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DONNEMAIN-SAINT-MAMÈS COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Eure-et-Loir

France

GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 48.10425, Longitude: 1.36955

Location Information

Donnemain-Saint-Mamès is a village some 5 kilometres north-east of Châteaudun, a small town on the Paris-Chartres-Tours road. The Communal Cemetery is 333 metres south of the village church on the road to Orsonville.


Historical Information

North of the entrance and adjacent to the eastern wall are the graves of six airmen.


Images in the gallery below used with the permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Donnemain-Saint-Mamès Communal Cemetery
Donnemain-Saint-Mamès Communal Cemetery
Donnemain-Saint-Mamès Communal Cemetery
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J/90928 Pilot Officer
Leslie McLean
460 Squadron, 
Royal Canadian Air Force
5th July 1944, aged 24.

Son of John and Constance Evelyn McLean; husband of Hazel Mellore McLean, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.

His headstone bears the inscription "Parted, Yet In Dreams We Walk Together Side By Side"




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417528 Pilot Officer
John Albert Solomon
460 Squadron, 
Royal Australian Air Force
5th July 1944, aged 20.


Son of Albert Yuba Solomon and Ellen Mary Solomon, of Nailsworth, South Australia.

His headstone bears the inscription "His Duty Noble Done For King And Country. Ever Remembered"




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403484 Warrant Officer
Bryan Ward
487 Squadron, 
Royal New Zealand Air Force
5th July 1944, aged 24.


Son of Herbert and Ethel Ward, and stepson of Ernest Victor McLachlan, of Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.



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1352077 Sergeant
Frederick David Wills
460 Squadron, 
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
5th July 1944, aged 30.

Son of John and Ellen Elizabeth Wills; husband of Gertrude Elizabeth Wills, of Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire.

His headstone bears the inscription "His Name Is Written In Words Of Love He Left At Home"



Other Burial Details

1216702 Sergeant George Cyril Rowland Micklefield, 460 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 5th July 1944, aged 26.
 Son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Micklefield; husband of Hilda Jessie Micklefield, of Chelmsford, Essex. His headstone bears the inscription "To Live In The Hearts We Leave Behind Is Not To Die"

1529486 Flight Sergeant Frederick Allen Read, 487 Squadron, 
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died 5th July 1944, aged 21. Son of J. G. Read, and of Gertrude Read, of Warrington, Lancashire. His headstone bears the inscription "Deep In Our Hearts Your Memory Is Kept We Who Loved You Will Never Forget"
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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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