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COUTERNE (ST. LIGNOU) CHURCHYARD

Orne

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.52363, Longitude: -0.404454

Location Information

Couterne is a village and commune 20 kilometres west-north-west of Alençon, on the main route to Domfront (N.12 and N.807 roads). The village is on the N.807 road between Pre-en-Pail, some 12 miles (20 kilometres) to the south-east, and Domfront about the same distance to the north-west. Lignou is a hamlet 2 kilometres north of the village. There is 1 Commonwealth burial of the 1939-1945 war here in the churchyard at Lignou, near the south western corner and entrance.

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Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Couterne (St. Lignou) Churchyard
Couterne (St. Lignou) Churchyard
Couterne (St. Lignou) Churchyard
Couterne (St. Lignou) Churchyard
Couterne (St. Lignou) Churchyard
Couterne (St. Lignou) Churchyard
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J/88096 Pilot Officer 
Robert Dunlop Davidson
Pilot in 410 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force,
28th June 1944, aged 21. 

Son of William and Jessie McLeod Davidson, of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

His headstone bears the inscription "Beloved Son Of William And Jessie Davidson. Born, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada"


NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS

LIGNIÈRES-ORGÈRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
DOMFRONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
LA SELLE-LA-FORGE COMMUNAL CEMETERY


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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.
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