COEUVRES-ET-VALSERY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Aisne
France
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.33855, Longitude: 3.15564
Location Information
The village of Coeuvres-et-Valsery is about 15 kilometres west-south-west of Soissons and nearly 11 kilometres north-east of Villers-Cotterets, a small town on the road from Paris to Soissons. The Communal Cemetery is immediately south of the church and is separated from the churchyard by a wall.
Coeuvres-et-Valsery Communal Cemetery contains five Commonwealth burials of the First World War, all dating from July 1918, and the graves of six Second World War airmen. The graves are located against the left hand boundary.
Total Burials: 11.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 5.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 4, Australia 1, Canada 1. Total 6.
Pictures © Jean-Michel Dominique
The village of Coeuvres-et-Valsery is about 15 kilometres west-south-west of Soissons and nearly 11 kilometres north-east of Villers-Cotterets, a small town on the road from Paris to Soissons. The Communal Cemetery is immediately south of the church and is separated from the churchyard by a wall.
Coeuvres-et-Valsery Communal Cemetery contains five Commonwealth burials of the First World War, all dating from July 1918, and the graves of six Second World War airmen. The graves are located against the left hand boundary.
Total Burials: 11.
World War One Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 5.
World War Two Identified Casualties: United Kingdom 4, Australia 1, Canada 1. Total 6.
Pictures © Jean-Michel Dominique
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R/153559 Warrant Officer Class I
Robert John Wilson
102 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
29th June 1944, aged 21.
Son of David and Sarah Wilson, of Palmerston, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Peacefully Sleeping"
Robert John Wilson
102 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
29th June 1944, aged 21.
Son of David and Sarah Wilson, of Palmerston, Ontario, Canada.
His headstone bears the inscription "Peacefully Sleeping"
