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CAYEUX-SUR-MER COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Somme

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.17139, Longitude: 1.49695

Location Information

Cayeux is a village and seaside resort 32 kilometres by road west-north-west of Abbeville. The Communal Cemetery is in the southern end of the village and south of the War Memorial on the road to Valery-sur-Somme.


Historical Information

Cayeux-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery contains 31 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 17 of which are unidentified. There is also one burial from the First World War and one Danish war grave.



World War One Burials
(Images © Werner Van Caneghem)

Cayeux-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
Cayeux-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
Cayeux-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
200653 Private J. Land, 2nd/4th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, died 25th September 1917.
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World War Two Burial Plots
(Images © Werner Van Caneghem)​

Cayeux-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
Cayeux-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
Cayeux-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
Cayeux-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
Cayeux-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
Cayeux-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
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14606736 Trooper
Cyril Sydney Lee
43rd (2/5th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment),
Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C.
24th June 1944, aged 20.

​Son of William Thomas Lee and Ada Louisa Lee, of Keyham Barton, Devonport.

His headstone bears the inscription "Deep In My Heart Is A Memory Of A Loving Son I Shall Never Forget. Mum"



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​J/14802 Flying Officer
Frederick William Morrison
420 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
1st May 1944, aged 27.

​Son of Alexander and Maria Morrison, of Delia, Alberta, Canada.

His headstone bears the inscription "Until The Day Break, And The Shadows Flee Away"




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​J/14238 Flying Officer
Francis William Winter
427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
19th November 1943.




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J/10397 Flight Lieutenant
George Percival Wyse
427 Squadron, 
Royal Canadian Air Force
9th August 1944.








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World War Two Burials
(Images © Johan Pauwels)​
Click on individual headstone for more details if applicable

Cayeux-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
Cayeux-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
Cayeux-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
Cayeux-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
Cayeux-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
Cayeux-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
Cayeux-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
Cayeux-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
Cayeux-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
Cayeux-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
Cayeux-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
Cayeux-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
Cayeux-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
Cayeux-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
Cayeux-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
Cayeux-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
Cayeux-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
Cayeux-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery

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