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DIVES-SUR-MER COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Calvados

France

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GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 49.28483, Longitude: -0.09599

Location Information

Dives-sur-Mer is a village 33 kilometres west of Pont L'Eveque.

The Communal Cemetery is near, and east of, the church. The War Memorial is on the east boundary wall of the cemetery. 40 metres south of this are the burials. There are 2 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, 1 of which is unidentified.


Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

Dives-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
Dives-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
Dives-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
Dives-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery
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63519177 Corporal 
Sydney Francis Wright, 43rd (2/5 Bn. The Glocestershire Regt), Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C.
24th June 1944, aged 29.

​Son of Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Wright and stepson of Mr. F.O. Russell; husband of Doris Wright, of Peacehaven, Sussex.

His headstone bears the inscription "In Remembrance Of A Dear Husband And Father. For Ever In Our Thoughts. Dear"

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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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