CAHAN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Orne
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.86009, Longitude: -0.44351
Location Information
The village and commune of Cahan is 16 kilometres north-east of Flers-de-l'Orne, a town on the Argentan-Vire-Granville road (N.24 bis). The communal cemetery is near the church. There are 4 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, in the western corner.
The village and commune of Cahan is 16 kilometres north-east of Flers-de-l'Orne, a town on the Argentan-Vire-Granville road (N.24 bis). The communal cemetery is near the church. There are 4 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, in the western corner.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
177566 Pilot Officer
Joseph Edmond Bailey
Navigator in 88 Squadron, Royal Air Force
5th August 1944, aged 34.
Son of John and Jane Bailey; husband of Winifred May Bailey, of Littlehampton, Sussex.
His headstone bears the inscription "Till We Meet Again"
Joseph Edmond Bailey
Navigator in 88 Squadron, Royal Air Force
5th August 1944, aged 34.
Son of John and Jane Bailey; husband of Winifred May Bailey, of Littlehampton, Sussex.
His headstone bears the inscription "Till We Meet Again"
Other Burial Details
170745 Flying Officer Alexander Dow, Pilot in 88 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 5th August 1944, aged 30. Son of Robert and Isabella Dow, of Scone, Perthshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Loving Memories Never Die As Days Go On And Years Pass By
179866 Pilot Officer Donald Murray, Air Gunner in in 88 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 5th August 1944, aged 19. Son of Donald Henry and Irene Murray, of Wickford, Essex.
179826 Pilot Officer Robert Francis Rosemond, Wireless Operator (Air) in 88 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 5th August 1944, aged 24. Son of Annie Dickson, of Dundee; nephew of Miss M. Rosemond, of Dundee. His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done" On Whose Soul, Sweet Jesus, Have Mercy"
170745 Flying Officer Alexander Dow, Pilot in 88 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 5th August 1944, aged 30. Son of Robert and Isabella Dow, of Scone, Perthshire. His headstone bears the inscription "Loving Memories Never Die As Days Go On And Years Pass By
179866 Pilot Officer Donald Murray, Air Gunner in in 88 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 5th August 1944, aged 19. Son of Donald Henry and Irene Murray, of Wickford, Essex.
179826 Pilot Officer Robert Francis Rosemond, Wireless Operator (Air) in 88 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 5th August 1944, aged 24. Son of Annie Dickson, of Dundee; nephew of Miss M. Rosemond, of Dundee. His headstone bears the inscription "Thy Will Be Done" On Whose Soul, Sweet Jesus, Have Mercy"
