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CONTY COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Somme

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.7466, Longitude: 2.1604

Location Information

Conty is a small market town and commune 20 kilometres south-west of Amiens, on the road (D.210-D.11) from that town to Beauvais. The communal cemetery is north of the town on the D.210 road to Loeuilly and Amiens. The three British graves are about midway between the southern and eastern corners of the cemetery, against the boundary wall.


Burial Details


T/197753 Lance Serjeant Gordon Cunningham, 173 Armed Division Company, Royal Army Service Corps, died 31st August 1944, aged 27. Son of Henry and Elizabeth Cunningham, of Gillis, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland. His headstone bears the inscription "He Sought The Glory Of His Country, Now He sees The Glory Of God"

549620 Lance Serjeant James Smith McInally, 151 (The Ayrshire Yeomanry), Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, died 31st August 1944, aged 38. Son of John and Isabella Anderson McInally, of Ayr; husband of Janet Fergusson McInally, of Ayr. His headstone bears the inscription "Ye Babbling Winds, In Silence Sweep; Disturb Ye Not The Hero's Sleep"

5569567 Private Thomas Harry Oakes, 2/7th Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), died 21st May 1940, aged 22. Son of Joseph Thomas Oakes and Frances Annie Oakes; nephew of Mrs. A. E. Sheppard, of Bournemouth, Hampshire.

Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Conty Communal Cemetery
Conty Communal Cemetery
Conty Communal Cemetery
Conty Communal Cemetery
Conty Communal Cemetery
Conty Communal Cemetery
Conty Communal Cemetery
Conty Communal Cemetery
Conty Communal Cemetery

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Disclaimer


The casualty numbers for each cemetery are taken from the C. W. G. C. site. We are aware that there can be discrepancies in the numbers quoted.
(The G. P. S. Coordinates are also taken from the C. W. G. C. site)


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