CHÊNEDOUIT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Orne
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.76021, Longitude: -0.33981
Location Information
The village and commune of Chênedouit is 24 kilometres west of Argentan and 8 kilometres north-north-east of Briouze, a village on the Argentan-Flers-del'Orne road (N.24 bis). The communal cemetery is about 100 metres south-east of the church. There is 1 Commonwealth burial of the 1939-1945 war here, 15 metres north-east of the monument in the centre.
Burial Details
558131 Lance Bombardier William Colesby, 102 (The Northumberland Hussars) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, died 20th August 1944, aged 22. Son of William and Susannah Denham Colesby, of Simonside, South Shields, Co. Durham. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
The village and commune of Chênedouit is 24 kilometres west of Argentan and 8 kilometres north-north-east of Briouze, a village on the Argentan-Flers-del'Orne road (N.24 bis). The communal cemetery is about 100 metres south-east of the church. There is 1 Commonwealth burial of the 1939-1945 war here, 15 metres north-east of the monument in the centre.
Burial Details
558131 Lance Bombardier William Colesby, 102 (The Northumberland Hussars) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, died 20th August 1944, aged 22. Son of William and Susannah Denham Colesby, of Simonside, South Shields, Co. Durham. His headstone bears the inscription "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This, That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends"
