Corps, died 17th June 1940, aged 24. Son of Albert Edward and Lucy Maria Kent, of Gloucester; husband of Eunice Kent. his headstone bears the inscription "We'd Give The World And More To See The Boy We Loved Come Smiling Thro The Door"
Aytré is a village and commune about 5 kilometres south-west of La Rochelle. The communal cemetery is in the Rue de la Gare, 200 yards from the church.
Historical Information
There are 2 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, close to the right-hand end of the rear wall of the cemetery.
Burial Details
52872 Corporal Daniel Augustus Burke, Royal Army Service Corps, died 17th June 1940, aged 32. Son of Matthew and A. M. Burke; husband of Rebecca Burke, of Ballycarry, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. His headstone bears the inscription "Too Good In Life to Be Forgotten"
7624270 Private Edward William Kent, Royal Army Service Corps, died 17th June 1940, aged 24. Son of Albert Edward and Lucy Maria Kent, of Gloucester; husband of Eunice Kent. his headstone bears the inscription "We'd Give The World And More To See The Boy We Loved Come Smiling Thro The Door"
