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CORNIMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Vosges

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 47.96183, Longitude: 6.83663

Location Information

Cornimont is a village and commune 24 miles (38 kilometres) south-east of Epinal, and 12 miles (19 kilometres) south-east of the small town of Remiremont. The village is on the main road to Gerardmer, and is the terminus of the branch line which connects with the main Paris-Nancy-Epinal railway line. The communal cemetery lies on the southern side of the village, near the church on the road to Le Thillot.

​The graves of two British and one Canadian airmen are in front of the French monument.

​Images in the gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Cornimont Communal Cemetery
Cornimont Communal Cemetery
Cornimont Communal Cemetery
Cornimont Communal Cemetery
Cornimont Communal Cemetery
Cornimont Communal Cemetery
Cornimont Communal Cemetery
Cornimont Communal Cemetery
Cornimont Communal Cemetery
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R/149450 Warrant Officer Class II 
Lionel Howard Woodruff
Air Bomber in 196 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
5th February 1944, aged 21.
 

Son of Howard R. Woodruff and Ethel H. R. Woodruff, of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

His headstone bears the inscription "Left For His Heavenly Home. Sadly Missed By Loving Parents And Brother"



OtherBurial Details

145378 Flying Officer John Rothwell Lindley, Navigator in 196 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 5th February 1944, aged 32. Son of William Sherlock Lindley, and of Ethel Maud Lindley, of Mortlake, Surrey. B.Sc. His headstone bears the inscription "A Man Well Loved"

150068 Flying Officer Thomas Moore, Pilot in 196 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 5th February 1944, aged 22. Son of Percy and Mary Hannah Moore, of Keighley, Yorkshire. His headstone bears the inscription "These Laid The World Away; Poured Out The Red Sweet Wine Of Youth"

NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
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MUNSTER COMMUNAL CEMETERY
GRANGES-SUR-VOLOGNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
FRAIZE CHURCHYARD

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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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