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COULONVILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Somme

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 50.15139, Longitude: 2.00987

Location Information

Coulonvillers is a village 15 kilometres east-north-east of Abbeville, on the N.25 road to Doullens and Arras. The Communal Cemetery is about 1 kilometre north of the village, some 182 metres west of a by-road leading to the neighbouring hamlet of Le Festel.
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Total Burials: 8.

World War One Identified Casualty: United Kingdom 1.

World War Two Identified Casualties: 
United Kingdom 6, Canada 1. Total 7.



Entrance & World War One Burial

(Pictures © Johan Pauwels)

Coulonvillers Communal Cemetery
Coulonvillers Communal Cemetery
Coulonvillers Communal Cemetery

​Captain
 N. F. Drummond, 6th Bn. attached to 1st Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps, died 20th December 1916.

World War Two Burials

(Pictures © Johan Pauwels)

Coulonvillers Communal Cemetery
Coulonvillers Communal Cemetery
Coulonvillers Communal Cemetery
Coulonvillers Communal Cemetery
Coulonvillers Communal Cemetery
Coulonvillers Communal Cemetery
Coulonvillers Communal Cemetery
Coulonvillers Communal Cemetery
Coulonvillers Communal Cemetery
Coulonvillers Communal Cemetery
Coulonvillers Communal Cemetery
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1260468 Warrant Officer
Richard William Agg, D. F. M. 
9 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
25th June 1944.

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J/88416 Pilot Officer 
Herbert Blaydes

Navigator in 9 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
25th June 1944, aged 28.

Son of Herbert Ingram Blaydes and Claudia Blaydes; husband of Marguerite Marie Blaydes, of St. James, Manitoba, Canada.

His headstone bears the inscription "Ever Remembered By Your Wife Marguerite And Daughter Lynda Marie"

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Flight Sergeant 
John Edward Halshaw
 
Pilot in 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
25th June 1944, aged 21. 

Son of Charles W. and Margaret E. Halshaw, of Bacup, Lancashire.

His headstone bears the inscription "He Shall Not Grow Old"





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Other World War Two Burials

1880551 Sergeant Stanley James Abbott, Air Gunner in 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 25th June 1944.

1323802 Flight Sergeant Norman Wells Brown, Air Bomber in 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 25th June 1944.

1891953 Sergeant David Arthur Keith Davison, Flight Engineer in 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 25th June 1944, aged 22. Son of Arthur Clifford and Esme Inness Davison, of Southend-on-Sea, Essex. His headstone bears the inscription "Part Now Of That High Glory, He Could not Share Till Death Had Made Him Wise"

2090775 Driver Percy Frederick (Fred) Webb, Royal Engineers, died 21st May 1940, aged 20. Son of Percy Frederick and Lucy Webb, of Smethwick, Staffordshire.His headstone bears the inscription "In Loving Memory Of Our Dear Son Fred. Never Forgotten By Mom, Dad, Brothers And Sisters"

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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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