BAVENT CHURCHYARD
Calvados
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.22974, Longitude: -0.18587
Location Information
Bavent is a village and commune 14 kilometres north-east of Caen, and 6 kilometres north of Troarn. The churchyard is in the centre of the village.
There is 1 Commonwealth burial of the 1939-1945 war, near the north-west corner of the churchyard.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
Bavent is a village and commune 14 kilometres north-east of Caen, and 6 kilometres north of Troarn. The churchyard is in the centre of the village.
There is 1 Commonwealth burial of the 1939-1945 war, near the north-west corner of the churchyard.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
120492 Lieutenant
David Haig-Thomas
Royal Army Service Corps and No. 4. Commando
6th June 1944, aged 35.
Son of Peter and Maud Haig-Thomas, husband of Nancy Haig-Thomas, of Kirby-le-Soken, Essex.
His headstone bears the inscription "Naturalist And Explorer. Most Dear Husband Of Nancy And Father Of Tony And David"
A prominent ornithologist and explorer, David Haig-Thomas competed in rowing at the 1932 Olympics, travelled to Abyssinia in 1933 and in 1934 took part in the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition under Edward Shackleton. In 1936 he led an expedition to Iceland and in 1937-1938 led a second expedition to Ellesmere Island via Greenland. In 1939, Haig-Thomas donated a collection of Thule archaeology from Northern Greenland to the British Museum, excavated during the 1937 expedition [Source: British Museum].
A previously undiscovered island in the Arctic (which he discovered in 1937) has been named after him. It is now called Haig Thomas Island. Its position is 78' 15' N. 94" 30'W."
David Haig-Thomas
Royal Army Service Corps and No. 4. Commando
6th June 1944, aged 35.
Son of Peter and Maud Haig-Thomas, husband of Nancy Haig-Thomas, of Kirby-le-Soken, Essex.
His headstone bears the inscription "Naturalist And Explorer. Most Dear Husband Of Nancy And Father Of Tony And David"
A prominent ornithologist and explorer, David Haig-Thomas competed in rowing at the 1932 Olympics, travelled to Abyssinia in 1933 and in 1934 took part in the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition under Edward Shackleton. In 1936 he led an expedition to Iceland and in 1937-1938 led a second expedition to Ellesmere Island via Greenland. In 1939, Haig-Thomas donated a collection of Thule archaeology from Northern Greenland to the British Museum, excavated during the 1937 expedition [Source: British Museum].
A previously undiscovered island in the Arctic (which he discovered in 1937) has been named after him. It is now called Haig Thomas Island. Its position is 78' 15' N. 94" 30'W."
