BAYEUX EASTERN CEMETERY
Calvados
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.27285, Longitude: -0.68821
Location Information
The town of Bayeux, in Normandy, lies 24 kilometres north-west of Caen. Bayeux Eastern Cemetery is on the south-eastern outskirts of the town, on the south side of the road to Caen. The Commonwealth graves are in the north-eastern corner of the cemetery, in Plot 9.
Historical Information
This civil cemetery contains five Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
The town of Bayeux, in Normandy, lies 24 kilometres north-west of Caen. Bayeux Eastern Cemetery is on the south-eastern outskirts of the town, on the south side of the road to Caen. The Commonwealth graves are in the north-eastern corner of the cemetery, in Plot 9.
Historical Information
This civil cemetery contains five Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.
Pictures © Johan Pauwels
184841 Captain
Gilbert Seymour Wyndham Talbot
1st Bn. Rifle Brigade
20th June 1944, aged 22.
Son of the Rt. Revd. Neville Stuart Talbot, D.D., M.C.,(the co-founder of TocH) and Cecil Mary Talbot; nephew of Lavinia C. Talbot, of Chelsea, London. Scholar of Trinity College, Oxford.
His headstone bears the inscription "I Am The first And The Last And The Living One; And I Was Dead, And Behold, I am Alive..."
Gilbert Seymour Wyndham Talbot
1st Bn. Rifle Brigade
20th June 1944, aged 22.
Son of the Rt. Revd. Neville Stuart Talbot, D.D., M.C.,(the co-founder of TocH) and Cecil Mary Talbot; nephew of Lavinia C. Talbot, of Chelsea, London. Scholar of Trinity College, Oxford.
His headstone bears the inscription "I Am The first And The Last And The Living One; And I Was Dead, And Behold, I am Alive..."
Other Burial Details
6970229 Corporal Henry Albert Beer, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, died 20th June 1944, aged 24. Son of Samuel and Ethel Sarah Beer, of Elstree, Hertfordshire. His headstone bears the inscription "A Cheerful Smile, A Heart Of Gold, The Finest Son In The World Could Hold"
256117 Lieutenant James Vaizey Caesar, 1st Bn., Rifle Brigade, died 20th June 1944, aged 20. Son of William Robert and Margery Caesar, of Chislehurst, Kent. His headstone bears the inscription "For His Soul Pleased The Lord" He Lives Ever In Our Hearts"
186294 Major Francis Arthur Dorrien-Smith, 1st Bn, Rifle Brigade, 20th June 1944, aged 22. Son of Maj. Arthur Algernon Dorrien Smith and Eleanor Salvin Dorrien Smith, of Tresco, Isles of Scilly. His brothers Algernon and Francis also died on service. Algernon is buried in Lapugnoy Military Cemetery in France and Francis is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey in England". His headstone bears the inscription "Being Made Perfect In A Short Time, He Fulfilled A Long Time"
6920159 Rifleman William Arthur Parnell, 1st Bn., Rifle Brigade, 20th June 1944, aged 32. Husband of Matilda Parnell, of Rotherhithe, London. His headstone bears the inscription "Rest Eternal Grant Him...Shed On Him The Radiance Of Thy Heavenly Light"
6970229 Corporal Henry Albert Beer, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, died 20th June 1944, aged 24. Son of Samuel and Ethel Sarah Beer, of Elstree, Hertfordshire. His headstone bears the inscription "A Cheerful Smile, A Heart Of Gold, The Finest Son In The World Could Hold"
256117 Lieutenant James Vaizey Caesar, 1st Bn., Rifle Brigade, died 20th June 1944, aged 20. Son of William Robert and Margery Caesar, of Chislehurst, Kent. His headstone bears the inscription "For His Soul Pleased The Lord" He Lives Ever In Our Hearts"
186294 Major Francis Arthur Dorrien-Smith, 1st Bn, Rifle Brigade, 20th June 1944, aged 22. Son of Maj. Arthur Algernon Dorrien Smith and Eleanor Salvin Dorrien Smith, of Tresco, Isles of Scilly. His brothers Algernon and Francis also died on service. Algernon is buried in Lapugnoy Military Cemetery in France and Francis is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey in England". His headstone bears the inscription "Being Made Perfect In A Short Time, He Fulfilled A Long Time"
6920159 Rifleman William Arthur Parnell, 1st Bn., Rifle Brigade, 20th June 1944, aged 32. Husband of Matilda Parnell, of Rotherhithe, London. His headstone bears the inscription "Rest Eternal Grant Him...Shed On Him The Radiance Of Thy Heavenly Light"
